University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Are you ready to be part of a talented team that is driving an ambitious future vision of care across Bristol and Weston? Look no further than Bristol Eye Hospital (BEH) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust (UHBW). Applications are warmly invited for a full-time fixed-term fellowship attached to the Glaucoma service commencing on 6th August 2025.
Main duties of the job
Candidates are expected to have extensive cataract surgical experience and be able to routinely perform phacoemulsification surgery unsupervised, as well as experience managing glaucoma cases. Applicants should be at Specialist Registrar/Trainee grade or equivalent and should have completed their higher surgical training in ophthalmology or be close to doing so. The successful candidates will be required to be registered with the General Medical Council with a License to Practice.
The BEH is a highly regarded Regional Centre for Ophthalmology which sits within the Division of Surgery at UHBW (recently rated Good by the CQC). BEH provides a tertiary referral glaucoma service. Candidates will also be expected to participate in the workload of the department should the need arise. Glaucoma clinics are risk stratified and the Fellowship would provide the opportunity to work in complex clinics with supervision and work with an experienced specialty optometry team. Theatre time is dedicated and will be supervised.
Job responsibilities
For more information, you can download the attached document "Job Description". Also, for informal enquiries please feel free to contact us.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Good knowledge of general ophthalmology, with basic specialist registrar training for ophthalmology and glaucoma (STR)
* Ability to perform cataract surgery independently (minimum 400 cases)
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to work in a team
* Ability and willingness to participate in teaching and training of junior doctors, nurses, medical students, optometrists, and other allied health professionals
Qualifications and Training
* Applicants should already have CCST (or equivalent) or be entering into their final year of Specialist training. Overseas applicants would normally be at the end of their local training scheme.
* Full registration with the United Kingdom General Medical Council.
Additional and Aptitudes
* Supportive
* Respectful
* Fluent English to an appropriate standard
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.
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