Specialty Doctor Corneal and External Eye Disease
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61542 - £99216 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 December 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7628273/162-0463-BS-I |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are delighted to invite applications for a full time Specialty Doctor in Cornea and External Eye Disease to join our friendly and forward-thinking Ophthalmology team. This fixed-term post offers an excellent opportunity to develop specialist experience within a well-established and supportive department.
You will join a busy and dynamic Ophthalmology team providing a comprehensive service to a population of over 750,000. Our department includes subspecialty expertise in Cornea, Medical Retina, Glaucoma, Paediatrics, Oculoplastics, and Neuro-Ophthalmology. We work closely with other hospital specialties and are supported by highly skilled Nursing, Orthoptic, and Optometry teams, ensuring a truly multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
• Provide high-quality care to patients with corneal and general ophthalmic conditions.
• Support the delivery of outpatient and urgent eye care clinics.
• Work collaboratively with consultant ophthalmologists and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in clinical meetings, audit, and service improvement activities.
• Contribute to the education and supervision of junior medical and non-medical staff.
• Undertake administrative duties related to patient care in line with Trust policy.
We actively support professional growth. The successful candidate will be encouraged to participate in continuing professional development (CPD), clinical audit, and quality improvement, in accordance with Royal College of Ophthalmologists guidance. Study leave and educational opportunities will be provided in line with national terms and conditions.
There are currently no evening or weekend commitments for this post, though this may evolve in line with service needs.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients
The successful applicant will have experience in the assessment and management of corneal and external eye diseases, and a broad grounding in general ophthalmology and urgent eye care. They will contribute to the delivery of high-quality outpatient and emergency ophthalmic services and play an active role in multidisciplinary collaboration across the Trust.
While there is no fixed surgical commitment, opportunities to attend theatre with consultant colleagues and undertake supervised surgical sessions may be available where appropriate.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Abi Fadero, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4456.
This advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025
We are delighted to invite applications for a full time Specialty Doctor in Cornea and External Eye Disease to join our friendly and forward-thinking Ophthalmology team. This fixed-term post offers an excellent opportunity to develop specialist experience within a well-established and supportive department.
You will join a busy and dynamic Ophthalmology team providing a comprehensive service to a population of over 750,000. Our department includes subspecialty expertise in Cornea, Medical Retina, Glaucoma, Paediatrics, Oculoplastics, and Neuro-Ophthalmology. We work closely with other hospital specialties and are supported by highly skilled Nursing, Orthoptic, and Optometry teams, ensuring a truly multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
• Provide high-quality care to patients with corneal and general ophthalmic conditions.
• Support the delivery of outpatient and urgent eye care clinics.
• Work collaboratively with consultant ophthalmologists and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in clinical meetings, audit, and service improvement activities.
• Contribute to the education and supervision of junior medical and non-medical staff.
• Undertake administrative duties related to patient care in line with Trust policy.
We actively support professional growth. The successful candidate will be encouraged to participate in continuing professional development (CPD), clinical audit, and quality improvement, in accordance with Royal College of Ophthalmologists guidance. Study leave and educational opportunities will be provided in line with national terms and conditions.
There are currently no evening or weekend commitments for this post, though this may evolve in line with service needs.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients
The successful applicant will have experience in the assessment and management of corneal and external eye diseases, and a broad grounding in general ophthalmology and urgent eye care. They will contribute to the delivery of high-quality outpatient and emergency ophthalmic services and play an active role in multidisciplinary collaboration across the Trust.
While there is no fixed surgical commitment, opportunities to attend theatre with consultant colleagues and undertake supervised surgical sessions may be available where appropriate.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Abi Fadero, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4456.
This advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025
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