Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist

Job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist with a special interest in Glaucoma to join our team of 7 Consultants, 1 associate specialist, 2 Specialty doctors and 4 ophthalmology surgical trainees.

The department also includes a large Orthoptic and Optometry team to support the post holder alongside a large Imaging and nursing team that has several nurse specialists in extended roles including cataract and subspecialty postoperative reviews.

Warrington is a forward-thinking department and over the last few years has made transformational change to patient pathways such as most glaucoma and retina patients are managed in a virtual setting. The Ophthalmology department at Warrington is located in Daresbury Wing of Warrington Hospital. The eye unit includes 27 clinical examination rooms, diagnostic and imaging rooms, vision rooms and 2 injection theatre suites. There are 2 laser rooms on site with YAG / SLT laser, an Argon laser and a PASCAL. There is a dedicated glaucoma assessment unit supported by an ORA, Anterion, Anterior and posterior segment OCT that runs ten sessions per week to provide the necessary tests for virtual review using EPR and imaging platforms. There are a wide range of anterior and posterior segment cameras and OCT machines including an Optos, OCT angio that supports virtual review of variety of retinal cases.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be expected to provide independent management of all general and sub-specialty patients including emergency surgical repair. There will be core DCC which will include 4 Outpatient clinics and 2 theatre sessions. There will be an opportunity to have flexible DCC commitments and remote working where applicable.

The post holder will be expected to join the on-call rota which has an attractive 1:14 on call commitment. The on-call commitments are shared with Mersey and West Lancs Teaching Hospitals.

Warrington provide senior support to junior members of staff and ophthalmology trainees and there is a Monday - Friday offer of support, which is shared between the Consultants to reduce emergency cover to only one day a week for each consultant. Teaching of Ophthalmology surgical trainees is expected.

The job plan can be discussed during interview.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.