Job Description

The successful candidate will assume a direct clinical role within the department, sharing all facilities equally with the existing consultants. This is a full-time permanent post (11 PAs) General Ophthalmologist with special interest in Medical retinal diseases/Uveitis. The appointee will be joining 32 Consultant Ophthalmologist posts already established. The successful candidate will work 11 PA's a week, which will include an 8 DCC and 2 SPA split (Flexible working may be considered) with additional activities to be discussed. 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 theatre cover as below.
ii. Provide an Ophthalmic service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan.
iii. Provide trustwide 1 in 10 on call cover
iv. Supervise trainee staff within the Trust.
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.
Details
Date posted
30 June 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
105,504 to 139,882 a year PA PR
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
356-25-7186727
Job locations
Scunthorpe General Hospital
Cliff Gardens
Scunthorpe
DN15 7BH
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this role, please see attached full job description and person specification. Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this role, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) Certificate of Eligibility for specialist Registration (CESR)

Qualifications and Training
Essential

• FRCOphth or equivalent
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Able to take responsibility for delivering the service without direct supervision.
• Evidence of specific Ophthalmology training in a fellowship programme.

Desirable

• Dual fellowship / ASTO in a recognised teaching centre.

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable

• Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
• Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
• Original peer-reviewed research publications

Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) Certificate of Eligibility for specialist Registration (CESR)

Qualifications and Training
Essential

• FRCOphth or equivalent
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Able to take responsibility for delivering the service without direct supervision.
• Evidence of specific Ophthalmology training in a fellowship programme.

Desirable

• Dual fellowship / ASTO in a recognised teaching centre.

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable

• Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
• Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
• Original peer-reviewed research publications