Locum Consultant Medical Corneal & Cataract: Sponsorship Available

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We wish to appoint a 12-month, fixed term Consultant Ophthalmologist, specialising in Corneal and Cataract . The post will be based cross-site at Kings’ College Hospital’s Queen Mary’s Hospital site, in Sidcup. However, the post has the potential to support any of King’s sites as appropriate. The individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff (medical and non-medical). The post holder will work within the multi-disciplinary teams providing and further developing elective and emergency care for ophthalmology patients within the general and subspecialty services, focusing on the provision and development of the Corneal and Cataract services to King’s patients.

Main duties of the job

The remit of this post is to provide specialist Consultant leadership, expertise and support to the King’s Corneal and Cataract services. The post holder will develop and provide outpatient and surgical services for Corneal and Cataract patients from complex to routine. There will be commitment to the cross linking and stable Keratoconus virtual service with involvement in development, training and supervision. In addition, the post will involve performing high volume cataract surgery.

The post holder will contribute to the strategic development of the Corneal and Cataract services across all King’s sites in collaboration with the other King’s specialists and there are regular meetings of a cross-site subspecialty group to facilitate this.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registerable medical qualification
  • Full FRCOphth or equivalent

Desirable

  • Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration

Essential

  • Full Registration with GMC
  • Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

Essential

  • Wide experience in all aspects of Ophthalmology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC.
  • Fellowship in Corneal or equivalent
  • Competence in performing all types of Corneal surgery

Desirable

  • Competence in performing high volume and complex cataract surgery

Management and Leadership

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

  • Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

  • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
  • Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable

  • Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential

  • Experience of clinical research.
  • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Desirable

  • Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Ophthalmology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 28 September 2026

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