Clinical Fellow in Cornea and General Ophthalmology

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in the United Kingdom is offering a full-time clinical fellowship for a fixed-term of 12 months, with the possibility of extension. The successful candidate will be involved in the management of patients with cornea disease, supervising junior medical staff, and participating in various clinical settings including emergency and general clinics. The position emphasizes patient care and development opportunities, alongside a generous benefits package including annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Passionate about patient care.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience or willingness to supervise junior medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the diagnosis and management of patients with cornea disease.
• Manage urgent cases within the emergency clinic.
• Support the service to maintain patient waiting times within target.

Job description

Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust:

The successful applicant will be expected to participate actively in the diagnosis, management and follow-up of patients with cornea disease under supervision and on his/her own.

This is a full-time clinical fellowship post for a fixed term period of 12 months with possibility to extend for a further 12 months.

This post is designed to support this service and to ensure that patient waiting times are maintained within target.

Duties will include:

• Management of urgent cases within the emergency clinic
• Other sub specialty clinics as needed
• General clinics and cataract pre assessment clinics
• Laser clinics according to experience
• Intra vitreal injection lists according to experience
• Cross cover of vacant cataract lists according to experience
• Supervision of junior medical staff in the Service
• There is a general on-call commitment.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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The post-holder will:

• Work with colleagues to provide a service with the highest standard of care
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
• Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&E
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care
• Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team

This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Dec 2025