Clinical Research Fellow | Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £10,100 recruitment premium per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, EC1V 2PD |
| Company: | Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7784538/273-RD-7784538 |
Summary
This medical retina clinical and research fellowship in Moorfields offers a unique experience for aspiring medical retina specialists to obtain the experience and knowledge in managing complex medical retina, genetics and uveitis cases essential for taking up a future consultant post. It also offers the opportunity to participate and be an investigator in exciting clinical trials including multi-centre and multi-national studies.
In this post as a medical retina clinical and research fellow in Moorfields Eye Hospital, you will spend half your time in the medical retina, uveitis and genetics clinics managing complex cases under the guidance and tutelage of senior consultants and the other half within the R&D department working within the clinical research facility as an investigator in numerous clinical trials.
The applicant should have completed their ophthalmology training locally and is seeking fellowship training in medical retina.
Ability to manage common medical retina pathology with experience in retinal laser treatment and intravitreal injection is required.
Applicants are required to be registered with the General Medical Council and hold a License to Practice.
At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:
Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
Free 24/7 independent counselling service
Learning and development opportunities
Easy and quick transport links
A range of attractive benefits and discounts
Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
Free Pilates classes
Full support and training to develop your skills
Flexible working friendly organization
And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.
May vary, as outlined above, but will also include:
· Collect genetic and clinical data (including history, examination findings, any investigations) and collate in custom-designed databases.
· Work collaboratively with other members of the research team and clinical colleagues.
· Recruit and co-ordinate patients for studies and clinical trials
· Organise, maintain and analyse project data
· Responsibility for clinical data management and liaison with the lead investigator
· Participate in weekly laboratory meetings
· Active participation in other ongoing research projects
· Achieve goals, agreed in discussions with their line manager
· Present the results of the project in national and international meetings
· Prepare the results of the project for publication
· Perform any other duties within the scope, spirit and purpose of the post, the title of the post and its grading as requested by their line manager
· Undertake patient and public involvement exercises to promote the disease and the research
This advert closes on Monday 23 Feb 2026