Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist - Interest in Glaucoma

Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist – Interest in Glaucoma

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Main area: Glaucoma

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (PA)

Hours: Full time, Flexible working (10 sessions per week)

Job ref: 153-M3601

Department name: UHD – Medical Recruitment Site The Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Town: Bournemouth

Salary: £105,504 – £139,882 Per Annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/03/2025 23:59

As University Hospitals Dorset , we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

Job overview

We currently have 2 consultant posts to fill at this time. University Hospitals Dorset is newly formed by a merger of Poole Hospital and Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals partnered with Bournemouth University. RBH is the designated major acute and emergency hospital in Dorset housing the Eye Centre where the posts are mainly based, and Poole Hospital is the major planned care hospital.

Enjoying all that Dorset has to offer, you will be part of a friendly, cohesive, and enthusiastic ophthalmology department, passionate about teaching and providing excellent care. We are equipped with the latest technology in our purpose-built Eye Centre with 4 eye theatres, eye wards, outpatients, and eye emergency department. We have established a pioneering technician-led diagnostic Hub at the Dorset Health Village Poole and provide outreach clinics in the surrounding areas. Bournemouth is a vibrant university town attracting British and overseas students.

Applicants will have a principal interest in glaucoma and will be expected to contribute to the cataract and appropriate eye emergency services. They should have a desire to teach and will be expected to participate in clinical audit and governance. Enthusiasm to pursue clinical research is desirable. They will be required to undertake management duties and work in a multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking department. We implement the latest techniques to directly benefit patients. In the glaucoma service, we routinely carry out trabeculectomies, tube operations – Baerveldt, Ahmed and MIGS procedures and modern glaucoma lasers including SLT, cyclodiode and endoscopic diode. There is expansion of the glaucoma service. We have an excellent network of supportive glaucoma consultant colleagues throughout Wessex Deanery, the Southwest Region and the major eye centres in the UK.

You will be applying to join a team of 13 consultants covering all subspecialties, 3 associate specialists, 4 Trust grade doctors, and 6 Wessex Deanery specialist registrars. Optometrists, Orthoptists, Nurse specialists, and technician specialists.

Applicants must already be on the GMC specialist register or within 6 months of the interview date have a certificate of completion of specialist training. Participation in the 1 in 8 second on-call rota is essential.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration
• Listed on GMC Specialist register or will within 6 months of interview date
• Higher degree MSc, MD or PhD

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of clinical competency to carry out role
• Knowledge of UK hospitals

Management

• Knowledge of the management, NHS structures and managing waiting lists

Audit & Clinical Governance

• Evidence of clinical audits and understanding the role of audit in improving medical practice

Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Mr Mahesh Ramchandani

Job title: Clinical Director and Consultant Ophthalmologist

Email address:

Telephone number: 0300 019 6051

Informal enquiries are welcome and interested applicants are encouraged to visit the unit and discuss the post.

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