Senior Clinical Fellow in Cornea

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Cornea to deliver high-quality patient care within a renowned eye department. The role includes a commitment to ophthalmic services, flexible working patterns, and a competitive salary range of £65,048 to £73,992 per annum including on-call commitment. Applicants must hold Full GMC Registration and have relevant clinical experience.

Benefits

Final salary pension scheme

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise.
• Previous clinical experience in ophthalmology including training in cataract, cornea & eye casualty.
• Experience in treating patients in eye casualty.
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management.

Responsibilities

• Provide ophthalmic services to the trust.
• Participate in clinical and service activities for patient care.
• Support the ophthalmology service including clinics and emergencies.
• Contribute to the development of the ophthalmology service.

Skills

Full GMC Registration

Clinical experience in ophthalmology

Ability to perform cataract surgery unsupervised

Experience in eye casualty

Experience of performing laser procedures

Education

4-7 years post graduate experience

Medical degree

Job description

Overview

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Cornea

The closing date is 16 November 2025

GUY'S AND ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Ophthalmology

Senior Clinical Fellow in Cornea

Fixed Term - 1 year

Full Time - 40 hours per week (including 1:10 on call commitment)

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for a fixed term position of a clinical fellow with a specialist interest in Cornea to join our renowned eye department. This post involves working to support the busy Corneal/Cataract service including theatre and Eye Casualty.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. This post also includes a 1:10 on call commitment.

Our excellent benefits include final salary pension scheme. Please visit our website to find out more.

About us

Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighboring NHS organizations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of ophthalmic services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
• To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure the high performance in outpatients.
• To support the provision of the ophthalmology service including clinics, ward rounds, theatres and eye emergency. The post timetable consists of working in Cornea, Cataracts and Eye casualty.
• To contribute to the development overall of the ophthalmology service
• Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
• Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff

For further details / informal visits contact:

Scott Robbie - Mani Bhogal - David O'Brart
Job title Corneal Consultant
Email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

Person Specification

• Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
• Previous clinical experience in ophthalmology including training in cataract, cornea & eye casualty
• Previous experience of performing laser procedures
• Able to perform simple cataract surgery unsupervised
• 4 -7 years post graduate years or equivalent experience
• Experience in treating patients in eye casualty.
• Experience in on-calls
• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£65,048 to £73,992 a year per annum + on call commitment

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-MED4976

Job locations

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust