Job summary
- Main area
- Vitreo-Retinal
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (on-call)
- Job ref
- 193-MS2219PCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital / Prince Charles Eye Unit
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £65,048 - £73,992 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/04/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Ophthalmology Fellow in Vitreoretinal Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
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Job overview
We are looking for a Vitreo-retinal fellow to join us for an initial one year fixed term appointment. The post will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and the Prince Charles Eye Unit, Windsor. The appointee will be expected to become a full member of a progressive and forward looking department. The post is closely supervised with VR surgical experience available.
This is a whole time post with a minimum of 10 programmed activities.
Main duties of the job
Vitreo- retinal surgery and clinics will form the majority of the timetable but the Fellow will also be expected to contribute to the Medical Retina and the General Ophthalmic services and form part of the team covering inpatients and on call work.
The post holder will also be expected to undertake ROP screening for departmental cover. Continuing education, professional development and teaching are actively encouraged and research and audit opportunities will be available for the right candidate.
The appointee would be required to undertake annual appraisal and contribute towards their professional development plan. The exact details of the job plan will be agreed on appointment and will depend upon the area of expertise of the successful applicant and requirements of the department.
The appointee will be expected to become a full member of a progressive and forward looking department involved actively in Clinical Governance and Quality improvement projects. Continuing education, professional development and teaching are actively encouraged and research and audit opportunities will be available.
Working for our organisation
The department undertakes approximately 7000 day-case procedures and provides approximately 100,000 outpatient attendances and over 20,000 Eye Casualty attendances per annum, serving a population of approximately 1 million.
At the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading the service is located in the Eye Block and includes the Eye Outpatient Department and the dedicated Eye Day Case Unit. Inpatient care is provided on Dorrell Ward for Head and Neck patients. There are dedicated eye theatres with Bausch and Lomb equipment for phaco and posterior Vitrectomy, cyclodiode and indirect lasers and recording equipment for training and research purposes.
The Prince Charles Eye Unit in Windsor is on the site of the King Edward VII Hospital. There are two fully commissioned ophthalmic theatres within the unit undertaking day case admissions and minor operations including emergency and elective vitreo-retinal procedures with anaesthetic cover.
Ophthalmic Accident and Emergency services are provided in both the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Prince Charles Eye Unit, and run adjacent to the clinics. The outpatient facilities at all sites include up to date equipment including OCT with angiography and autofluorecsence, HRT, anterior and wide field OPTOS posterior segment photography with FFA and ICG, ultrasound, YAG/SLT and multi-spot argon lasers, Pentacam corneal scanning and IOL Master biometry.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a whole time post with a minimum of 10 programed activities. The post will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading and the Prince Charles Eye Unit in Windsor. The appointee will be expected to become a full member of a progressive and forward looking department involved actively in Clinical Governance and Quality improvement projects. Continuing education, professional development and teaching are actively encouraged and research and audit opportunities will be available.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- MB, BS or recognised equivalent
- FRCOphth UK or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- MSC or equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- 5 years of Specialist Registrar level or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Vitreo-retinal specialist clinics, surgical VR experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of multi-disciplinary team working
- Ability to keep legible and relevant electronic medical notes
- Effective communication skills – verbal and written
- Ability to take independent clinical decisions and to seek advice from Senior doctors as appropriate
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of audit and research projects
- Teaching
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Motivated and efficient
- Ability to relate to patients, relatives, staff and medical colleagues at all levels
- Able to work flexibly and use initiative
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with an unrestricted licence to practice in the UK
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Evgenia Anikina
- Job title
- Consultant Ophthalmologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01183227169
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