Consultant Ophthalmologist - Corneal

NHS; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Corneal Surgery to join a dynamic team. The role involves providing specialist outpatient clinics, teaching, and participation in service improvements. This position offers a competitive salary and an opportunity to work in a forward-thinking environment.

Qualifications

• Specialist registration for Ophthalmology or within 6 months.
• Post CCT Fellowship in Vitreo Retinal management preferred.
• Attendance at a recognised management course.

Responsibilities

• Provide Consultant Led Corneal outpatient clinics.
• Conduct teaching and training for medical staff.
• Participate in service improvement and research.

Skills

Clinical experience

Surgical competence in Ophthalmology

Teaching and training skills

Teamwork and communication

Management and leadership skills

Education

MRCOphth or equivalent

Registered with the General Medical Council

Job description

Go back Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Ophthalmologist - Corneal

The closing date is 01 July 2025

CHFT have an exciting opportunity to appoint a Substantive Consultant Ophthalmologist - Specialising in Corneal Surgery and External Eye Disease

Come and join a forward thinking and supportive team.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and forward thinking eye care service team comprising 20 Consultants, 9 Specialty and Trust Grade Doctors, 4 Specialty trainees, 2 Nurse Practitioners, 10 Orthoptists, 4 Optometrists, 2ACPs and a substantial team of Ophthalmic Nurses, technicians and healthcare assistants.

The department also benefits from our Eye Clinic Liaison Officer and 5 Ophthalmology Failsafe Co-ordinators and 5 Ophthalmology Schedulers/Pathway Co-Ordinators and admin support along with a supportive senior management team within the Head and Neck Directorate.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist Consultant Led Corneal outpatient clinics: - new and follow-up emergency, routine, post-ops, as well surgical capacity for corneal and emergency patients.

To provide teaching and education to trainees, Trust doctors, ACPs Optometrists, Orthoptists, Nurse practitioners to enhance future models of care and expansion within the specialty.

Opportunity to work with service leads to conduct service improvement, transformation and research.

Join the Consultant non-resident on-call - this will be a 1:10 provision.

Opportunity to perform cataract surgery depending on experience and sub-speciality interest in this area.

About us

CHFT has 2 main sites, Ophthalmology being based in Acre Mills Out-patients, and Huddersfield and Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax.

The Trust is currently one of the most digitised NHS Trusts in the country having moved to Cerner Millennium Electronic Patient Records (EPR) in 2017. This makes us currently one of the most paper-light and digitised Ophthalmology Departments in the country including the use of Medisight by all clinical teams.

Job responsibilities

We are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing Consultant Ophthalmologists specialising in Corneal surgery and External Eye Disease.

Please refer to the attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCOphth or equivalent
• All applicants must have Specialist registration for Ophthalmology (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) but consideration will be given to applicants with relevant consultant level experience or trainees in a UK training scheme who are within 6 months of attaining specialist registration.
• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Ophthalmology
• Evidence of extensive experience and training in assessing and treating patients in cornea / on call settings
• Surgical experience across a range of corneal procedures including posterior endothelial keratoplasty, preferably DMEK
• Understanding current issues within Ophthalmology and the future direction of the specialty
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
• Post CCT Fellowship in Vitreo Retinal management
• Evidence of experience in planning and / or managing a General Ophthalmic / Cornea service.

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course
• Formal qualification in teaching/education
• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation

General

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

Audit and Research

• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearper annum (dependent on experience)