Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 356-26-7758136
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hull Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Ophthalmology
Specialty Doctor
Job overview
The successful candidate for this appointment will join an expanding department of Ophthalmology. This is a substantive post, which will receive CESR training opportunities. The appointee will be joining 21 Consultant Ophthalmologists, 6 Specialty Doctors and 5 Trainees. The successful candidate will work 12 PA’s a week, which will include 8 DCC and 2SPA split, and 2PAs to cover on-call commitments.
Main duties of the job
Duties other than those clinical duties specified will be in accordance with the Job Plan agreed between the Appointee, the present Consultants and the Chief Executive. The Job Plan allows time for Administration, Teaching and Medical
Audit. Participation in audit/appraisal and CME is mandatory under clinical governance/GMC guidance.
All clinicians may be required to work on any of the Trust’s sites and across the seven day period where necessary.
Secretarial support and appropriate office accommodation and IT facilities will be provided.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications for this post, we reserve the right to close the advert early.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • MBBS or equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- Diploma of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, DRCOphth or FRCS Ophthalmology (Glasgow)
Clinical Experience / Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ST1 competencies or equivalent in Ophthalmology with prior Glaucoma experience.
- Ability to manage general, emergency, ophthalmic and paediatric problems.
- Ability to record detailed legible medical notes
- Demonstrate evidence based practice
- Particular experience in Glaucoma management
- OCT analysis skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Ophthalmic surgery
- Evidence of Glaucoma subspecialty training.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
- Prior use of Medisoft or another electronic patient record
- Ability to use Electronic Patient Record.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the GMC
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
- Evidence of participation in audit
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Mr Mark Costen
- Job title
- Consultant Ophthalmologist & Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 875875
- Additional information
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