Consultant Ophthalmologist with an interest in Medical Glaucoma

NHS; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Humber Health Partnership is looking for a full-time Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Medical Glaucoma. The successful candidate will play a critical role in patient care and contribute to teaching and supervision within the department. This role includes participation in on-call duties and offers a supportive environment for career development.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration required.
• Specialist Register entry within 6 months.
• Experience in specific Ophthalmology training essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical Ophthalmology services within the agreed timetable.
• Supervise trainee staff and contribute to the consultant on call rota.
• Engage in teaching, audits, and research activities.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Communication

Leadership

Supervision

Teaching

Education

FRCOphth or equivalent

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Postgraduate qualification in Education

Job description

Go back Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant Ophthalmologist with an interest in Medical Glaucoma

The closing date is 06 July 2025

The successful candidate will assume a direct clinical role within the department, sharing all facilities equally with the existing consultants. This is a full-time permanent post (11 PAs) General Ophthalmologist with special interest in Medical Glaucoma. The appointee will be joining 32 Consultant Ophthalmologist posts already established. The successful candidate will work 11 PA's a week, which will include an 8 DCC and 2 SPA split (Flexible working may be considered) with additional activities to be discussed. It is expected that the successful applicant will play an active role in the consultant on call rota.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will, in conjunction with colleagues:

i. Provide theatre cover as below.

ii. Provide an Ophthalmic service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan.

iii. Provide trustwide 1 in 10 on call cover

iv. Supervise trainee staff within the Trust.

Please see attached job description for an example of a working week when not on call.

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 in relation to this vacancy, please view the full job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• Full GMC registration
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register within 6 months of Interview

Qualifications and Training

• FRCOphth or equivalent
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of specific Ophthalmology training in a fellowship programme
• Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job as a general otorhinolaryngologist.
• Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.

Management and Administration Experience

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

Teaching, Audit and Research

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

Personal Attributes

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