Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 11 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 per annum (Grade YM 73) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 October 2024 |
| Location: | Ormskirk, L39 2AZ |
| Company: | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6564326/409-6564326 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitable qualified Ophthalmologist to join our growing team in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
This post is for a fixed term of 12 months and will be based between our facilitates in Ormskirk and Southport.
As part of our trust's commitment to improving eye care in the area the successful candidate will have sessions in our new £2.5 million dedicated Eye Clinic within the grounds of Ormskirk Hospital when it opens in the the summer of 2025.
The post holder will be expected to lead on the improving our emergency eye care service and contributing to our outpatient and surgical activity plan.
The post is for a Full-time Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist with special interest in Eye Urgent care and Cataract surgery.
The successful candidate will be joining a progressive department and would be supportive of proposals to extend the scope of facilities currently available.
Workload and clinic template is in line with Royal College guidance.
Consideration will be given for time off in lieu due to bank holidays. As our week weekends on calls end at 9pm, Time off in lieu is not usually required.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Advertising Date: 11th September 2024
Closing date: 14th October 2024
Shortlisting date: 15th October 2024
Proposed Interview date: 23rd October 2024
This advert closes on Monday 14 Oct 2024
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