Job details
- Job reference: 250878
- Salary: Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064)
- Job closing date: 28/07/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Queen Margaret Hospital
- Employment type: Fixed-term
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 30/06/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife
- Department: Ophthalmology
We are seeking a full-time locum consultant in ophthalmology. You will join an established and cohesive team and will work closely with our colleagues in hospital and community optometry, providing patient-centred safe and clinically effective care. The role of particular relevance for this post is high-volume cataract surgery, with clear evidence of a proven track record. The main base will be Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, although travel to other hospitals in Fife will be required.
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact:Dr Caroline Styles or Dr Peter Wilson, Consultant Ophthalmologists on 01383 623623 ext 23837 or caroline.styles@nhs.scot or peter.wilson2@nhs.scot.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training to Non-UK Applicants must demonstrate that they have the knowledge, skills and experience required for practising as an eligible specialist in the UK.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Person specification
Audit
Essential
- Proven experience of clinical audit.
Desirable
- Proven use of audit as a tool to manage change in clinical practice.
Teaching
Essential
- Evidence of formal or informal teaching, training and supervision of junior medical staff, medical students and other clinical staff.
Desirable
- Evidence of formal training in teaching.
Management
Essential
- Awareness of management issues in the NHS.
Desirable
- Experience in initiating change.
- Management training/Medical Leadership Qualification.
Qualifications
Essential
- Primary medical qualification.
- Full registration with the General Medical Council.
- FRCOphth.
General Attributes
Essential
- Able to work in a team with colleagues in own and other disciplines.
- Able to organise time efficiently and effectively.
- Good communication skills.
- Adaptable and open to new ideas.
- Commitment to CPD.
- Complement the existing team.
Research and Publication
Essential
- Ability to supervise audit projects.
- Understanding of principles of research and audit.
Desirable
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Regular attendance at audit meetings.
Clinical Skills and Experience
Essential
- Completion of Specialist Registrar training in ophthalmology.
- Full validated log book summary.
- Evidence of appropriate CPD.
- Excellent surgical competence and skills in modern cataract surgery, with evidence of experience of high volume cataract surgery.
- Able to run subspecialty clinics and services.
Desirable
- Further subspecialty training in medical retina or glaucoma.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Ophthalmology (LW) with NHS Fife in Kirkcaldy, East of Scotland, Scotland. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Ophthalmology role. The advertised salary is £111,430 - £148,064. The contract type is Fixed-term. The application deadline is 28 Jul 2026.
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