Job overview
The OPHTHALMOLOGY fellowship is available from August at the John Radcliffe Hospital. This fellowship is for candidates interested in one or more of the following subspecialties: Uveitis (ocular inflammation) and medical retina. If you are interested in neuro-ophthalmology as anadditional subspecialty interest, this will be accommodated.
The appointment is on a whole-time basis, but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
This post is suitable for doctors who have completed their training or have completed a significant part of their training but seek experience in Uveitis (ocular inflammation) and medical retina prior to obtaining a consultant appointment. It is not a post that is approved for training by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Candidates are welcome to visit the department and are invited to contact Mr Jonathan Norris, Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, The John Radcliffe.
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant supervisors. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will be considered. We can assist with obtaining GMC registration for suitably qualified candidates as long as they have passed the English Language test requirements.
Main duties of the job
OPHTHALMOLOGY FELLOWSHIP IN OCULAR INFLAMMATION / MEDICAL RETINA
Applicants are invited for the position of Ophthalmology Clinical Fellow based at the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford available from August for a period of months. We welcome candidates who are interested in enhancing their training to include ocular inflammation, and medical retina and/or neuro-ophthalmology. This post is suitable for ophthalmologists who have completed their training (to CCT level) or have completed a significant part of their training including postgraduate examinations but seek experience in the above ophthalmology subspecialties prior to obtaining a consultant appointment. It is not an approved training post. The post holder will have the opportunity to work within a dynamic team of uveitis and medical retina specialists wide ranging subspecialist interests ranging from uveitis, paediatric uveitis, vascular medical retina, AMD, ocular genetics, specialist retina, ocular oncology and von hippel lindau. We are also a national centre for neuromyelitis optica and neurofibromatosis type. We participate in a multidisciplinary service for our regional Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis service.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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