Job summary
- Main area
- Opthalmology
- Grade
- Medical Retina Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- 40 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 321-NOTS-MS-7296600
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £49,909 - £70,425 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Medical Retina Fellow Feb 26
Medical Retina Fellow
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
MEDICAL RETINA FELLOWSHIP
Applications are invited for the MR fellowships in Ophthalmology based at the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, from February 2026 for 12 months in the first instance.
Candidates should be post CCT or equivalent and wish to specialise in MEDICAL RETINA.
This post is suitable for doctors who have completed their training but seek experience in medical retina prior to obtaining a consultant appointment. It is not an approved training post. Candidates are welcome to visit the Department and are invited to contact consultant Peter Charbel Issa at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, The John Radcliffe (Tel: Oxford (01865) 227678).
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant supervisors. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will be considered.
Main duties of the job
Applications are invited for an Medical Retina fellowship post in Ophthalmology based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, from February 2026 , for 12 months in the first instance. Candidates should be post CCT or equivalent and wish to specialise in MEDICAL RETINA.
For international applicants, Oxford Eye Hospital is one of the only eye units in the UK approved by the General Medical Council (GMC) to provide direct sponsorship for fast-track visa applications (https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register/before-you-apply/list-of-approved-sponsoring-bodies). |
Working for our organisation
The Oxford Eye Hospital and its consultant body has an active research portfolio. Participation in research through the writing up of clinical studies and case reports is encouraged. The Medical Retina Consultants are also part of the cataract surgical team. Fellows have the opportunity to access cataract surgery but only during weekend lists, there is no weekday theatre allocation within this Fellowship. There is also the opportunity to be involved in trainee, and medical student teaching on a formal and informal basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As well as providing for general ophthalmic needs of the local population, the Oxford Eye Hospital receives tertiary and quaternary referral of complex disease so that Fellows can expect a broad exposure across medical retina. The fellowship comprises a bespoke exposure to the subspecialty with an expectation of a small contribution to support the emergency eye department and on-call commitments.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- GMC - Registered with a Licence to Practice
- Medical degree
- General training in ophthalmology to specialist level or equivalent with MEDICAL RETINA experience
Desirable criteria
- CCT, CESR or equivalent
- FRCOphth/Part III/MRCOphth
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to conduct clinical and operative care in ophthalmology
- Demonstrate special expertise in the areas of sub-specialty of MEDICAL RETINA
- Higher specialist training in ophthalmology or equivalent
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to organize and manage clinical workload
- To undertake effectively the role of clinical fellow in a large teaching hospital.
- Ability to communicate effectively through good verbal and written skills
- Evidence of ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels skills should be highly developed.
- Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Experience of routine clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the organization
- NHS and the Government’s agenda for its modernisation
- Interest in taking part in research projects
- Management training and experience
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Transport
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
- Dominik Fischer
- Job title
- Ophthalmology Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 234567
- Additional information
Candidates are welcome to visit the Department and are invited to contact consultant Dominik Fischer or Niamh Stone a at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, The John Radcliffe (Tel: Oxford (01865) 234567).
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