Specialist Doctor in Ophthalmology | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	20 May 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£96,990 - £107,155 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	19 June 2025
Location:	Bolton, BL4 0JR
Company:	Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7175921/241-255AS-MD-25

Summary

Full time 10 PA's per week. Permanent post.

Specialist role required to support the Eye Unit through clinics, surgery, and on-call. The role is to provide support to Consultant and Associate Specialist colleagues, as well as working independently and autonomously.

Outpatients

· The candidate is expected to carry out independent outpatient clinics under consultant supervision with a possibility of autonomous clinics in the future (currently being reviewed) based on appropriate skills and experience. Sub-specialty clinic support will include acute referral clinic (ARC), Glaucoma, and Uveitis clinics. They may also include Diabetes, MR, Symptom and Neuro clinics.

· To undertake sessions in their specialist interest area.

· Provide clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other senior medical colleagues.

· The Doctor may be required to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues, and exceptionally to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances to ensure the safe running of the Department.



Elective

For the cases where the Associate Specialist carries out surgery it is expected:

· They provide support to Trainees for dedicated surgical lists

· They have overall accountability for the patients they operate on with oversight from a consultant

· To participate in the pre and post op management of patients they operate on

· To participate in any national data collection requirement for surgical procedures performed



On-Call Rota

The candidate is expected to support the first on-call rota, as part of the fair and consistent distribution of duties between staff.

Please see job description and person specification attached.

Key standards:
• Health, Safety and Security
• Confidentiality
• Data Quality
• Codes of Conduct and Accountability
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
• Valuing Diversity and Promoting Equality
• Training

Please see job description and person specification attached for information regarding this job and the main responsibilities.


This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Jun 2025

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