Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (with potential to extend)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 384-PD-EMF19272
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum, dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist (Glaucoma)
Locum Consultant
Job overview
Are you a passionate and skilled ophthalmologist with a subspecialty interest in glaucoma? Do you thrive in a collaborative, innovative environment where patient care and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything you do?
We are seeking a Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist with specialist interest in Glaucoma to lead and deliver high-quality glaucoma services within our dynamic Ophthalmology Department. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking team committed to excellence in clinical care, teaching, and research.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the glaucoma service, delivering outpatient clinics, laser treatments, and theatre sessions.
- Participate in the on-call rota (1 in 12) shared with Ashford & St Peters’ Hospital.
- Supervise and mentor junior medical staff.
- Contribute to service development, clinical governance, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Engage in teaching and research in collaboration with the University of Surrey and the Surrey Cancer Research Institute.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details of the role, person specification and job plan.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration and a license to practice with the GMC
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Ophthalmology via CCT or Portfolio Pathway
- MBBS or equivalent
- FRCOphth or qualification at an equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated ability to lead independent ophthalmology theatre lists
- Clinical fellowship experience in glaucoma
- Demonstrated teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Miss Emily Shao
- Job title
- Clinical Director for Ophthalmology
- Email address
- [email protected]
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