Consultant Ophthalmologist (Glaucoma and Corneal)

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Job summary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a dedicated Consultant Ophthalmologist, specifically in Glaucoma and Corneal areas. This role involves providing a comprehensive clinical service to patients, and working closely with a supportive team in Scarborough Hospital. If you are a qualified ophthalmologist seeking to join a reputable Trust focused on quality care and professional development, we invite your application.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Must possess FRCOphth or equivalent.
• Fully registered with GMC and holds a licence to practice.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Ophthalmology required.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive clinical service to local patients.
• Comply with GMC requirements and maintain patient confidentiality.
• Manage in and out patients under care.

Skills

Clinical service provision

Patient confidentiality

GMC compliance

Education

FRCOphth

GMC registration

Entry on GMC Specialist Register in Ophthalmology

Job description

Employer York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Scarborough Hospital Town Scarborough Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/07/2025 23:59

Consultant Ophthalmologist (Glaucoma and Corneal)

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).

Our Values

• We are KIND
• We are OPEN
• We pursue EXCELLENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

Job overview

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to invite candidates to apply to work with us as a Consultant Ophthalmologist particularly within Glaucoma and Corneal, working at Scarborough Hospital.

Job plans, special interests and hours can be developed to complement departmental and individual requirements. A proposed job plan can be viewed within the application documents, to be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate.

The successful candidates will work within our Ophthalmic team having the opportunity to develop pathways whilst complementing an existing, well established and expanding eye care for York and theEast Coast. The service is consultant led with direct consultant supervision.

Main duties of the job

The principle duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients in the local area

• To, at all times, comply with the GMC requirements of Duties of a Doctor
• To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To undertake duties as defined within the job description in so far as practicable and in agreement with your clinical director.
• To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of any Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
• On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s Corporate Induction.
• To participate in the Trust’s statutory and mandatory training programme
• To be responsible for the clinical management of in and out patients under your care.
• To comply with Trust policies and procedures where appropriate.

You will join a Trust which is proud to support an ambitious programme of service modernisation and has a reputation for providing high quality services. There is strong academic interest within the department encouraging both research and education.

Applicants must possess FRCOphth or equivalent and be fully registered with the GMC and hold a licence to practise. Applicants must have entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Ophthalmology via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview date), CESR or European Community Rights.

Working for our organisation

We provide acute and community services for approximately 530,000 people living in and around York and Scarborough, providing a range of specialist services over a wider catchment area across North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Ryedale.

In April 2011 the Trust took over the management of some community based services in Selby, York, Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale. This includes some community nursing and specialist services as well as Archways in York, St Monica’s in Easingwold, The New Selby War Memorial Hospital, Whitby Hospital and Malton Hospital.

Scarborough Hospital is the Trust's second largest hospital. It has an Accident and Emergency department and provides acute medical and surgical services, including trauma, intensive care and cardiothoracic services to the population and visitors to the North East Yorkshire Coast.

All posts require a broad experience in Ophthalmology. It is expected that consultants should be willing to work across different sites as the combined service requires and according to their special interests. This advertised post is based in Scarborough and the East Coast.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information please see the job description attached

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that York Teaching Hospital has provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome their application to work for us.

Disability Confident and Mindful Employer

The Trust is committed to meeting the needs of employees and applicants with a disability or mental health condition. Our support for these schemes includes encouraging applications from people who are disabled or have a mental health condition, offering adjustments to make our application process accessible.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Hold a medical qualification registered with the GMC
• Hold a license to practise with the General Medical Council
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Ophthalmology
• An appropriate higher qualification
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Ophthalmology via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 12 months of interview) CESR or European Community Rights
• MD or equivalent Higher Degree or evidence of relevant research
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• Substantive NHS experience

Clinical practice/ competence

• Evidence of subspecialist clinical experience and skills in emergency eye care
• Knowledge of good medical practice and the General Medical Council requirements
• Post CCT Fellowship in emergency eye care

Mentoring and Teaching

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and post graduate trainees
• Experience of undertaking audits and presenting their findings
• Experience of supervision of postgraduate trainees
• Experience of supervising SpRs/specialist trainees
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates

Please note that some of our substantive vacancies may be availableon a smaller number of hours than advertised. If you would be interested in applying on this basis, we would encourage you to contact the appointing manager to enquire further.

DBS Checks

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary either in 1 payment or over a six month period once you start employment. By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for.

Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check - basic, standard and enhanced.

The sensitive applications route gives transgender applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate that could reveal their previous identity. To contact the sensitive applications team, please telephone [phone] or email [e-mail] .

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please note, the selection processes at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.

Agile and Flexible Working

We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and have recently launched our new Agile and Flexible Working policy to support this, entitling all staff to request flexible working from day one – for all posts. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Relocation Package

The Trust offers a generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss relocation further, please speak to the recruiting manager at interview.

A bit more about us and the surrounding area

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country that is home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York - consistently voted one of the best places to live in the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.

Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.

Sponsorship

If you require sponsorship to work in the UK, check you are eligible under the UKVI points based system online. Not all jobs we advertise are eligible for sponsorship.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Jan Van der Hoek Job title Consultant and Clinical Lead Email address [e-mail] Additional information

Mr David Burton Clinical Director

Mrs Kirsty Holliday, Operational Service Manager