Uveitis fellow | Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,751.08 44751.08 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, EC1V 2PD |
| Company: | Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6314426/273-DC-4426 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 1 year full-time Uveitis fellowship post in the Uveitis Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
The post will be primarily based in the City Road site of Moorfields with 10 programmed activities per week of which 8 will provide clinical care. The role will involve outpatient care, dealing with emergencies and liaising with other Trusts and GPs.
Possession of the fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmology or equivalent is essential.
Completion of Specialist Training in Ophthalmology or equivalent.
The successful candidate must be registered with the General Medical Council with a Licence to Practice registration and be an appropriately subscribed member of a recognised Medical Defence organisation and be eligible to work in the UK (documentary evidence will be required).
Moorfields 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 recently celebrated seven years as one of the country’s first NHS foundation trusts.
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. This unique case-mix and size of the catchment population we serve has allowed that our clinicians to develop expertise in different areas of each sub-specialty.
Our 1,800 staff treat and provide support for patients at our main hospital base in London’s City Road and at about twenty other sites in and around the capital. This enables us to provide accessible subspecialty based ophthalmic care close to patients’ homes.
We continue to improve the quality of our services and met the key operational targets that matter to our patients, referrers and commissioners.
In clinics the fellow will work under the supervision of a senior fellow or consultant and will be expected to take responsibility for the full care of all patients they see, including communication with GP, other specialists within the Trust and also in other Trusts. Regarding teaching, the fellow will be involved in preparation of cases for clinical and funding discussion, apart from cases for teaching sessions which take place regularly. Research activity will involve support for recruitment for clinical trials, and preparation of manuscripts.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024