Consultant Ophthalmologist - Medical Retina | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 April 2026 |
| Location: | Huddersfield, HD3 3EA |
| Company: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7849077/372-SURG-MD204 |
Summary
Consultant Ophthalmologist - specialist in Medical Retina
We are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing Substantive Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising in Medical Retina, providing sub-specialty out-patient clinics and oversee a non-medical injection service.
The medical retina service continues to transform and initiate new models and pathways of care to meet the needs of the local population by implementing best practice.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and forward thinking eye care service team comprising 22 Consultants, 10 Specialty and Trust Grade Doctors, 4 Specialty trainees, 2 Nurse Practitioners, 10 Orthoptists, 5 Optometrists, 2 ACPs and a substantial team of Ophthalmic Nurses, technicians and healthcare assistants.
The department also benefits from our Eye Clinic Liaison Officer and 6 Ophthalmology Failsafe Co-ordinators (with a dedicated Medical Retina Failsafe) along with a supportive senior management team within the Head and Neck Directorate.
To provide specialist Consultant Led out-patient medical retina clinics:
- Macular
- RVO
- DMO
- Stable macular virtual clinics
-Support sub-speciality clinics where appropriate
-Support Emergency clinics where appropriate
To provide teaching and education to trainees, Trust doctors, 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.
Opportunity to provide emergency on-call and cataract surgery depending on experience.
CHFT has 2 main sites, Ophthalmology being based in Acre Mills Out-patients, Huddersfield and Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax.
The Trust is currently one of the most digitised NHS Trusts in the country having moved to Cerner Millennium Electronic Patient Records (EPR) in 2017. This makes us currently one of the most paper-light and digitised Ophthalmology Departments in the country including the use of Medisight by all clinical teams, and our planned/on-going work will make us a national leader in this area.
We are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising in Medical Retina, providing sub-specialty out-patient clinics and oversee a non-medical injection service.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details.
This advert closes on Friday 27 Mar 2026