Job overview

The Manchester Royal Eye Hospital wishes invite applications for the locum post of Consultant Ophthalmologist with a special interest in neuro ophthalmology and adult strabismus surgery to join the current team of three consultants.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will provide sub-specialty expertise in neuro ophthalmology as well as adult strabismus surgery. It is aimed that the consultant will have a weekly strabismus surgery list as well as a regular cataract list. Applicants should have a fellowship in neuro ophthalmology and strabismus.

The consultant will have an on call and emergency department commitment. 

Applicants should have Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists or equivalent and appropriate fellowship training is essential and a higher degree is desirable.  This is a 10 PA consultant contract. Applications will be accepted from those who for personal reasons cannot work full-time.

Applicants must be eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment.

Applicants must have entry on the GMC Specialist Register via one of the following:

1) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
(The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)

2) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
(CESR Candidates must have written GMC confirmation at the time of interview)

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.