Job summary
Applications are invited for 2 full-time ICENI Centre International Fellowships with special interest in Glaucoma and Cataract surgery to join our dynamic team of 7 Consultants, 1 Associate Specialist, 3 Staff Grade Specialty Doctors, 1 Anterior Segment Fellow, 1 Retinal Fellow, and 4 Ophthalmic East Anglia Deanery Specialist Trainees (1 x TSC/ASTO/L4 Glaucoma), who are committed to providing the very highest standards of care.
Interview date - 18th of October 2024
Main duties of the job
This vacancy consists of 10 programmed activities, of which 7 provide direct clinical care, including 3 training operating theatre lists and 1 glaucoma YAG/SLT laser list on Ellex Tango. The successful candidate will be predominantly based at the Colchester Hospital with potential delivery of peripheral clinics at Ipswich and Clacton District Hospitals. There is a dedicated session allocated to simulation activities, organising courses, including a home-grown international MiGS conference, iGLEAMS, now in its 4th year, and support training on model eyes and EyeSi virtual reality simulation for cataract and glaucoma surgery within the ICENI Surgical Simulation Centre.
About us
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years.
We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.
We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.
At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will be expected to provide support to the Glaucoma and Cataract Service and is expected to be capable of performing unsupervised cataract surgery. The Fellow will supervise our local Glaucoma Monitoring Service delivered by glaucoma-certified Optometrists, Nurses and Orthoptists. Surgical competence in modern cataract surgery and exposure to all aspects of glaucoma surgery, including Moorfields trabeculectomy, aqueous shunts and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery MIGS and participation in 1:9 on-call weekdays and weekends is anticipated from this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will be expected to provide support to the Glaucoma and Cataract Service and is expected to be capable of performing unsupervised cataract surgery. The Fellow will supervise our local Glaucoma Monitoring Service delivered by glaucoma-certified Optometrists, Nurses and Orthoptists. Surgical competence in modern cataract surgery and exposure to all aspects of glaucoma surgery, including Moorfields trabeculectomy, aqueous shunts and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery MIGS and participation in 1:9 on-call weekdays and weekends is anticipated from this post.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a license to practice
- Potential to cope with stressful situations & undertake responsibility
- Good communication & organisational skills
- Team player
- Experience in Cataract Surgery
- Good Clinical Judgement
- FRCOphth OR MRCOphth OR equivalent
Desirable
- Additional higher qualification, i.e. FEBOS(Glaucoma)
- Specialist Glaucoma experience and management of Trabeculectomy and Tube patients
- Use of Database Systems and Electronic Patient Records (i.e. Medisoft)
- Demonstrated commitment to specialise in Glaucoma via Teaching & Audit
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a license to practice
- Potential to cope with stressful situations & undertake responsibility
- Good communication & organisational skills
- Team player
- Experience in Cataract Surgery
- Good Clinical Judgement
- FRCOphth OR MRCOphth OR equivalent
Desirable
- Additional higher qualification, i.e. FEBOS(Glaucoma)
- Specialist Glaucoma experience and management of Trabeculectomy and Tube patients
- Use of Database Systems and Electronic Patient Records (i.e. Medisoft)
- Demonstrated commitment to specialise in Glaucoma via Teaching & Audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
