Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist - Glaucoma

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Grimsby is seeking a Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Glaucoma. This substantive post involves sharing facilities with existing consultants and working a total of 11 PAs per week, including clinical duties and on-call responsibilities. The successful candidate will supervise trainees, manage Glaucoma clinics, and contribute to service development. Applicants must hold full GMC registration and relevant postgraduate qualifications.

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration required.
• Evidence of specific Ophthalmology training in a fellowship programme.
• Experience in managing medical/surgical teams.
• Commitment to teaching of medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide face-to-face and virtual clinics for Glaucoma patients.
• Supervise trainee staff within the Trust.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota.
• Provide trustwide on-call cover.

Skills

Ophthalmology training

Clinical judgement

Leadership

Teaching

Research participation

Education

FRCOphth or equivalent

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Postgraduate degree (e.g. MD, PhD)

Job description

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist - Glaucoma

The closing date is 04 January 2026

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 and the appointee will be joining 32 Consultant Ophthalmologist posts already established. The successful candidate will work 11 PAs per week, which will include an 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA split (Flexible working may be considered) in addition to 1 PA for on-call work. It is expected that the successful applicant will play an active role in the consultant on call rota.

Main duties of the job

• Provide Glaucoma face-to-face and virtual clinics
• Provide an Ophthalmic service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan
• Provide trustwide 1 in 10 on call cover
• Supervise trainee staff within the Trust.
• Help with advice and management of emergency Glaucoma patients along with the on‑call team when needed
• Work flexibly to provide adequate cover for colleagues when needed to ensure smooth running of the service

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 with regard to this vacancy, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• Full GMC Registration

Qualifications and Training

• FRCOphth or equivalent
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in postgraduate 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

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.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust