Job summary
Love Life, Love Bristol and Weston.
The Bristol Eye Hospital (BEH) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust (UHBW) is looking to grow its talented team to drive an ambitious future vision of care across Bristol and Weston. BEH provides a tertiary corneal referral service. Why not take a look at our YouTube video, See Yourself at BEH https://youtu.be/he7-XrxIopo.
Applications are warmly invited for a fixed-term fellowship attached to the Corneal service. The post is full-time for a period of 12 months, ideally commencing mid October 2023. The fellowship provides advanced sub-speciality training in cornea and external eye disease. The post will support a team of three corneal Consultants. The successful candidate will complement the existing Specialist Registrar and will be expected to play an active role in the running of the corneal firm. He or she will also be expected to participate in the workload of the department should the need arise. Applicants should be post-CCT (or completed if from overseas) and ideally have pre-existing corneal fellowship experience. Exceptional applicants in the final year of their local training scheme will be considered. The successful candidate will be required to be registered with the General Medical Council with a License to Practice.
Main duties of the job
- Able to take history, examination, initiate appropriate investigations and management of all local and tertiary referral to the corneal and external eye disease service.
- Teach the principles and practice of corneal external eye diseases to nursing, medical, undergraduate and optometric staff.
- Be surgically competent/independent in penetrating keratoplasty and superficial/deep anterior lamellar and endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK, DSAEK and primary descematorhexis).
- Be fully versed and competent in the management of immunosuppression for corneal and external eye disease, principally peripheral ulcerative keratitis, refractory atopic keratoconjunctivitis and vernal keratoconjunctivitis, mucous membrane pemphigoid and high risk corneal transplants.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description including the main responsibilities and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
For further details/informal visits contact:
Kieren Darcy or Derek Tole, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons, 0117 342 9140 or email via their secretary Roseanna.brown@uhbw.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description including the main responsibilities and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
For further details/informal visits contact:
Kieren Darcy or Derek Tole, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons, 0117 342 9140 or email via their secretary Roseanna.brown@uhbw.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Desirable
- Good knowledge of general ophthalmology, with basic specialist registrar training for ophthalmology and cornea
- Previous TSC or fellowship experience in cornea
- Ability to perform cataract surgery independently (minimum 400 cases)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good communication skills, including patients, nursing/ medical/administrative staff
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability and willingness to participate in teaching and training of junior doctors, nurses, medical students, optometrists and other allied health professionals
Additional & Aptitudes
Essential
- Supportive
- Respectful
- Innovative
- Collaborative
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Applicants should already have CCST (or equivalent) or be entering into their final year of Specialist training, Overseas applicants would normally be at the end of their local training scheme
- Full registration with the United Kingdom General Medical Council
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Desirable
- Good knowledge of general ophthalmology, with basic specialist registrar training for ophthalmology and cornea
- Previous TSC or fellowship experience in cornea
- Ability to perform cataract surgery independently (minimum 400 cases)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good communication skills, including patients, nursing/ medical/administrative staff
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability and willingness to participate in teaching and training of junior doctors, nurses, medical students, optometrists and other allied health professionals
Additional & Aptitudes
Essential
- Supportive
- Respectful
- Innovative
- Collaborative
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Applicants should already have CCST (or equivalent) or be entering into their final year of Specialist training, Overseas applicants would normally be at the end of their local training scheme
- Full registration with the United Kingdom General Medical Council
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Eye Hospital
Lower Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS1 2LX
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
