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Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Completed Higher Specialist Training in Ophthalmology
- Experience
Extensive training and experience in management of paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus
- Skills and aptitudes
Clinical Leadership Working in multidisciplinary teams
- Skills and aptitudes
Training junior doctors and allied healthcare professionals
- Education & professional Qualifications
FRCOphth or equivalent ophthalmic qualification
- Education & professional Qualifications
Full GMC Registration (with a ‘Licence to Practise’)
- Education & professional Qualifications
Be on or eligible for the GMC specialist register, or be within 6 months of entry.
- Education & professional Qualifications
Experience of team working in a multidisciplinary paediatric ophthalmology team
- Education & professional Qualifications
Experience of running a trainee teaching programme in Glaucoma care
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Awareness of current issues affecting the NHS & UK Higher Education
- Experience
Should have received training in clinical supervision as defined by the GMC.
- Skills and aptitudes
Training the Trainer Course
- Skills and aptitudes
ARCP assessor
- Education & professional Qualifications
Awareness of current issues affecting the NHS & UK Higher Education
- Education & professional Qualifications
Should have received training in clinical supervision as defined by the GMC
- Education & professional Qualifications
Audit & research skills.
- Education & professional Qualifications
Ability to lead & co-ordinate clinical teams.
Job overview
This Locum consultant post will support the service needs of the Glaucoma Ophthalmology service. This will ensure the provision of a high-quality service, with the development and maintenance of standards through clinical audit, evidence-based research and appraisal.
The post is based at North Middlesex University Hospital. The team comprises; 1 Glaucoma Consultant, 1 Paediatric Consultant, 2 Medical Retina Consultants & 1 Oculo-plastic Consultant.
Main duties of the job
To deliver, develop and lead the Glaucoma service
To support the Ophthalmology unit in achieving its goal of high-quality eye
Care for the local population of North-East and East London
To participate actively in clinical trials, research and teaching
To train allied healthcare professionals (AHP) in extended roles
Increase capacity for new glaucoma referrals
Increase capacity for follow-up glaucoma patients
Support the development and delivery of a virtual glaucoma service
Provide surgical procedures including glaucoma shunt surgery
Trabeculectomies, MIGS surgery and introduce contemporary surgical glaucoma procedures
Work collaboratively with optometrists
Deliver specialist outpatient glaucoma clinics.
Manage complex glaucoma patients, providing high-level clinical expertise.
Perform advanced glaucoma surgeries, including trabeculectomy, glaucoma drainage devices, and MIGS.
Support rapid access glaucoma clinics as part of the regular timetable
Provide cataract surgery lists and manage in line with GIRFT recommendations.
Contribute to multidisciplinary team discussions and complex case management.
There is an expectation to be able to review at least 8 New patients or 10-12 F/U patients (depending on complexity) or a mix of New and Follow-up patients for each 4- hour session.
There is an expectation to be able to review at least 20 patients for a virtual glaucoma clinic per 4-hour session.
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 Locum Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon (Specialist interest in Glaucoma) with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Ophthalmology role. The advertised salary is £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum pro rata +LW. The contract type is Locum: 11 months. The application deadline is 21 Oct 2026.
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