Medical Retina Clinical Fellow
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Ganganagar (district) | India
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Applications are invited for a clinical fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Medical Retinal service. We have a number of fellowship posts available for a 12 month fixed term period.
The content of the Clinical Fellowship in the Medical Retinal Service will be divided into 3 x fixed rotations . Each rotation has been designed with particular bias to a sub-specialty of the medical retina service. Fellows will be invited to select their top 6 rotations based on their particular interests and the service will set their 12 month fellowship based on the three out of the six chosen timetables. The clinical sessions will be undertaken in clinics organised by the Medical Retinal Service.
We are seeking candidates with previous unsupervised retinal laser experience, intravitreal injections and clinical experience. Candidates should have completed their higher surgical training in the UK or equivalent. Candidates from outside UK should have equivalence of higher surgical training (residency in ophthalmology) and should have been working in Ophthalmology for last 12 months.
Possession of the MRCOphth or equivalent is essential as is 'License to Practise' or be eligible for registration with the General Medical Council (GMC). We also encourage applications from doctors wishing to apply via the Dual Sponsorship Scheme, and applications from doctors with sources of personal funding are also welcome.
Main duties of the job - 8 clinical sessions and 2 research / study / admin sessions in a Monday to Friday working week. Out of the 8 clinical sessions, all fellows are required to undertake 2 service sessions per week, which includes Primary Care session in Medical Retina, Medical Retina Emergency clinic and intravitreal injection clinic.
- Some of the clinical sessions (at least once a week) will take place in the Moorfields Satellite sites based outside City Road.
- Cataract surgery is not part of the Medical Retina fellowship-training programme; however there may infrequently be opportunities to operate during the 12-months.
- Attendance at regular MR Fellows Teaching Sessions (typically 6, 1-hour sessions per week, including Fluorescein Angiography Meeting, Electrophysiology Teaching, Uveitis Teaching and Clinical / Research Tutorials).
About us Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MEH) is one of the world's leading eye hospitals, providing expertise in clinical care, research and education. We have provided excellence in eye care for more than 200 years and we continue to be at the forefront of new breakthroughs and developments. We are an integral part of one of the UK's first academic health science centres, UCL Partners, and were one of the first foundation trusts established in the NHS.
Our main focus is the treatment and care of NHS patients with a wide range of eye problems, from common complaints to rare conditions which require treatments not available anywhere else in the UK. The unique case-mix and volume of our large service means that our ophthalmologists can develop expertise in different sub-speciality areas.
Moorfields is also a major postgraduate teaching centre and a national centre for ophthalmic research and, with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, provides the largest ophthalmic research programme in the world. We continue to make headlines with our ground-breaking research and, along with our partners at the Institute, we have the highest measure of scientific productivity and impact in the world for our research activity. We are one of only 11 sites nationally to be awarded National Institute for Health Research biomedical research centre status for translational research. This has recently been renewed for another 5 years with a substantial increase in research funding.
Job Description Job Responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for more details.
All doctors are responsible to maintain a portfolio of their career over the last 5 years in order to satisfy GMC Revalidation criteria. If successful, you will be required to bring along your supporting information portfolio including recent appraisals documents when joining the Trust.
Doctors holding joint and/or various fixed term appointments throughout their appraisal year are also required to demonstrate evidence of an exit report and supporting information from the different appointments they hold throughout their appraisal year. This information must be brought with them when starting a new appointment within The Trust. It is recommended that doctors collect this information before leaving their previous employers.
Please note all doctors from abroad must produce an IELTS certificate with 7.5 scored in all fields before they can be appointed to the Trust. It will be a condition of employment that non-UK nationals who apply to come under the Medical Training Initiative will have passed the IELTS exam with a score of at least 7.5 in all domains. You will be required to produce evidence of successful IELTS completion at interview.
Qualifications Person Specification Education and Qualifications Essential - MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- MRCOphth or equivalent.
- Full GMC Registration (with a Licence to Practice) or be eligible for GMC Registration.
Skills and Ability Essential - Teaching skills & enthusiasm
Further Training and Knowledge Essential - Completion of Specialist Ophthalmology Training or Equivalent.
- Research Interest.
- Research into educational methods.
Desirable - Completion of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) course in the last two years.
Expreience Essential - Previous teaching and research experience and clinical experience in Medical Retina. Should be competent in doing independent intravitreal injections, and laser procedures (macular and pan-retinal photocoagulation).
Desirable - Previous experience of working on commercially sponsored clinical trials as a sub or coinvestigator.
Personal Qualities Essential - Determination & application.
- Ability to tackle complex problems.
- Team player.
- Good communicator.
Desirable - Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address City Road
162 City Road
EC1V 2PD
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