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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Audit
Clinical audit experience.
- Research
Publications and/or presentations of original clinical and/or laboratory research in ophthalmology.
- Disposition
Able to work with team members of all grades within the NHS
- Disposition
Organisational skills
- Qualifications
Medical degree
- Qualifications
FRCOphth (or equivalent)
- Qualifications
CST in ophthalmology
- Qualifications
Specialist registration with the GMC.
- Teaching and Training
Experience in formal and informal teaching and training.
- Attainments and practical skills
Fellowship training or equivalent postgraduate training / experience in the management of patients with glaucoma.
- Attainments and practical skills
Proficient in several glaucoma surgical techniques
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Audit
Evidence of completion of a clinical audit cycle.
- Research
Publications and/or presentations of original clinical and/or laboratory research in glaucoma.
- Research
Research grant awards.
- Disposition
Willingness to work flexibly towards the strategic aims of the organisation
- Disposition
Managerial experience including a central role in competence – based role development for non-medical staff and a central role in patient care pathway development.
- Qualifications
Post-graduate research degree (MD, PhD, MSc).
- Qualifications
Specialist registration with the GMC.
- Teaching and Training
Qualification in teaching and or training.
- Attainments and practical skills
Surgical or non-surgical skills not currently offered by the department.
- Attainments and practical skills
Evidence of leadership skills.
Job overview
Introduction
Applications are invited for a locum consultant ophthalmologist post specialising in glaucoma. The successful candidate will join an established prestigious tertiary service and will also provide general and emergency ophthalmic services.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with appropriate training and qualifications. This is a 8.00 PA appointment for up to fifteen months covering a career break. The post is based at the Aintree University Hospital site, which is part of the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT).
St. Paul’s Eye Unit is a vibrant and innovative department. The successful applicant will join a group of over thirty consultants including five clinical academics at consultant level.
Main duties of the job
St. Paul’s Eye Unit
St. Paul’s Eye Unit is a part of the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a merger between the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Trust and the Aintree Trust. St. Paul’s is located on three sites: Aintree University Hospital, Royal Liverpool University Hospital and South Liverpool Treatment Centre, Garston. Senior medical staff currently comprises almost thirty substantive consultants including five clinical academics at consultant level, locum consultants, two associate specialists and six specialty doctors. Doctors in training comprise two clinical lecturers, specialist trainees and sub-specialty fellows.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
| Attainments and practical skills | Fellowship training or equivalent postgraduate training / experience in the management of patients with glaucoma. | Surgical or non-surgical skills not currently offered by the department. Evidence of leadership skills. | Application / CV ad interview |
| Qualifications | Medical degree. FRCOphth (or equivalent). CST in ophthalmology. Specialist registration with the GMC. | Post-graduate research degree (MD, PhD, MSc). | Application / CV |
| Research | Publications and/or presentations of original clinical and/or laboratory research in ophthalmology. | Publications and/or presentations of original clinical and/or laboratory research in glaucoma. Research grant awards. | Application / CV |
| Disposition | Able to work with team members of all grades within the NHS. Organisational skills. | Willingness to work flexibly towards the strategic aims of the organisation. Managerial experience including a central role in competence – based role development for non-medical staff and a central role in patient care pathway development. | Application / CV, interview, references |
| Teaching and Training | Experience in formal and informal teaching and training. | Qualification in teaching and or training. | Application / CV, interview |
| Audit | Clinical audit experience. | Evidence of completion of a clinical audit cycle. | Application / CV, interview |
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 Ophthalmologist Post Specialising in Glaucoma with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Ophthalmology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata (dependant on experience). The contract type is Fixed term: 15 months (No on call component to post.). The application deadline is 07 Sep 2026.
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