Consultant Ophthalmologist w/ special interest in Glaucoma
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group
Date: 7 hours ago
City: Boston, England
Contract type: Part time
This is a Consultant Ophthalmologist post designed to provide sub-specialist Glaucoma and Cataract services for patients of the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The job is a pan trust appointment with duties based at Boston Pilgrim Hospital with the possibility of commitments at other sites.
This is a replacement post for which the person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of their time to the duties of the post.
Applicants may elect to work whole time or part time. If the successful applicant chooses to work part time, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.
The United Lincoln Hospitals Trust provides ophthalmic services to a population in excess of 750,000. The service is based in two main sites in Boston and Lincoln. Peripheral sites in Louth, Gainsborough attached to the Lincoln site and Grantham, Skegness and Spalding attached to the Boston site provide additional outpatient services.
This post is currently based at Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln with some duties in the peripheral sites attached.
The post has been developed to assist in the delivery and expansion of the current service and to cope with the increasing demands in the wider field of Medical Retina. The post holder will also help the department meet the challenges of the 18 week wait.
The Appointee will be expected, in conjunction with his / her colleagues, to provide a comprehensive Ophthalmic service supporting the provision of an effective countywide service and contribute towards achieving the 18 week wait across the whole eye department.
He/she will be expected to carry out teaching duties as required and take an active part in the Postgraduate Medical Education program and in the teaching of ophthalmic trainee staff. They will be involved in the delivery of undergraduate teaching to the students from Nottingham and Leicester Medical Schools. They will be involved in the education of nursing staff, and other clinical professions as appropriate. They will regularly attend Clinical Audit and Departmental Team meetings. He/she will be required to play an active part in the robust clinical audit program in operation within the Department and to take part in regional and national audits. He/she will be required to report all critical incidents and attend and support the Departmental audit and Clinical Governance meetings. The appointee will be expected to offer both a vitreo-retinal and general ophthalmology service.In particular the delivery of high volume cataract surgery is expected ensuring the trust meets its contractual obligations with respect to the 18 week wait. The appointee will, contribute to the development and delivery of services and help formulate plans for its expansion.
The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust came into being on 1 April 2000 and brought together Lincoln and Louth NHS Trust, Pilgrim Health NHS Trust and the Grantham and District NHS Trust.
It is responsible for a comprehensive range of health services and currently provides some services to neighbouring authorities. Most of the local practitioners are known personally to the consultant staff and meet frequently at postgraduate and social functions. The Trust serves a population of 680,000.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Craig Nicholas Leverett Job title: Service Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01522 707401
Mr Christopher Knapp - Clinical Lead
Lincoln County Hospital
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
01522 421622
This is a replacement post for which the person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of their time to the duties of the post.
Applicants may elect to work whole time or part time. If the successful applicant chooses to work part time, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.
The United Lincoln Hospitals Trust provides ophthalmic services to a population in excess of 750,000. The service is based in two main sites in Boston and Lincoln. Peripheral sites in Louth, Gainsborough attached to the Lincoln site and Grantham, Skegness and Spalding attached to the Boston site provide additional outpatient services.
This post is currently based at Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln with some duties in the peripheral sites attached.
The post has been developed to assist in the delivery and expansion of the current service and to cope with the increasing demands in the wider field of Medical Retina. The post holder will also help the department meet the challenges of the 18 week wait.
The Appointee will be expected, in conjunction with his / her colleagues, to provide a comprehensive Ophthalmic service supporting the provision of an effective countywide service and contribute towards achieving the 18 week wait across the whole eye department.
He/she will be expected to carry out teaching duties as required and take an active part in the Postgraduate Medical Education program and in the teaching of ophthalmic trainee staff. They will be involved in the delivery of undergraduate teaching to the students from Nottingham and Leicester Medical Schools. They will be involved in the education of nursing staff, and other clinical professions as appropriate. They will regularly attend Clinical Audit and Departmental Team meetings. He/she will be required to play an active part in the robust clinical audit program in operation within the Department and to take part in regional and national audits. He/she will be required to report all critical incidents and attend and support the Departmental audit and Clinical Governance meetings. The appointee will be expected to offer both a vitreo-retinal and general ophthalmology service.In particular the delivery of high volume cataract surgery is expected ensuring the trust meets its contractual obligations with respect to the 18 week wait. The appointee will, contribute to the development and delivery of services and help formulate plans for its expansion.
The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust came into being on 1 April 2000 and brought together Lincoln and Louth NHS Trust, Pilgrim Health NHS Trust and the Grantham and District NHS Trust.
It is responsible for a comprehensive range of health services and currently provides some services to neighbouring authorities. Most of the local practitioners are known personally to the consultant staff and meet frequently at postgraduate and social functions. The Trust serves a population of 680,000.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Craig Nicholas Leverett Job title: Service Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01522 707401
Mr Christopher Knapp - Clinical Lead
Lincoln County Hospital
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
01522 421622
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