Lancashire Teaching Hospitals would like to invite applications for the post of Consultant Ophthalmologist with a special interest in Medical Retina / Vitreoretinal Surgery.
This post is 10 PA’s which includes 1 PA for admin and 1.5 SPA time. There is an on-call commitment (currently 1 in 11) which is non-resident.
The post holder will join a team of 1 3 consultants and gives an opportunity for a dynamic and forward-thinking individual to join the medical and surgical retina service in a supportive environment .
All consultants are expected to work productively for 42 weeks a year and will be required to undertake annual appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
Our department is committed to providing an excellent standard of care to our local and regional population and is looking for an exceptionally motivated and dynamic individual to contribute to the team.
In addition to all types of modern technology and diagnostics equipment, the individual will have access to a team of optometrists, junior doctors and specialist nurse s as well as consultant peers.
The Position applied for is a substantive Consultant Ophthalmologist with a sub - specialis t interest in Medical Retina with scope for some support for the Vitreoretinal service . The role requirements are to d evelop and support the existing medical retina service . However, depending on the skill set of the successful candidate, there are opportunities to support the VR service as well.

B ENEFITS AVAILABLE TO THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE INCLUDING:

The opportunity to join a Specialty that provides Ophthalmic care to a local population of approx. 400,000 and a regional population of 1.5 million, as well as an opportunity to be able to lead and develop your subspecialty with good managerial support , and flexibility to grow .
A brand-new designated Eye Unit facility with access to modern ophthalmic technologies .

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team

Please refer the Job description for details