Clinical Fellow Higher (ST6+ / Senior Post CCT) in Ophthalmology

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow Higher (ST6+/Senior Post CCT) in Ophthalmology (Medical Retina) at Addenbrooke's Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This post is available from 07 August 2024 for a period of 12 months

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post will include core medical retina disease including age related macula degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion along with general medical retina disease. There will be opportunity to work in adult inherited retinal disease clinics including Von-Hippel landau clinics.We have regular intravitreal injection lists, regional PDT treatment clinics and argon laser is performed on demand with a new generation multisport Pascal Laser.

There is an opportunity for involvement is research projects run through our Cambridge Eye Research Centre. We regularly update trials and are currently a centre for research into AMD, Sickle cell and hydroxychloroquine amongst others.

The department is supported by an excellent, on-demand imaging service with up to date technology. We have two OPTOS Silverstone devices with widefield autofluorescence, a Heidleburg OCT2 with OCT angiography and Blue peak Autofluorescnce. Fluorescein angiography can be performed on TOPCON, Heidelberg or OPTOS and we have ICG capability.

Please note that these posts do not carry Postgraduate Deans approval or training recognition.

Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council at time of application is required.

About us

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.