Overview
This post offers significant clinical & surgical training in vitreoretinal (VR) & cataract surgery in addition to exposure to medical retina & general ophthalmology through the emergency eye clinic & the general ophthalmology on call service.
Responsibilities
The weekly timetable includes: three VR theatre sessions, four VR clinics (independent and supervised), one Emergency Eye Clinic, one admin and one teaching session. The training opportunity includes one-to-one teaching & training clinically & surgically with regular feedback. The VR service provides a broad range of VR related clinical and surgical procedures. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in 1 in 7 general ophthalmology on-call rota and engage with the management of VR emergencies & the smooth running of the clinics, theatre sessions & the pre- & post-operative care of VR patients.
The successful candidate will engage with the monthly clinical governance meetings and be actively involved with service development, audit & research. The teaching programme is provided locally & in the South West region through the regional specialist retinal meetings, South West Ophthalmic Society meetings & the teaching programme of the Peninsula Medical School.
The ophthalmology department is located in a dedicated facility in Truro. There are other community centres and hospitals in Cornwall where the Trust provides ophthalmology outpatient clinic facilities. The VR service, currently runs in Truro, is modern and well equipped with: two Heidelberg fluorescein and ICG angiography with HD OCT and OCT-A; two Optos ultra wide field fundus photography, Angiography, Autofluorescence & OCT; Topcon Triton Photo/OCT/OCT-A; Zeiss OCTs; Pascal, YAG and SLT lasers; ABSolu A/B/S/UBM ultrasound & Pentacam corneal topography.
Medisoft is the electronic patient record used in all clinics and theatres. Dragon Medical software is used for voice-recognised digital typing. OphthalSuite provides access to all ophthalmology images throughout the county via Medisoft. The department has two operating theatres in Truro and one theatre in West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance, all equipped with modern OPMI Lumera 700 ZEISS microscopes and Alcon Infiniti machines. The VR theatre is located in Truro and is equipped with an Alcon Constellation machine for posterior segment surgery.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the largest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, with staff and services available across the region. The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations—including NHS Kernow and NHS England—to meet local healthcare needs. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000 people, which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods. The Trust has teaching hospital status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. It continually develops clinical services and is committed to maximizing the range of specialist care offered locally.
We offer a rewarding career in a supportive working environment with extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community. The region offers a high quality of life with access to beaches, countryside and towns, and good educational opportunities for families and individuals.
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On-boarding & Requirements
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
* Identity checks
* Professional registration and qualification checks
* Employment history and reference checks
* Work health assessments
* Criminal record check standards
* Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
* https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025
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