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Job summary

Main area
Ophthalmolgy
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
Locum: 12 months
Hours
Part time - 6.5 sessions per week
Job ref
153-M3523
Employer
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Bournemouth Hospital
Town
Bournemouth
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust logo

Locum Consultant Ophthalmology - Oculoplastics

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

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. 

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed colleague to join our dynamic team, to help deliver a first class ophthalmic service for Bournemouth and Dorset. 

We are a friendly hospital with an interactive and innovative approach from our management team. Patient care is at the centre of all we do and we would welcome a candidate who is prepared to follow the principle of “would I be happy for a member of my own family to receive this care/treatment?” and strive for excellence.

To join a team of 13 consultants, 2 associate specialists, 4 Trust grade doctors and 6 trainees. The out-patients department and adjacent emergency area are well equipped with multiple clinic rooms, a separate one-stop cataract assessment area and a minor ops theatre. There is a 5 room macula suite with 3 multi-function injection rooms. We house a comprehensive range of diagnostic equipment, the majority of which is networked via Zeiss Forum software. Included are five Humphrey perimeters plus one Octopus, 3 OCT’s (Zeiss), digital fundus and anterior segment photography, ultra-sound, Pentacam and IOLMaster biometry. Within the outpatient department are Yag, argon and SLT lasers. The orthoptic department is staffed by three full time and one part time orthoptists and there are special clinics including medical retina, vitreoretinal, glaucoma, oculoplastic, Paediatric, corneal and neuro-ophthalmology. Imaging facilities consist of CT and MR at both Bournemouth and Poole.
 

Main duties of the job

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

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 team mates 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

Essential criteria
  • 1) Evidence of complete, structured and adequate general ophthalmic training
  • 3) Evidence of oculoplastics and lacrimal subspecialty training
Desirable criteria
  • FRCOphth or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 2) The ability to supervise junior staff and carry out ‘on the job’ training
  • 2) Audits completed
Desirable criteria
  • 4) Evidence of the ability to teach

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Disability Confident - two yearsUHD ValuesApprenticeships logoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
DR Mahesh Ramchandani
Job title
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 0196168
Additional information

DR Charlotte Freeman 

Consultant Ophthalmologist

[email protected]

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