Job details
- Job reference: 257704
- Salary: LAT - Specialty Trainee (£45,504 - £71,550)
- Job closing date: 11/09/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: University Hospital Hairmyres
- Employment type: Fixed-term
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 04/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
- Department: Ophthalmology
Locum Appointment for Training in Ophthalmology
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire invites applications for the post of Locum Appointment for Training (LAT) in Ophthalmology, based at University Hospital Hairmyres from November 2026 until August 2027.
Duties will include participation in specialist and general ophthalmic out-patient clinics, emergency clinics, theatre sessions with the possibility of laser clinics, minor ops, and intravitreal injections dependent on previous experience. The job also has an on-call commitment which is currently a one in seven.
You will work alongside four other trainees on the West of Scotland training rotation and two SAS doctors on the on call rota. In addition to clinical work, the successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the Clinical Governance programme within the department and will be encouraged to participate in audit and research.
The successful applicant’s timetable and teaching programme will be orientated towards developing a career in ophthalmology and applying to ophthalmic specialist training through the national recruitment programme if they so wish.
NHS Lanarkshire has excellent post-graduate libraries and IT facilities. Active post-graduate educational programmes are in place, including dedicated protected teaching sessions for junior doctors.
The LAT post is recognized for training.
NHS Lanarkshire are happy to consider requests for this publication to be in another accessible format i.e. large print, braille, etc. Please contact us via either of the undernoted methods clearly stating which format is required:
Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr Douglas Lyall, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Lead for NHS Lanarkshire on 01355 585 103.
For any application queries, please contact Isabel Rankin - HR, on 01698 754354 or by email to medical.dentalrecruitment@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 gr
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This advert is for Locum Appointment for Training (LAT) Ophthalmology with NHS Lanarkshire in East Kilbride, Scotland. It is listed as a Junior Medical doctor Ophthalmology role. The advertised salary is £45,504 - £71,550. The contract type is Fixed-term. The application deadline is 11 Sep 2026.
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