Consultant Ophthalmologist - Special interest Glaucoma & MR

Overview

Consultant Ophthalmologist - specialist in Glaucoma and Medical Retina. We are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising in Glaucoma and Medical Retina, providing sub-specialty out-patient clinics and oversee a non-medical injection service. The closing date is 27 March 2026.

CHFTs Glaucoma Service consists of specialist complex clinics, glaucoma standard including virtual review clinics, Optometry led new patient clinics and trained technician diagnostic clinics. Orthoptists, Nurse Practitioners and ACPs also hold glaucoma qualifications and lead IOP Check and Compliance clinics. The Glaucoma Service runs on 2-stop diagnostics and virtual or face to face review model. Due to the digital maturity of the Trust, virtual reviews can be undertaken off-site to allow for flexible working (work-life balance) and most efficient use of clinical estate within the hospital footprint. Dedicated diagnostics suite for Glaucoma. For those patients requiring laser treatment, lasers for Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty, YAG laser and most recently Micropulse are available in out-patient settings. For those patients requiring surgery, theatre staff are very familiar with techniques of cyclodiode laser and most recently I-Stent. The medical retina service continues to transform and initiate new models and pathways of care to meet the needs of the local population by implementing best practice.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist Consultant Led out-patient medical retina clinics:

• Macular
• RVO
• DMO
• Stable macular virtual clinics
• Support sub-speciality clinics where appropriate
• Support Emergency clinics where appropriate

It is expected that the post-holder will able to deliver on all degrees of disease management (including Glaucoma elective and acute surgery).

To provide teaching and education to trainees, Trust doctors, Optometrists, Orthoptists, Nurse practitioners to enhance future models of care and expansion within the specialty.

Opportunity to work with service leads to conduct service improvement, transformation and research.

Opportunity to provide emergency on-call and cataract surgery depending on experience.

About us

CHFT has 2 main sites, Ophthalmology being based in Acre Mills Out-patients, Huddersfield and Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax.

The Trust is currently one of the most digitised NHS Trusts in the country having moved to Cerner Millennium Electronic Patient Records (EPR) in 2017. This makes us currently one of the most paper-light and digitised Ophthalmology Departments in the country including the use of Medisight by all clinical teams, and our planned/on-going work will make us a national leader in this area.

Job responsibilities

In your application please check the box relating to Surgical Procedures, as this is relevant to the post.

Please see attached job description for full roles and responsibilities. If you have any specific questions about this role please contact us.

Person Specification Qualifications

• MRCOphth or FRCOphth or equivalent
• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Ophthalmology
• Evidence of extensive experience and training in assessing and treating patients in General Ophthalmology / on-call settings and MR sub-specialties
• Evidence of experience in planning and / or managing MR services including injection service
• Understanding current issues within Ophthalmology and the future direction of the specialty
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Ophthalmology
• Evidence of experience in planning and / or managing a Glacucoma services including injection service

Teaching and training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course
• Formal qualification in teaching/education

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload, co-ordinate staff & manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost-effective healthcare
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation
• Ability to touch type

General

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experience £109,725 - £145,478 per annum