Specialist Grade in Medical Retina

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eye care institution in London is seeking a Specialist Grade Doctor for the Medical Retina Service. This role involves managing patient care and clinic operations while contributing to teaching and clinical governance. Required qualifications include a CCT in Ophthalmology and excellent presentation skills. Join a renowned facility dedicated to advancing ophthalmic health care.

Qualifications

• Wide experience in the glaucoma subspecialty.
• Further qualification in glaucoma.
• Accredited fellowship in glaucoma.
• Further qualifications/ accredited training in management or leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage the care of patients and ensure proper functioning of the service.
• Oversee day-to-day management of clinics and ensure coverage.
• Participate in clinical governance and audit.

Skills

Excellent teaching & presentation skills

Education

CCT in Ophthalmology or equivalent ophthalmic training

FRCOphth / MRCOphth or equivalent ophthalmic qualification

Higher Degree (MD/PhD)

Job description

Overview

Moorfields Stratford is seeking a Specialist Grade Doctor for the Medical Retina Service. The closing date is 28 September 2025.

This role offers a full timetable with a total of ten sessions with face to face outpatient sessions, laser and injections.

Main duties of the job

The post holder has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients and for the proper functioning of the service, allowing for all appropriate delegation to and training staff. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of clinics and must ensure that in/out patient services are covered during their planned absences. Participation in episodes of shared care requires the specialist to provide advice and support to clinicians in other services with regard to patients who may have a combination of ocular problems.

All members of the consultant staff and honorary consultants are expected to contribute to the Medical Advisory Committee and to serve on other Hospital committees as required unless compelling reasons prevent this. All members of the consultant staff will be expected to participate in audit meetings.

All members of staff are expected to participate in clinical governance and audit, to meet annual training requirements, and to satisfy the annual requirement for continuous professional development set out by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. All staff will participate in the Trusts' appraisal scheme. The specialist will be expected to teach postgraduate medical practitioners and all levels of staff as required in both Hospital and Institute of Ophthalmology courses.

About us

As a measure of our success, more patients than ever before chose us for their ophthalmic health care and in 2010/14, we recorded almost 500,000 outpatient attendances in our clinics and 74,000 attendances at our specialist A&E department. We carried out nearly 30,000 inpatient and day-case procedures, more than 8,500 laser treatments and around 10,000 treatment procedures for age-related macular degeneration. We continue to improve the quality of our services and meet the key operational targets that matter to our patients, referrers, and commissioners. We delivered a financial surplus of £10 million, maintaining our long-term viability, while the organisation continues to evolve to meet the changing healthcare environment and the challenging economic climate.

Moorfields has contracts with more than 80 primary care trusts across the country, making us a truly national centre for eye care.

We are also a major postgraduate teaching centre and a national centre for ophthalmic research involving, with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, the largest ophthalmic research programme in the world. We are one of only 11 sites nationally to be awarded National Institute for Health Research biomedical research centre status for translational research. This has recently been renewed for another 5 years through national competition. Established in April 2007, the Centre is funded by the Department of Health via the National Institute for Health Research.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for detailed job description outlining responsibilities and duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• CCT in Ophthalmology or equivalent ophthalmic training
• FRCOphth / MRCOphth or equivalent ophthalmic qualification
• Higher Degree (MD/PhD)

Training

• wide experience in the glaucoma subspecialty
• Further qualification in glaucoma
• Accredited fellowship in glaucoma
• Further qualifications/ accredited training in management or leadership

Skills

• Excellent teaching & presentation skills

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.

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust