Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist - Glaucoma

Integrated Care System; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Glaucoma. The successful candidate will engage in clinical duties, manage and train junior staff, and participate in on-call duties. Applicants must hold full GMC registration and relevant specialist qualifications. This position offers a flexible working arrangement and opportunities for teaching and research.

Qualifications

• Competent Glaucoma consultant with experience in working autonomously.
• Fellowship in Glaucoma.
• Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide Glaucoma face-to-face and virtual clinics.
• Supervise and train colleagues including trainees.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota.

Skills

Glaucoma management

Autonomous working

Team leadership

Effective communication

Teaching and training

Education

Full GMC registration

FRCOphth or equivalent

Postgraduate qualification in Education

Job description

Go back Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist - Glaucoma

The closing date is 04 September 2025

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

The Consultant will, in conjunction with colleagues:

i. Provide Glaucoma face-to-face and virtual clinics

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

iii. Provide 1 in 10 on call cover for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals

iv. Supervise and help train colleagues including trainees and Allied Health Professionals

v. Help with advice and management of emergency Glaucoma patients along with the on-call team when needed

vi. Work flexibly to provide adequate cover for colleagues when needed to ensure smooth running of the service

Undertake the following example of a working week when not on call (Provisional time table)

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

• oFull GMC registration
• Entry 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

Qualifications and Training

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

Clinical Experience

• Competent Glaucoma consultant with experience in working autonomously
• Fellowship in Glaucoma

Management and Administration Experience

• Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
• Ability 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