Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month fixed term in the first instance)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 292-7210775-SCC
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 per annum + £149 London Fringe
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor - Ophthalmology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
Working with other members of the team, ensure the provision and delivery of a first class Ophthalmology service to our patients. The post holder will be given the opportunity to enhance and develop their ophthalmology skills that fit with the needs of the department. The post holder will be responsible to the Lead Consultant for the service in which they are working at any given time.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached JD for further information.
The job plan will include 8.5 Programmed Activities and 1.5 SPA (for supporting professional activities). This will be subject to the job planning process taking into account the special interest of the successful candidate.
Clinics running will include Eye Emergency clinics
There is no on-call commitment in this post.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care.
The post holder will be given the opportunity to enhance and develop their ophthalmology skills which fit with the needs of the department.
To collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trust’s and departmental objectives.
Please also see the attached Job description and person specification
Person specification
Character
Essential criteria
- Good communication, kind, empathetic, cares about patient well-being
Desirable criteria
- Good communication, kind, empathetic, cares about patient well-being
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in conducting cataract clinics and medical retina clinics
Desirable criteria
- Experience in conducting cataract clinics and medical retina clinics
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carol Allgrove
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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