Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist - Cornea

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist to join their corneal and external eye disease team. This role involves delivering a comprehensive medical and surgical corneal service and requires extensive experience in general ophthalmology and corneal surgery. The position offers a salary range of £109,725 to £145,478 annually and includes opportunities for teaching and research.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing corneal emergencies is essential.
• Must have a subspecialty fellowship or evidence of subspecialty practice.
• Commitment to training and continuing medical education (CME) is required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a comprehensive subspecialty medical and surgical corneal service.
• Provide guidance to the eye casualty team.
• Participate in the general consultant on-call rota.

Skills

Extensive experience in General Ophthalmology

Subspecialist experience in Corneal surgery

Ability to manage corneal emergencies

Good leadership skills

Ability to communicate effectively

Education

Full GMC registration

FRCOphth or equivalent

Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register

Job description

Go back South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist - Cornea

The closing date is 31 October 2025

The Department of Ophthalmology at James Cook University Hospital is looking to appoint an NHS Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist with a view to making substantive to augment the services we provide at South Tees NHS Trust.

The ophthalmology department is a cohesive unit which has steadily expanded over the last ten years covering all major sub speciality areas within ophthalmology.

The successful candidate will be joining the corneal & external eye disease ophthalmology team. The department has a busy corneal and external eye diseases service that is currently lead by a single corneal consultant.

The growth and expansion of the service has led to the recruitment of another corneal subspecialist to manage the workload.

Main duties of the job

The primary focus of the position is to deliver a comprehensive subspecialty medical and surgical corneal service for the catchment area of the hospital supporting the existing consultant in the service.

Applicants need to be familiar and practiced in the surgical management of modern corneal grafting techniques for emergency conditions and for those patients that require long term visual rehabilitation.

The newly appointed consultant will be expected to provide necessary support and guidance to the eye casualty team with regards to the management of acute corneal and external eye disease disorders.

In addition, the appointed consultant will be expected to contribute to the provision of emergency ophthalmic care through participation in the general consultant on-call rota and to provide general ophthalmic care for conditions which do not need subspecialty input.

Within the hospital and department there are established research facilities and there will be opportunities to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education.

The post holder will join the on-call rota on a 1 in 16/18 rota (with prospective cover in DCC).

About us

The group model means that the two organisations remain separate so they can represent their communities really effectively, but it has the flexibility to enable the trusts to work at scale to take strategic decisions which benefit the group as a whole and the patients we serve.

This is not a merger. Both trusts remain as separate organisations - keeping their own existing identities and names - but going forward, when they are working together, they can now collectively be known as University Hospitals Tees.

The two trusts are the area's largest employers, with a budget of around £1.2billion and more than 15,000 staff who deliver acute, tertiary and community health and care services across the Tees Valley, North Yorkshire, County Durham and beyond. University Hospitals Tees will deliver better outcomes for:

• Patients - by ensuring equal access to treatment and sharing best practice on how to deliver care.
• Staff - by enabling them to work on all of the group's sites more easily and develop career opportunities.
• The wider population - by collaborating to work on endemic health issues and having a coherent voice to represent the people of the Tees Valley and parts of County Durham and North Yorkshire.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• oFull GMC registration
• oFRCOphth or equivalent
• oRelevant CCT or equivalent ('equivalence' must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by date of AAC)
• oEntry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC

Clinical Experience and Effectiveness

• oExtensive experience in General Ophthalmology
• oSubspecialist experience in Corneal surgery and management of external eye diseases
• oAbility to manage corneal emergencies
• oUnderstanding of quality improvement activities such as audit
• oRecognised subspecialty fellowship or good evidence of subspecialty practice in a recognized medical institution
• oAbility to undertake high volume cataract surgery with a complex case mix

Teaching & Training Experience

• oExperience of supervising resident medical staff
• oEvidence of management and administration experience
• oOther teaching skills/experience
• oManagement training
• oSuccess in obtaining funding for research

Personal Attributes

• oGood leadership skills
• oAbility to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GP's, nurses and other agencies
• oEnthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
• oGood organisational and management skills
• oCommitment to training and continuing medical education (CME)
• oCaring attitude to patients
• oAbility to work within a multidisciplinary team
• oResident within 10 miles or 30minutes of the hospital
• oFlexibility to respond to changing service needs
• oClear recognition of boundaries in respect of sessional work outside the hospital
• oExperience in team working outside of work
• oAbility to meet the travel requirements of the post

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year10 PA Contract