Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems.
- Skills
Ability to offer expert clinical opinion for both emergency and elective patient care.
- Experience
Documented clinical training and experience in Ophthalmology sufficient to gain UK CCST in Ophthalmology. Independent cataract surgery skills.
- Experience
Able to work independently at a senior level, taking responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Experience
Clinical supervision experience/skills
- Experience
Sufficient experience to safely undertake Consultant level on call in an acute general hospital Ophthalmology Department as an independent opinion
- Experience
Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist services, including experience of organising and managing out-patient priorities and waiting lists
- Experience
Ability to lead a clinical team with proven clinical leadership experience
- Qualifications
FRCOphth or relevant/equivalent qualification
- Qualifications
Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise and entry on GMC specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to undertake training/mentoring of clinical staff and enthusiasm for education.
- Experience
Management experience or attendance at courses for SpRs/Consultant level practitioners.
- Qualifications
Completion of a fellowship or other qualification in an ophthalmic sub-specialty or special interest
- Qualifications
Glaucoma fellowship with experience of trabeculectomy
Job overview
This is a substantive, full time appointment for a Consultant in Ophthalmology to support delivery of services within our friendly modern and well-equipped Eye Centre.
Our service is expanding, and an enthusiastic and committed individual is sought to work with our existing clinical team at what is an exciting point in service development. The Department has links with the Tertiary Trust at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and delivers the Northern part of the Derbyshire Diabetic Retinal Screening (DRS) programme.
We are seeking someone with good general ophthalmic skills and consideration can be given to candidates with varied sub-speciality interests so long as these align with departmental operational requirements.
We would be particularly interested to hear from individuals who are on the Speciality Register, who have an interest in medical education as the Department will be taking on higher speciality trainees in the forthcoming year.
1:11weeks NROC - shared cover with Kings Mill Hospital. A week of nights and weekend is done around every 11 weeks second on call with an experienced Specialist Grade first on call.
Main duties of the job
For further information please see the attached job description and person specification which gives a comprehensive overview of the main duties required for this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
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This advert is for Consultant Ophthalmologist with Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Ophthalmology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent: on call 1:11 1% CAT B. The application deadline is 30 Sep 2026.
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