Specialty Doctor Ophthalmology | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,000 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Southend On Sea, SS0 0RY |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6207647/390-MR-OPT-SO-0184-H |
Summary
We are looking for motivated, experienced, and dynamic individuals to join our Ophthalmology team and help us deliver high-quality eyecare for our patients.
So, if you are a GMC registered Ophthalmologist who has passed both the Part 1 FRCOphth and the Refraction examination, and you are looking for a team that will support you while completing your specialist training through the ‘Certificate confirming Eligibility for Specialist Registration’ (CESR).
If successful, you will be based at Southend but will have the opportunity to rotate across the wider Trust and gain further experience by working collaboratively with colleagues across our friendly multidisciplinary team with the aim to expand the service further with innovative leadership, ideas, audit, and research projects.
Main duties include:
• Acute ophthalmology clinics in the eye emergency department (EED) and ward referrals including visiting other hospitals.
• Emergency and Acute Ophthalmology
• Theatre sessions
• Procedures / laser / injections/ minor operations
• Speciality Clinics
• Clinical Administration
• Non DCC
• Supporting Professional Activities to include teaching
• Please note the service does require a good degree of flexibility from the post holder.
• It is expected that there will be patient directed activities during the week which may include face to face Clinics, Virtual Clinics, Theatre, Lasers, and emergency department.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking, and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
For full details, please see Job Description attached.
A formal job plan will be agreed with the appointee and their Clinical Director, on behalf of the Medical Director, three months after the commencement date of the appointee. This will be signed by the Chief Executive and will then be reviewed annually, following an Appraisal Meeting. It is expected that the job planning process will be approached with professionalism, honesty and transparency.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Apr 2024