Specialty Doctor in Ophthalmology (Medical Retina)
Specialty Doctor
Main area
Ophthalmology
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time \- 10 sessions per week
Job ref
396\-2827A\-MS
Site
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Kingston upon Thames
Salary
£63,696 \- £102,689 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/06/2026 23:59
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- *Compassionate*: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- *Inclusive*: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- *Collaborative*: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- *Inspiring*: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
As part of the ongoing expansion and modernisation of the Royal Eye Unit we are growing our team to ensure we continue to deliver a high standard of care to our local community. We are recruiting enthusiastic and dynamic people to join our supportive and friendly team during this exciting time and as such, we are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing Specialty Doctor with independent out\-patient clinic practice specialising in Medical Retina and Emergency sub\-specialties.
The department is a teaching environment supporting the educational and clinical development of junior trainees and non\-medical teams (including Nurse Practitioners, ACPs, Orthoptists and Optometrists) to support their development within extended roles.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within the Royal Eye Unit where our multidisciplinary team see over 70,000 patients per year. We offer a full range of hospital eye care services including specialist outpatient clinics, admitted care and an acute referral service for eye emergencies.
This is a substantive role based in the Royal Eye Unit at Kingston Hospital. The post is full time, 10 PAs per week. There is no on\-call element and the post holder will be actively involved in supporting the Acute Referral Clinic (ARC).
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to:
- Provide clinical advice and where appropriate treatment.
- Help develop the service in accordance with Trust policy.
- Support the training and supervise trainees as appropriate
- Demonstrate professional excellence and efficient delivery of care in accordance with clinical case load associated with the post.
Working for our organisation
The service\-line has regular educational meetings and actively supports opportunities for personal development of appointed staff.
Candidates must hold full registration and license to practice with the GMC.
*Applications from those unable, for personal reasons, to work on a whole time basis or a job share basis will be considered.*
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for further information relating to duties and responsibilities of the role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCS or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Specialist Qualifications
- Presentations
- Publications
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Have completed 4 years full\-time post graduate training, (or its equivalent gained on a part\-time or flexible basis) since first obtaining registration including adequate experience in glaucoma
- Evidence of maintaining a portfolio of CPD evidence
- Competence in management of glaucoma, medical retina and cataract patients
- Able to deal with general ophthalmology emergencies
Desirable criteria
- Teaching of junior medical and nursing staff
- Registered with the GMC as a specialist in relevant field
- Attendance at relevant ophthalmic training courses
- Competent in performing laser procedures
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate at a strategic and operational level
Desirable criteria
- Attended management training course
- Knowledge of finance/budgets
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable commitment and ability to teach and train undergraduates and junior doctors
- Experience of clinical audit
- Relevant research articles in peer\-reviewed journals
Desirable criteria
- Completed 'Train the Trainers' course
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate leadership skills within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to motivate staff, to facilitate appropriate changes in clinical practice and to work as part of a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enthusiasm and approachability
- Commitment to continuing professional development and clinical governance
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We *do not*accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this \- otherwise, this may delay your pre\-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e\-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e\-mail regularly.
DBS: Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Salary:
For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same pay band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range.
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.
Application numbers
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the
role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Mrs Angela Ding Wu
Job title
Consultant Ophthalmologist Lead for Medical Retina
Email address
a.dingwu@nhs.net
Telephone number
020 8934 6404
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