Clinical Fellow in Glaucoma (Ophthalmology)
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Glaucoma Fellowship - This post offers training in the clinical management of adult glaucoma including advanced and complex surgical cases. St Paul's Eye Unit is the home of pioneering glaucoma specialists with a strong research background. The post offers the unique opportunity to train in Non-penetrating Glaucoma surgery (Deep Sclerectomy), Trabeculectomy, Glaucoma Drainage implants (including Ahmed Valve and Paul Tube) and various MIGS procedures.
This rich experience is supported with excellent digital platforms and diagnostic equipment including the Humphrey Visual Field Analyser 3, HE Spectralis OCT with Glaucoma Module Premium edition, Anterior Segment OCT, MediSight and HEYEX.
The post offers excellent opportunities for clinical training and for clinical and basic science research and would suit a senior trainee ophthalmologist wanting subspecialty glaucoma experience or even a junior trainee ophthalmologist looking for glaucoma training and an opportunity to do research.
Start date: August 2025 for 12 months
Main duties of the job
Glaucoma Specialist care at the Royal site is provided by Mrs Choudhary, Mr Batterbury, Mr Cheeseman, Mr Muntasser and Ms Vallabh. The service is supported by glaucoma fellows, specialist trainees, two nurse practitioners and a team of optometrists. Glaucoma patients are also managed in other consultant general clinics. The fields service comprises three latest Humphrey visual field analysers (HFA 3). Heidelberg Engineering Spectralis devices equipped with the Glaucoma Module Premium Edition (GMPE) aid diagnosis and monitoring. Anterior segment OCT is available for evaluation of complex cases.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job responsibilities
Clinical workload
The Ophthalmic Department provides a comprehensive oculoplastic service for its catchment area of Sefton, Liverpool and Knowsley. In addition we provide a tertiary service for Merseyside and other regions for the management of complex cases. We see a wide range of oculoplastic, orbital and lacrimal conditions and have a high demand for our services. We have good links with related specialties including maxillo-facial surgery, neurosurgery, ENT and dermatology, and operate when necessary with colleagues from these specialties, particularly in complex head and neck cancer patients.
There is a weekly postgraduate educational session attended by doctors working in Ophthalmology throughout Mersey. All units make an active contribution. This occurs on a Wednesday afternoon when no clinical activity takes place. There is also a locally run bi-weekly oculoplastic teaching session.
All medical staff are expected to participate in medical audit as agreed by the University Hospitals audit committee and you would be expected to play a leading role in encouraging appropriate audit and implementing the lessons learned.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MBChB or equivalent
* FRCOphth
Training
* Post CCT in Ophthalmology or equivalent
* Clinical and surgical skills commensurate with demands of the post
* Possession of new skill not available in department
Research
* Publications within last 3 years
* Publications in sub-speciality
* Clinical or basic science research project idea or question
Audit
* Evidence of completion of a clinical audit cycle
Teaching
* Evidence of completion of a clinical audit cycle
* Qualification in teaching and/or training
Interpersonal Skills
* Excellent organisational skills
Other Requirements
* Full registration with a licence to practice
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.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£49,909 to £70,425 a yearper Annum (dependant on experience)
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