Overview
Applications are invited for a 12-month fixed-term Oculoplastics Fellowship at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. This post offers broad exposure to the management of eyelid and lacrimal disorders, periocular tumours, and medical orbital disease, with joint lacrimal clinics and operating lists alongside ENT. The department is developing joint work with General Plastic Surgery and a facial skin cancer pathway in collaboration with ENT. The successful candidate will work with three experienced Oculoplastic Consultants across both main Trust sites, within a well-established and high-volume service. While orbital surgery is referred to tertiary centres, the fellow will gain experience in dedicated thyroid eye disease clinics run jointly with orthoptists. Applicants must demonstrate knowledge and operative skills in Oculoplastics equivalent to ST5 or above. This is a non-training post and is not recognised for Deanery-approved training. The post includes protected time for research, audit, and departmental teaching.
Responsibilities
* Provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility, including patients you personally care for.
* Participate in clinical and other service activities and developments to ensure a high standard of patient care.
* Work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, within and outside the specialty, to deliver high-quality health care and contribute to the Trust’s strategic direction.
* Participate fully in the clinical governance activities of the specialty and attend clinical governance half-days as in the job plan.
* Actively participate in departmental audits as part of the work undertaken.
* Ensure compliance with the General Medical Council’s Good Medical Practice and the Duties of a Doctor.
* Take personal responsibility for risk management, review practices and learn from mistakes, and be an active member of risk management processes.
* Develop and maintain effective working relationships with agencies involved in health and social care and with those representing patients’ interests.
* Respond promptly and efficiently to complaints related to patient care, aiding the Trust’s corporate responsibility to reply within the specified time frame.
* Take reasonable care for your health and safety and adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.
* Be available to perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances as requested by the Clinical Director or General Manager for Ophthalmology.
About the Unit and Trust
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has one of the largest eye units in the southeast of England, offering a full range of sub-specialities and an emergency service. The Eye Ear and Mouth Unit (EEMU) is a major training and teaching centre for the Kent Surrey and Sussex Deanery with a strong R&D department and a modern Postgraduate Centre adjacent, fostering teaching and research. The Trust serves over 1 million population across Mid and West Kent. Ophthalmology services are provided at the Eye, Ear, and Mouth Unit (EEMU) at Maidstone Hospital, with outpatient facilities at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Medway Maritime, Sittingbourne, Sevenoaks and Edenbridge on a hub-and-spoke model. There are 3 operating theatres at Maidstone and one at Tunbridge Wells. EEMU operates a busy Eye Casualty department with optometric and orthoptic services and in-patient facilities.
Qualifications
Applicants must demonstrate knowledge and operative skills in Oculoplastics equivalent to ST5 or above. This is a non-training post and is not recognised for Deanery-approved training. The post includes protected time for research, audit, and departmental teaching.
Contract and Closing
This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Aug 2025.
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