Trust Doctor in Ophthalmology (ST1-2 equivalent)
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £52,656 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7370281/317-TD-25-201 |
Summary
A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated ambitious individual to join a well-integrated team within the Department of Ophthalmology, in an ST1-2 post to support some aspects of ophthalmology, in particular medical retina and minor lid operations.
There will be opportunities with emergency ophthalmology, other clinic types and medical student teaching. The post is available from August 2025 for 6 months in the first instance. This post will be of interest to those who are looking to gain further experience in ophthalmology.
We typically receive several hundred applications for ST1/2 locally employed doctor posts and we will therefore only shortlist candidates with paid NHS experience (this does not include Clinical Access or Clinical Observership placements) which is an essential criteria within the Person Specification. Please do not apply if you do not have paid NHS experience as this leads to significant clinician time reviewing applications from applicants who will not be shortlisted.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
The Royal Victoria Infirmary has a large Ophthalmology department covering all aspects of ophthalmology and is well equipped with the full range of diagnostic equipment especially for medical retina including wide field OCTA, colour, FFA&ICG and electrodiagnostic tests.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contactMr James Talks Clinical director via email at james.talks@nhs.net
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Clinical:
To provide clinical expertise in line with agreed job plan.
To work as part of an ophthalmology team
Administrative:
• To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
Teaching:
• To attend appropriate teaching
• To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate ophthalmology teaching programmes.
• To contribute to the training of non-medical practitioners and community optometrists
Research:
Involvement in research encouraged.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Jul 2025
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated ambitious individual to join a well-integrated team within the Department of Ophthalmology, in an ST1-2 post to support some aspects of ophthalmology, in particular medical retina and minor lid operations.
There will be opportunities with emergency ophthalmology, other clinic types and medical student teaching. The post is available from August 2025 for 6 months in the first instance. This post will be of interest to those who are looking to gain further experience in ophthalmology.
We typically receive several hundred applications for ST1/2 locally employed doctor posts and we will therefore only shortlist candidates with paid NHS experience (this does not include Clinical Access or Clinical Observership placements) which is an essential criteria within the Person Specification. Please do not apply if you do not have paid NHS experience as this leads to significant clinician time reviewing applications from applicants who will not be shortlisted.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
The Royal Victoria Infirmary has a large Ophthalmology department covering all aspects of ophthalmology and is well equipped with the full range of diagnostic equipment especially for medical retina including wide field OCTA, colour, FFA&ICG and electrodiagnostic tests.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contactMr James Talks Clinical director via email at james.talks@nhs.net
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Clinical:
To provide clinical expertise in line with agreed job plan.
To work as part of an ophthalmology team
Administrative:
• To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
Teaching:
• To attend appropriate teaching
• To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate ophthalmology teaching programmes.
• To contribute to the training of non-medical practitioners and community optometrists
Research:
Involvement in research encouraged.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Jul 2025
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