Specialty Doctor in OphthalmologyNHS

Job summary

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious individual to join support the Ophthalmology department at the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. A special interest in Paediatrics is desirable, although other specials interests would be considered. This post will assist the department to deliver the required access times for patients.

The successful candidate for this appointment will join an expanding Ophthalmology department. This is a substantive post, which will receive CESR training opportunities. The appointee will be joining 10 Consultant Ophthalmologists, 9 Specialty Doctors and 4 Trainees. The successful candidate will work 10 PA's a week, which will include 9.0 DCC and 1.0 SPA split.

The Ophthalmology Department (part of the Head and Neck Care Group) at NHS HHP are primarily

located at all the main hospital sites in the group (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana Princess

of Wales Hospital at Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole & District Hospital).

Main duties of the job

The postholder is to be an active member of the clinical team undertaking outpatient clinics.

Provision of Ophthalmic Services within the Trust with responsibility for the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness within the Ophthalmology department.

Close working with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to assist in providing high quality patient care.

The post holder will be accountable to clinical supervisors and Mr Satish Kotta as clinical lead for the department.

Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other junior staff on the team. Duties other than those clinical duties specified will be in accordance with the Job Plan agreed between the Appointee, the present Consultants and the Chief Executive.

The Job Plan allows time for Administration, Teaching and Medical Audit. Participation in audit/appraisal and CME is mandatory under clinical governance/GMC guidance. All clinicians may be required to work on any of the Humberwide partnership Trust's sites and across the seven day period where necessary. Secretarial support and appropriate office accommodation and IT facilities will be provided.

Job description

The appointee will be expected deliver high quality care to the patients presenting to the department. The appointee is expected to contribute to the development of our services. Current workload is 08.00 AM to 17.00 PM cover Monday to Friday. The appointee would participate in the midweek and Out of Hours (OOH) rota for the nights and weekends.

The Specialty Doctor will, in conjunction with colleagues:

i. Assist in theatre

ii. Provide an Ophthalmic service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan.

iii. Provide trustwide 1:5 midweek and 1:10 weekends on call cover

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.