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Medical Retina and Uveitis Fellowship

Employer
Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Location
Birmingham
Salary
£40,000 a year per annum
Closing date
13 Jun 2023

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Profession
Specialist doctor, Ophthalmology
Grade
Fellow
Contract Type
Fixed Contract
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic doctor to join our Uveitis and Medical Retina Team. The post will provide a comprehensive experience in managing complex uveitis and medical retina conditions. Applications are welcome from suitable candidates interested in career in Uveitis and Medical Retina. The applicants should demonstrate within their application that they are fully trained in General Ophthalmology and are registered with General Medical Council.

This Job is for fixed term of 12 months starting in August 2023.

Closing date: 11/06/23

Interview date: 28/06/23
Main duties of the job

The appointee will be expected to help the team in providing emergency and elective service in Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre.

The appointee will also be expected to be part on general on call rota. The appointee will be expected to help the department in the audits. There will be opportunities to undertake research projects during the programme.
About us

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.

We have three strategic objectives:

People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do

Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives

We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.

Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls. MMUH will host the busiest Emergency Department in Europe, with state of the art facilities and future development of a Learning Campus

Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As People is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues

Job description
Job responsibilities

For more information on the job role and responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description attached.

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Medical Retina Lead : Mr Randhir Chavan Email - rchavan@nhs.net

Uveitis Lead: Mr Sreekanth Sreekantam , Email - sreekanth.sreekantam@nhs.net

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

  • Completion of Higher Specialty Training or its equivalent

Desirable

 

  • BMedSc/BA/BSc/MSc
  • FRCOphth

Clinical Experience
Essential

 

 

  • oClinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Ophthalmology

Desirable

 

 

  • oPrevious experience in Uveitis and Medical Retina

Other Requirements
Essential

 

 

  • oFull GMC Registration
  • oAppropriate Immigration Status (where appropriate)
  • oAn understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.

Personal Circumstances
Essential

 

 

  • oResidence within a reasonable distance of the Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre
  • oAbility to undertake clinical commitments at any of the Trust's sites.

Professional and Multi-disciplinary team working
Essential

 

 

  • oAbility to work well with colleagues and within a team

Management and Administrative Experience
Essential

 

 

  • oAbility to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • oAbility to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures.
  • oAbility to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives

Clinical Effectiveness
Essential

 

 

  • oExperience of conducting clinical audit
  • oAbility to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making

Teaching and Training experience
Essential

 

 

  • oAbility to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines
  • oThe ability to appraise junior doctors and other staff.

Desirable

 

 

  • oFormal training in teaching

Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience
Essential

 

 

  • oAbility to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • oAn awareness of current specialty developments, initiatives and issues

Desirable

 

 

  • oKnowledge and experience of the application of information technology to Ophthalmology
  • oPublications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
  • oEvidence of having undertaken original research

Personal Attributes
Essential

 

 

  • oEnergy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
  • oAn enquiring and critical approach to work
  • oCaring attitude to patients
  • oAbility to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, other staff and agencies.
  • oCommitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development

 


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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details
Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address

Birmingham Midland Eye Centre

Dudley Rd

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

381-SS-5334159

 

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