Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon - Oculoplastic & General Ophthalmology

Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom

7/16/2025

The successful candidate will join our busy team providing a Consultant Ophthalmology service for inpatients, day cases and outpatients, with continuing responsibility for the patients, their care and the effective running of the department.

This role will also include taking part in the on call rota (1:8).

Interviews to be held on Friday the 12th of September 2025

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• To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients cared for by you personally.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
• To take equal share in providing subspecialty cover and covering for colleagues during period of absence. This will include electronic triage of referrals.
• To take part in the support and training of junior Ophthalmologists and the development and training of medical students and ancillary allied professionals.
• To participate fully in the clinical governance activities of the specialty. To attend clinical governance half-days as in the job plan. To undertake annual appraisal leading to revalidation.
• To participate actively in departmental audits which may be included in the work you undertake.
• To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
• To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Council’s published guide “Good Medical Practice” including the Duties of a Doctor.
  
  

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Athanasios Vardarinos Job title: Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Clinical Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01284713539