Consultant Ophthalmologist (Fixed Term)

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Consultant in Ophthalmology with a subspecialist interest in urgent care pathways. The post involves participation in outpatient clinics, theatre sessions and a comprehensive rota including on-call duties, with a focus on delivering safe, patient-centred care across acute and elective settings.

We promote collaboration across the ophthalmology team and with service managers, in a friendly environment serving

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with a broad range of ophthalmic conditions.
• Undertake outpatient clinics, theatre sessions, and other programmed activities as agreed within the job plan.
• Participate in the departmental rota including on-call, emergency and urgent ophthalmology services.
• Contribute to development and delivery of high-quality ophthalmology pathways to ensure timely access to treatment and excellent outcomes.

Job description

A Vacancy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

An opportunity has arisen for a Consultant to join our Ophthalmology team with a subspecialist interest in urgent care pathways desirable.

We ensure that close collaboration of all the consultants takes place with regular fortnightly team meetings and there is a close working relationship with the managers of the service.

We work in a friendly team atmosphere with a diverse population in North West Norfolk.

Provide high-quality ophthalmology services across outpatient, surgical, and emergency care settings, delivering safe and effective patient-centred care.

Assess, diagnose, and manage patients presenting with a broad range of ophthalmic conditions in accordance with national and local clinical guidelines.

Undertake outpatient clinics, theatre sessions, and other programmed activities as agreed within the job plan.

Participate fully in the departmental consultant rota, including on-call, emergency, and urgent ophthalmology services as required.

Contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality ophthalmology pathways to ensure timely access to treatment and excellent clinical outcomes.

We are a team that listens and works together to achieve excellence for our patients.

If you feel that you want to be part of this exciting department, with additional flexibility of developing and incorporating services within the existing infrastructure then come and join us!

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

For further information and details of this post, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 7 Oct 2026