Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist Post Specialising in Glaucoma

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with appropriate training and qualifications. This is a 5.00 PA appointment for up to two years covering a career break. The post is based at the Aintree University Hospital site, which is part of the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT).

St. Paul's Eye Unit is a vibrant and innovative department. The successful applicant will join a group of over thirty consultants including five clinical academics at consultant level., St. Paul's Eye Unit is a part of the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a merger between the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Trust and the Aintree Trust. St. Paul's is located on three sites: Aintree University Hospital, Royal Liverpool University Hospital and South Liverpool Treatment Centre, Garston. Senior medical staff currently comprises almost thirty substantive consultants including five clinical academics at consultant level, locum consultants, two associate specialists and six specialty doctors. Doctors in training comprise two clinical lecturers, specialist trainees and sub-specialty fellows., Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

£113,565 to £150,569 a year per annumm pro rata (dependant on experience)