Locum Consultant Ophthalmolgist - Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute trusts in the North of England with two hospitals serving a local population of 600,000, increasing to 1.2 million for tertiary services.

The services provided by the Trust are split across Hull Royal Infirmary, situated close to Hull city centre, and Castle Hill Hospital, in Cottingham on the outskirts of the city.

The Trust has an annual budget of £500m, employing over 10,000 staff who provide a wide range of emergency, inpatient and outpatient services.


A standard full time Job Plan will contain 11 programmed activities (PAs) comprising 8 PAs for direct clinical care including admin time (DCC) and 2 for supporting activities (SPAs).

1.5 SPAs are classed as 'core' and cover time for training, teaching, CPD, audit, appraisal, clinical governance and attendance at service meetings.

1 PA is allocated for patient care related to emergency work. There are opportunities to participate in undergraduate teaching within the HYMS medical school curriculum. Additional SPA time can be allocated for research, clinical management and educational supervisor (ES) activity.

It is envisaged that this post would include the educational supervision of at least one trainee per year who could be from any level of training from FY1 to speciality registrar.

It is expected that the appointee will have completed ES training or complete this within a short time of taking up the post.

All new appointees will be encouraged to develop their management skills by taking on a management role which could include assisting more senior colleagues with the organisation of educational activities, audit, junior doctor management, recruitment etc.

Personal preferences can be taken into account and training will be given for the chosen role. Additional PA time is negotiable for more senior management, research or educational roles within the department.


Hull University Teaching Hospitals 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.

Please see attached Job Description & Personal Specification for more information on this role

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