Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon interest in Paediatrics and Strabismus

Job overview

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Ophthalmology Department are currently seeking candidates for substantive Paediatric Ophthalmology Consultant post.

The successful candidate will join a dynamic Paediatric Ophthalmology service alongside another Paediatric Consultant.

BHT has worked hard to create a modern Paediatric Ophthalmology service with AHP led clinics and a hub and spoke model allowing patients to be seen routinely at 4 sites with appointments at the hub carefully controlled.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing a full complement of  Paediatric Ophthalmology aspects of the units’ work. This will include ROP screening on the SCBU. The successful candidate will also provide, along with the other Consultants in the Unit, a general Ophthalmology service, the exact nature of which will depend on the skills of the successful candidate. One session per week will be dedicated to paediatric eye emergency work.

Please note the start date for this post would be after the 31st August 2026.

Planned AAC Interview Date is Monday 2 March 2026.

Main duties of the job

The key duties and responsibilities are: -

• Specialist Paediatric and Adult Strabismus Services ( if skills of successful applicant appropriate)
• General Ophthalmology responsibilities on call
• Outpatient clinics at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe/Amersham General Hospital
• Operating
• Teaching of Oxford deanery trainees and medical students
• Other care of inpatients or outpatients
• Clinical and other administration as required by agreement
• Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates
• Participation in Clinical Governance

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this post, and contact details can also be found below.

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