Consultant Ophthalmologist - Paediatric Ophthalmology

NHS; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Paediatric Ophthalmology. The role involves direct clinical duties, management of teams, and active participation in audits and teaching, promising a rewarding career in a leading NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration required.
• Competent Paediatric Ophthalmic surgeon and cataract surgeon.
• Evidence of participation in audit and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Assume a direct clinical role within the department.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota.
• Supervise junior medical staff.

Skills

Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams

Excellent manner with patients

Communicate effectively with patients and relatives

Participate in audit

Education

FRCOphth or equivalent

Postgraduate qualification in Education

Job description

Go back Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant Ophthalmologist - Paediatric Ophthalmology

The closing date is 06 July 2025

The Ophthalmology Department (part of the Head and Neck Care Group) at NHS HHP are primarily

located at all the main hospital sites in the group (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana Princess

of Wales Hospital at Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole & District Hospital) where the

consultants are also based.

There will be an increase in imaging capacity when the Ophthalmic Imaging Hubs open at East Riding

Community Hospital, and Scunthorpe later this year.

Currently there are 32 consultant ophthalmologists (FT & LTFT) at NHS HHP. Plans are in motion for

additional recruitment to expand the team in the next 1-2 years.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will assume a direct clinical role within the department, sharing all facilities equally with the existing consultants. This is a substantive post (10 PAs) and the appointee will be joining

32 Consultant Ophthalmologist posts already established. The successful candidate will work 10 PA's a week, which will include an 8 DCC and 2 SPA split (Flexible working may be considered). It is expected that the successful applicant will play an active role in the consultant on call rota.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details regarding this vacancy, please see attached full job description and personspecification.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• oFull GMC registration
• oEntry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: oCertificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) oCertificate of Eligibility for specialist Registration (CESR)

Qualifications and Training

• oFRCOphth or equivalent
• oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training

Clinical Experience

• oCompetent Paediatric Ophthalmic surgeon and cataract surgeon
• oFellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology

Management and Administration Experience

• oAbility to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
• oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
• oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
• oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

• oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
• oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• oEvidence of participation in audit
• oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
• oEvidence of having conducted a practice changing audit
• oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
• oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

• oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
• oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
• oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
• oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
• oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust