Corneal & External Eye Disease Fellow in Ophthalmology
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £65,048.00 to £73,992.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £65048.00 - £73992.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9317-25-1098 |
Summary
1. Corneal surgery including penetrating keratoplasty alone or in combination with other anterior segment procedures such as cataract surgery, endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK, DMEK), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), autologous keratoepithelioplasty, ex vivo limbal and oral mucosa stem cell transplantation, amniotic membrane transplantation, pterygium excision, corneal glue (including Tisseel & Histoacryl), temporary keratoprosthesis and collagen crosslinking; 2. External diseases including the diagnosis and management of dry eye/blepharitis, all types of infections, immune, inherited dystrophies, traumatic and protozoan diseases; 3.Contact lens, corneal topography/tomography, keratoconus, and management of lens-related complications; 4.Non Laser refractive surgery including relaxing keratotomy and management of surgically induced astigmatism; 5.Eye station (methods and administration of ocular tissue for research and transplantation); 6.Small-incision, clear-corneal phacoemulsification cataract surgery and 7.Diagnostic specular, in vivo confocal microscopy, LipiView Meibography and anterior segment OCT.