Vitreoretinal Clinical Fellow

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Colchester Hospital within Ophthalmology as a Clinical Fellow in Surgical Retina.

The successful applicant will be expected to participate actively in the diagnosis, management and follow-up of patients with retinal diseases both 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.

Main duties of the job

It will give the opportunity of extensive clinical and surgical exposure to the diagnosis and management of retinal conditions and vitreoretinal pathology. The post may allow the post holder to develop essential competences to progress towards Article 14. We are committed to providing experience in specialist clinics and surgery according to a personal development plan. These include Medical and Surgical Retina, Uveitis, Diabetic Eye disease, Age Related Macular Degeneration with particular emphasis on Surgical Retina management.

About us

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 organisations 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 offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our 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.

Job responsibilities

Duties will include:

• Management of urgent cases presented during the clinical session.
• Participation in informal and formal teaching.
• Management of patients referred to the Primary Retina Care service.
• There is a NO on-call commitment BUT you will be expected to see acute VR emergencies and help with the management and give advice as appropriate when requested by the acute emergency service.

Person Specification

• MBBS or equivalent.
• Full GMC registration with a license to practice.
• Experience and broad knowledge of general ophthalmology and retina.
• Experience in Cataract Surgery.
• Three years of experience in Ophthalmology.
• Minimum 30-60 pars plana vitrectomy.
• Competency and proficiency in cataract surgery.
• Potential to cope with stressful situations & undertake responsibility.
• Team player.
• FRCOphth or MRCOphth or equivalent.
• Experience in Retinal Imaging.
• Experience and management of retinal diseases.
• Use of Database Systems and Electronic Patient Records (i.e. Medisoft).
• Demonstrated commitment to specialise in surgical retina.
• Be near to or completed Higher Specialist Training in Ophthalmology.

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.