Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist with special interest in Glaucoma

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We wish to appoint a 24 month, fixed term Consultant Ophthalmologist, specialising in Glaucoma, to cover a career break. The post will be based cross-site at Kings’ College Hospital’s main Denmark Hill site, and QUeen Mary’s Hospital 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 glaucoma service to King’s patients.

Main duties of the job

The remit of this post is to provide specialist Consultant leadership, expertise and support to King’s glaucoma service. The post holder will develop and provide outpatient and surgical services for glaucoma patients from complex to routine. There will be commitment to the new community based glaucoma monitoring service with involvement in development, training, supervision and virtual case review. In addition, the post-holder may work with local clinical commissioning groups to devise appropriate patient care pathways and services in primary care. In addition the post may involve performing high volume cataract surgery.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registerable medical qualification
  • FRCOphth / MRCOphth or equivalent
  • CCT in Ophthalmology or equivalent ophthalmic training (or be within 6 months of CCT date)

Desirable

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

Registration

Essential

  • Full Registration with GMC and name on Specialist Register or be within 6 months of entry

Training and Experience

Essential

  • Wide experience in all aspects of Ophthalmology
  • Advanced subspecialty training in glaucoma

Desirable

  • Competence in performing high volume and complex cataract surgery

Administration

Essential

  • Experience in day to day organisation of Ophthalmic services in a busy Teaching Hospital
  • Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

  • Management course and/or qualification

Audit

Essential

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

Research and Publications

Essential

  • Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Ophthalmology
  • Publication of relevant papers, review articles and case reports

King’s Values

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate an understanding of Kings Values
  • Commitment to uphold Kings Values

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation

Desirable

  • Teaching skills course/qualification

Personal Skills

Essential

  • Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff
  • Flexible, able to cover colleagues’ absence
  • Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills

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: 20 July 2026

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