Job summary

Applications are invited for the position of Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Ophthalmology based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Candidates should be at the end of their ophthalmology training and be in possession of either Outcome 6 at ARCP, be post CCST or the equivalent for applicants from outside the UK, and wish to specialise in Paediatric Ophthalmology. This post is suitable for doctors who are close to or have completed their training but seek experience in Paediatric Ophthalmology prior to obtaining a consultant appointment. Training in all aspects of Paediatric Ophthalmology is provided, including cataract surgery, strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology and retinopathy of prematurity. There is a strong multidisciplinary interaction with the Neurosurgery, Neurology and Craniofacial Departments of the neighbouring Oxford Children Hospital. A clinical trials unit is active and research opportunities are available and encouraged. Participation in the second on-call rota is the norm at a frequency of 1:6. It is not an approved training post.

Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration

Main duties of the job

Duties of post

a) Aims and responsibilities

The basis for this post is to provide clinical, surgical and academic training in the care of children with primary, secondary and tertiary eye and neuro-ophthalmic disorders during the year of fellowship. Included within the post is a management component in which a Quality Improvement project will be undertaken. Time to support this is factored into the post job plan.

b) Clinical

The post holder's duties will be primarily at the JR Hospital in Oxford but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust, including peripheral clinics.

c) Facilities for studying and training

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trusts. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trusts, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.

d) Teaching, audit and research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation 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. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General 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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel