Consultant in Ophthalmology - Glaucoma | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local NHS Trust in Peterborough is seeking a full-time Consultant specialized in Glaucoma to join its multidisciplinary team. The role involves managing clinics, training staff, and ensuring high-quality patient care in a supportive environment that promotes work-life balance. Benefits include generous holidays, NHS pension, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Relocation allowance

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days of holiday plus bank/public holidays

Free staff car parking

In-house Physiotherapy Services

Training opportunities

Emotional Wellbeing Service

Subsidised meals

Exclusive discounts

Qualifications

• Must have a medical degree and specialized training in Ophthalmology.
• Experience in a clinical setting, particularly in Glaucoma care.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the clinics.
• Train and support medical staff and other professionals.
• Provide clinical governance and participate in audits.

Skills

Clinical research

Team collaboration

Patient care

Training staff

Management of clinics

Education

Medical degree with specialty in Ophthalmology

Job description

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is no ordinary NHS Trust. It has a reputation for dynamism, integration of clinicians in management, and high quality patient care.

The Ophthalmology Department has the opportunity to recruit a full-time consultant with a specialist interest in Glaucoma to join our multidisciplinary team providing optimal care.

The Ophthalmology Department has shared community schemes, integration with optometrists, expanded roles for nurses and other non-medical health care professionals, and a high level of clinical research that has shaped improvements in the eye care nationally over many years. The department firmly believes in investing in a strong IT infrastructure to develop innovative ways to meet capacity demands including virtual clinics.

Following the merger of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals with Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, there is an opportunity to recruit a full time Consultant, who specialises in Glaucoma , to join a multidisciplinary team providing optimal care.


The Trust provides comprehensive Ophthalmology care for the Huntingdon, Stamford, Peterborough, Ely and Fenland areas and also receive some referrals from the wider region. This post will have sessions at any of the 3 hospitals under North West Anglia Foundation Trust with also an on call commitment in the job plan.

Examples include shared care community schemes, integration with optometrists, expanded roles for nurses & other non medical health care professionals, and a high level of clinical research that has shaped improvements in eye care nationally over many years.

The department firmly believes in investing in a strong IT infrastructure to develop innovative ways to meet capacity demands including virtual clinics.

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care to our local communities via two District General Hospitals in Peterborough and Huntingdon, and a community hospital in Stamford.

We are promoting flexible working and a health work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
• Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
• Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
• In-house Physiotherapy Services
• Career development and training opportunities
• Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
• Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

The appointee will be also responsible for contributing to and coordinating the training of medical staff, hospital based optometrists and orthoptic staff who work in NWAFT’s Glaucoma Ophthalmology service.

The appointee has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the service, allowing for all appropriate delegation to and training for his/her staff.

He/she is responsible for the day-to-day management of his/her clinics and must ensure that in/out patient services are covered during his/her planned absences.

Participation in episodes of shared care requires the consultant to provide advice and support to clinicians in other services with regard to patients who may have a combination of ocular problems.

All members of the consultant staff are expected to contribute to the Medical Advisory committee, and to serve on other Hospital committees as required, unless compelling reasons prevent this.

All members of consultant staff and honorary consultants are expected to participate in clinical governance and audit, to meet annual training requirements, and to satisfy the annual requirements for continuous professional development as set out by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. All consultant staff will participate in the Trust’s Appraisal Scheme


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025