Job overview

The Ophthalmology Department (part of the Head and Neck Care Group) at NHS HHP are primarily

located at all the main hospital sites in the group (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana Princess

of Wales Hospital at Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole & District Hospital) where the

consultants are also based.  The Ophthalmology Departments serve a population of nearly 600,000. Daily activity consists of out-patient clinics, surgery and 24 hours on call cover.

Main duties of the job

Provision of Ophthalmic Services within the Trust with responsibility for the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness within the Ophthalmology department.

Close working with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to assist in providing high quality patient care.

The post holder will be accountable to clinical supervisors and Mr Satish Kotta as clinical lead for the department. 

Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other junior staff on the team. Duties other than those clinical duties specified will be in accordance with the Job Plan agreed between the Appointee, the present Consultants and the Chief Executive. 

The Job Plan allows time for Administration, Teaching and Medical Audit. Participation in audit/appraisal and CME is mandatory under clinical governance/GMC guidance. Scunthorpe General Hospital, will be the base hospital for this post, however all clinicians may be required to work on any of the Humberwide partnership Trust’s sites and across the seven day period where necessary. Secretarial support and appropriate office accommodation and IT facilities will be provided. 

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership 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 - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership 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 Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

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 Partnership and our community.