Job summary
The Eye Hospital at HUTH is a purpose-built dedicated unit facilitating eye surgery and in-patient management located on the Hull Royal Infirmary site.
Hull University NHS Trust will be the base hospital for this consultant post but the Trust is continually developing close links with its partner organisation; North Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust. Consultants may in the future be job planned to work across both sites.
Paediatric surgery occurs in designated theatre list within Family and Women's Children's hospital. For Ophthalmology adult surgery, there are 3 operating theatres; each equipped with a ceiling mounted operating microscope, Stellaris Elite phacoemulsification/VR equipment with integral laser modules, wide field viewing system available for 2 theatres, and other appropriate equipment including a range of disposable small gauge instrumentation. Video recording equipment is a high quality digital system. Cyclodiode & Retinal Diopexy are regularly performed with an Iridex system from Carlton Ltd. The department is equipped with a state-of-the-art cataract and refractive suite working in close conjunction with Bausch and Lomb.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will assume a direct clinical role within the department, sharing all facilities equally with the existing consultants. This is a substantive post (10 PAs) and the appointee will be joining 21 Consultant Ophthalmologist posts already established. The successful candidate will work 10 PA's a week, which will include an 8 DCC and 2 SPA split (Flexible working may be considered). It is expected that the successful applicant will play an active role in the consultant on call rota.
About us
HUTH is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert
Job description
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For further details in relation to this vacancy, please view the full job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details in relation to this vacancy, please view the full job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register within 6 months of Interview
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Competent Paediatric Ophthalmic surgeon and cataract surgeon
- Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register within 6 months of Interview
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Competent Paediatric Ophthalmic surgeon and cataract surgeon
- Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
