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NHS Lanarkshire
Consultant Ophthalmologist with an Interest in Medical Retina or Neuro-Ophthalmology - UHH
NHS Lanarkshire has an exciting opportunity to appoint a Consultant Ophthalmologist, based at University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride. Applicants with any subspecialty interest that complements the current consultant body are invited to apply, but experience and subspecialty interests in Medical Retina or Neuro-ophthalmology are desirable.
The Department provides an expanding Ophthalmology service for the Lanarkshire region. Outpatient clinics are undertaken at University Hospital Hairmyres, University Hospital Monklands and University Hospital Wishaw. Elective surgery and inpatient admission facilities are primarily performed at University Hospital Hairmyres.
The department is evolving and expanding to ensure we continue to provide our patients with a modern and compassionate service.
The successful candidate will join a team of 10 additional Consultants, one Associate Specialist, two Specialty Doctors and five Specialist Trainees on rotation from the West of Scotland Ophthalmology Training programme.
The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis (including up to 2 non-DCC) but applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time. If full-time, up to 2 EPA’s may be available to undertake additional clinical activity.
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Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr. Douglas Lyall, Consultant Ophthalmologist on 01355 585103.
For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington – Senior HR Assistant on 01698 754350 or via medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Please follow the link below should you wish any further information on NHS Lanarkshire
Recruitment | NHS Lanarkshire (scot.nhs.uk)
Interviews are scheduled for: 8th March 2023.