Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist with an interest in Glaucoma

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist with a special interest in Glaucoma based in the Cardiff Eye Unit at University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough. This is a locum post for six months in the first instance and is pending recruitment to a substantive post in the future.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services.

Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales.  The basic salary for this post is £121,264 per annum.

Applicants should preferably either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within three months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview.

Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full.  In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.

Main duties of the job

The Ophthalmology Department serves a population of approximately 475,000 across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, providing a complete range of ophthalmic care across multiple sub-specialties. This is not including the wider Welsh population for more specialist eye care treatment.

There is a commitment to the on-call rota which is currently 1 in 12.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents for this post.