Consultant Ophthalmologist - Corneal in Huddersfield inHuddersfield PUBLISHED TUE 10 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section
Job description
CHFT have an exciting opportunity to appoint a Substantive Consultant Ophthalmologist - Specialising in Corneal Surgery and External Eye Disease
Come and join a forward thinking and supportive team.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and forward thinking eye care service team comprising 20 Consultants, 9 Specialty and Trust Grade Doctors, 4 Specialty trainees, 2 Nurse Practitioners, 10 Orthoptists, 4 Optometrists, 2ACPs and a substantial team of Ophthalmic Nurses, technicians and healthcare assistants.
The department also benefits from our Eye Clinic Liaison Officer and 5 Ophthalmology Failsafe Co-ordinators and 5 Ophthalmology Schedulers/Pathway Co-Ordinators and admin support along with a supportive senior management team within the Head and Neck Directorate.
To provide specialist Consultant Led Corneal outpatient clinics: - new and follow-up emergency, routine, post-ops, as well surgical capacity for corneal and emergency patients.
To provide teaching and education to trainees, Trust doctors, ACPs Optometrists, Orthoptists, Nurse practitioners to enhance future models of care and expansion within the specialty.
Opportunity to work with service leads to conduct service improvement, transformation and research.
Join the Consultant non-resident on-call - this will be a 1:10 provision.
Opportunity to perform cataract surgery depending on experience and sub-speciality interest in this area.
About us
We are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing Consultant Ophthalmologists specialising in Corneal surgery and External Eye Disease.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details.
If you're interested in this role but you have questions or you're not yet ready to apply, then please book a quick call with us and we'd be happy to answer any questions you have and tell you more about the role.
Requirements
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Benefits
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