Clinical Adviser

Posted by: General Optical Council

Employed By: General Optical Council

Job Title: Clinical Adviser

Location: Remote (with occasional in-person hearings if required)

Salary: £450 per day

Contract: Fixed contract

Application Deadline: 7 October 2025

The Role

As a Clinical Adviser, you will provide expert medical advice and guidance on complex health-related issues that arise during fitness to practise and registration appeal proceedings. Your clinical insight will help inform decisions made by panel members, ensuring they are based on sound medical understanding and are fair, proportionate, and in line with public interest.

Clinical Advisers are not decision-makers, but their input is highly valued in interpreting medical evidence, understanding clinical diagnoses and prognoses, and advising on health conditions that may impact a registrant’s fitness to practise.

Who We Are Looking For

We welcome applications from GMC-registered medical practitioners with relevant clinical expertise and a strong sense of professional integrity. You must not be a current registrant or member of the General Optical Council.

We are particularly interested in candidates with specialist knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Occupational Medicine

• Schizophrenia and Related Disorders

• Bipolar Disorder and Depression

• Substance (Drug/Alcohol) Dependence and Misuse

• Ophthalmology

• Multiple Sclerosis

How to Apply:

Please visit the GOC website to download the full Information Pack and Application Form - link in advert.

For further information please contact:

Vineeta Desai

Head of Hearing Operations

vdesai@optical.org

020 7871 0411