Clinical Fellow Medical Retina | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

The postholder's duties will be primarily at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford but may be required in other parts of the Trust, such as the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Besides clinical sessions, the typical timetable will include 1 admin session. The fellowship includes sub-specialty training in inherited retinal diseases, uveitis, and other rare retinal diseases. Fellows may have access to cataract surgery on extra-curricular lists depending on experience and availability.

The fellows are involved in the training of nurse injectors to progressively transfer the injection service to a nurse-led clinic. Regular weekly teaching sessions include retinal imaging, genetics and uveitis. The Oxford Eye Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for complex retinal pathology. The unit has an international reputation in genetics, gene therapy, and retinal phenotyping and fellows will have the opportunity to develop and broaden specialist and research interests in these fields.

OUH NHS Trust is a large world-class specialist teaching hospital providing secondary care for Oxfordshire as well as being a tertiary referral Centre. The services of the Trust are provided by four hospitals:
The John Radcliffe Hospital, The Churchill Hospital, The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and The Horton Hospital in Banbury.

General:
The post-holder will assume a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of his/her department. Office accommodation and secretarial support is available for this post. Weekly timetable may be flexible and evolve with the needs of the service. A formal job plan will be agreed with the appointee and supervising Consultant(s) on behalf of the Clinical Director / Medical Director.

Facilities for study and training, teaching, audit, research. On-call commitment:
There is a formal on-call commitment.

Indicative weekly timetable includes:

• Several medical retina clinics including AMD, Vascular Medical Retina, VHL amongst other MR clinic
• 1 Eye Casualty session
• 1 Admin session
• 1 Teaching session

Cataract surgery is possible via weekend theatres, but this is optional and not included with the Medical Retina Clinical Fellow timetables.

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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