NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Consultant Ophthalmologist Specialising in Medical Retina
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Consultant Ophthalmologist Post Specialising in Medical Retina
Applications are invited for a Consultant Ophthalmologist post specialising in Medical Retina. This is a full-time substantive post at St Paul's Eye Unit based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Clinical Activities
Clinical activities include:
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Diabetic eye disease
- Retinal vascular disease
- Macular disease
- General and acute ophthalmology
The successful candidate will join an established prestigious tertiary medical retina service and will also provide general and emergency ophthalmic services within working hours (plus one in sixteen all day Saturday).
Start Date
The proposed start date for this appointment is 1st January 2027.
About St. Paul’s Eye Unit
St. Paul’s Eye Unit is part of the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a merger between the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Trust and the Aintree Trust. St. Paul’s is located on three sites: the Royal, Aintree, and the South Liverpool Treatment Centre at Garston. Senior medical staff currently comprises almost forty substantive consultants including five clinical academics at consultant level, locum consultants, two associate specialists, and six specialty doctors. In addition, two consultants from Alder Hey Children’s Hospital participate in the strabismus services. Doctors in training comprise two clinical lecturers, specialist trainees, and sub-specialty fellows.
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About Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
About University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG)
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.
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Contact Information
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Michael Briggs
- Job title: Clinical Director
- Email address: Michael.Briggs@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0151 706 3962
Applicants wishing to discuss the post may contact any of the following:
- Michael Briggs
- (Con Ophth)
- michael.briggs@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- David Jones
- (Head of Ops)
- david.jones4@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Indu Kumar
- (Con Ophth)
- indu.kumar@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Indu.kumar
- Indu
- Indu
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