A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are delighted to be able to offer opportunities for highly motivated ambitious individuals to join a well-integrated team within the Department of Ophthalmology, in the post of Medical Retina Fellow (ST5+). The post is available from February 2025 for 12 months in the first instance. This post will be of interest to those who are looking to gain further experience in all areas of medical retina (retinal vascular, diabetic retinopathy, age related macular conditions, uveitis, electrodiagnostic, imaging, genetics). The successful candidate would join a team of 8 consultants, 1 specialist and 1 speciality doctor, 3 fellows, Residents and ophthalmic practitioners, who are part of a larger team of 30 consultants and their support staff. In addition there will be the opportunity for some emergency ophthalmology clinical work.
The Royal Victoria Infirmary has a large Ophthalmology department covering all aspects of ophthalmology and is well equipped with the full range of diagnostic equipment especially for medical retina including wide field OCTA, colour, FFA&ICG and electrodiagnostic tests. Candidates seeking CESR are welcome to apply and discuss their requirements.
Clinical:
· To provide clinical expertise in line with agreed job plan.
· To work as part of the medical retina and wider departments teams
Administrative:
· To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
Teaching:
· To attend approriate teaching
· To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate ophthalmology teaching programmes.
· To contribute to the training of non-medical practitioners and community optometrists
Research:
· Involvement in research encouraged.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This post is suitable for Ophthalmologists who are looking for further experience and training in all aspects of medical retina.
This advert closes on Friday 28 Feb 2025
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