Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist Specialising in Medical Retina

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A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist post specialising in Medical Retina, also including emergency ophthalmology and high volume cataract surgery. This is a full-time post in St Paul's Eye Unit based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Clinical activities include age-related macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, retinal vascular disease, macular disease, cataract surgery, general and acute ophthalmology. We are looking for a candidate that will provide one high volume local anaesthetic cataract surgery list per week. The successful candidate will join an established prestigious tertiary medical retina service and will also provide general and emergency ophthalmic services within working hours. 

The proposed start date for this appointment is early in 2027.

St. Paul’s Eye Unit is part of the Liverpool University Hospitals Group, this includes Royal Liverpool, Broadgreen, Aintree, Liverpool Women's and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitals. St Paul's is located on three sites:  the Royal, Aintree and the South Liverpool Treatment Centre at Garston.  Senior medical staff currently comprises forty substantive consultants including five clinical academics at consultant level, locum consultants, two associate specialists and six specialty doctors. Doctors in training comprise clinical lecturers, specialist residents, academic clinical fellows and sub-specialty fellows.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. 

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

 For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page

This is a full time locum post based at Royal Liverpool University Hospital which is part of the Liverpool University Hospitals Group. Clinical activities include: age-related macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, retinal vascular disease, macular disease, high volume cataract surgery, general and acute ophthalmology. 

This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Nov 2026