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Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,825 PA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2025 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6809477/153-M3591 |
Summary
University Hospitals Dorset is newly formed by a merger of Poole Hospital and Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals partnered with Bournemouth University. RBH is the designated major acute and emergency hospital in Dorset housing the Eye Centre where the posts are mainly based, and Poole Hospital is the major planned care hospital.
Enjoying all that Dorset has to offer you will be part of a friendly, cohesive, and enthusiastic ophthalmology department, passionate about teaching and providing excellent care. We are equipped with the latest technology in our purpose-built Eye Centre with 4 eye theatres, eye wards, outpatients and eye emergency department. We have established a pioneering technician lead diagnostic Hub at the Dorset Health Village Poole and provide outreach clinics in the surrounding areas. Bournemouth is a vibrant university town attracting British and overseas students.
Applicants should be able to fit into a friendly, cohesive and enthusiastic unit. They will be expected to contribute to the general ophthalmology service and emergency eye care service. Further speciality interests could be developed depending on the successful candidates training / aspirations. They should have a desire to teach and will be expected to participate in clinical audit and governance. They will be required to be involved Quality Improvement and audit programmes and work in a multidisciplinary team.
The post is for 12 months fixed term
You will be applying to join a team of 13 consultants covering all subspecialties, 3 associate specialists, 4 Trust grade doctors and 6 Wessex Deanery specialist registrars. Optometrists, Orthoptists, Nurse specialists and technician specialists
Participation in the 1 in 8 second on-call rota is essential.
Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow Ophthalmologist within the general ophthalmology service. It will involve General ophthalmology, emergency and medical retinal clinics. It will involve some intravitreal injections and access to cataract surgery training if appropriate.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications
RBHis located on the south coast, close to the New Forest in the east and the Jurassic coastline in the west. This is a major tourist area and during the summer months over one million holidaymakers visit Bournemouth including substantial numbers of foreign language students. The fluctuating population, three time’s greater growth than the average for England and Wales, and the high proportion of elderly present special issues for health care.
Eye Unit
This purpose built unit opened in April 2000 and includes 9 bed inpatient ward (including 3 paediatric beds) together with Eye Theatres, Outpatient Department which includes One Stop Cataract Clinic and Glaucoma Clinics. We have established a streamlined investigations facility in Poole which allows for virtual clinics in both macular and glaucoma in addition to expanded cataract assessment facilities. Almost 34,000 patients per year are seen in eye clinics and a further 10,500 benefited from urgent or emergency treatment. Surgeons in the Eye Unit perform around 4500 cataract operations every year.
As above.
Monday am Eye emergency clinic
pm Eye emergency clinic / Theatre (Alt weeks)
Tuesday am Specialty clinic
pm Eye emergency clinic
Wednesday am Specialty clinic / Theatre (Alt weeks)
pm Study
Thursday am General clinic
pm Theatre
Friday am Specialty clinic
pm Eye emergency clinic / specialty clinic
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Feb 2025
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