Clinical Fellow in Cornea

NHS Medical & Dental:
Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)

Main area Surgery Grade NHS Medical & Dental:
Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04) Contract Fixed term: 12 months (1 Year) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job
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Site Bristol Eye Hospital Town Bristol Salary £65,048 - £73,992 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/02/2026 23:59

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We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under‑represented within the Trust.

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Applications are warmly invited for a fixed‑term fellowship attached to the Corneal service. The post is full‑time for a period of 12 months, ideally commencing from August 2026

The fellowship provides advanced sub‑speciality training in cornea and external eye disease. The post will support a team of three corneal Consultants. The successful candidate will complement the existing Specialist Registrar and will be expected to play an active role in the running of the corneal firm. He or she will also be expected to participate in the workload of the department should the need arise.

Applicants should be post‑CCT (or completed if from overseas) and ideally have pre‑existing corneal fellowship experience. Exceptional applicants in the final year of their local training scheme will be considered. The successful candidate will be required to be registered with the General Medical Council with a License to Practice.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward‑thinking multi‑award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world‑leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

For a more detailed job description please check the attached Job Description document. For further details or informal visits please contact Kieren Darcy or Omar Elhaddad (Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons) via Roseanna Brown (Secretary).

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