Specialty Doctor - Eye Emergency & Cornea

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust in Oxford is seeking a Specialty Doctor in Eye Emergency & Cornea to enhance its clinical team. The role entails supporting the Eye Emergency Department and attending to corneal clinics. Candidates should have a strong background in ophthalmology, including a minimum of 4 years post-graduate training. The position also involves teaching clinical students and engaging in departmental research. The ideal applicant will possess excellent communication skills and a commitment to clinical governance and development.

Qualifications

• Full registration and licence to practice with GMC.
• At least 4 years post-grad training in ophthalmology.
• MRCOphth or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical activity in Cornea and Eye Emergency.
• Participate in teaching clinical students and training junior doctors.
• Contribute to research in the department.
• Engage in clinical governance activities including audits.

Skills

Ability to motivate and develop trainee medical staff

Work independently and effectively organise/manage clinical workload

Effective communication – verbal and written

Experience of clinical audit

Experience teaching undergraduates

Involvement in previous ophthalmology research projects

Education

Full registration and licence to practice with GMC

At least 4‑years post‑grad training in a relevant specialty

MRCOphth or equivalent

FRCOphth or equivalent

Job description

Specialty Doctor - Eye Emergency & Cornea

The closing date is 20 January 2026

Applications are invited for the newly created post of Specialty Doctor in Cornea and Emergency Eye Care at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals Trust. We are looking to make a substantive appointment to the Eye Hospital team with the aim to provide consistency and stability to the workforce and offer the post holder the opportunity to develop existing clinical skills and autonomy.

Main duties of the job

The minimum requirement for this post is 10 sessions. The principal purpose of the post will be to support the general clinical activity and sub-speciality activity in Cornea and the Eye Emergency Department.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles.

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Job responsibilities

Clinical

The post holder’s core duties of 10 sessions will be within the Oxford Eye Hospital and will form a mixture of eye casualty and corneal clinics. There will be necessary time for administrative duties.

Teaching

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a world‐renowned teaching hospital, and the post holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students and training junior doctors. The post holder’s contribution to teaching and training will be included in the regular job plan review.

Research

It is expected that the successful applicant will support any research being undertaken in the department.

Clinical Governance

The post holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trusts, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post holder will be required to keep fully up to date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Clinical Lead/Clinical Director, in keeping with the prevailing terms and conditions of service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.

Management

The post holder will be required to work within the Trust’s management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. They will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinical department under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full registration and licence to practice with GMC
• At least 4‑years post‑grad training in a relevant specialty
• MRCOphth or equivalent
• FRCOphth or equivalent

Experience

• Experience as a specialty trainee or specialty doctor in general ophthalmology, including clinic and surgery
• Evidence of recent CME activity and satisfactory career progression
• Ability to make independent decisions
• Previous eye casualty and cornea experience

Skills and knowledge

• Ability to motivate and develop trainee medical staff
• Work independently and effectively organise/manage clinical workload
• Undertake the role of specialty doctor in a large teaching hospital
• Good personal and interpersonal skills
• Effective communication – verbal and writtenExperience of clinical audit
• Experience teaching undergraduates
• Involvement in previous ophthalmology research projects

Other

• Full driving licence

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust