Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Locum Consultant in Ophthalmology – Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Cataract
🇬🇧Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom2 days ago
EntryFull TimeEN
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
The Ophthalmology department is offering a full time (fixed term for 1 year) Locum Consultant position to provide comprehensive Oculoplastics and Cataract services at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. In addition, the post holder will be expected to participate in other elements of departmental activity, such as Emergency and General Ophthalmology, including on call cover.
The post will consist of 8 clinical sessions: Oculoplastics (2-3), Cataract (1-2) and general/emergency (1) outpatient clinics, Oculoplastics operating sessions (1-2) and cataract (1) operating sessions. There will be an on-call commitment of 1:12. Uniquely, there is the opportunity to support the Lacrimal Service, run jointly with ENT. Once a month a Periocular Oncology MDT is held with Dermatologists and OMFS surgeons, and there may be a requirement to participate in Head & Neck MDT.
The successful applicant will be expected to participate fully in supporting ophthalmic services, training and research. There is a bi-weekly teaching session on a Wednesday afternoon which involves the Consultants, Junior Doctors and nursing and orthoptic staff. There are regular departmental Morbidity and Mortality meetings and regional collaboration for teaching/training.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
