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    Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Ophthalmology - London, United Kingdom - Great Ormond Street Hospital

    Great Ormond Street Hospital
    Great Ormond Street Hospital London, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Job overview

    We are recruiting a fixed term, one-year, Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Ophthalmology (ST6+) to join us at Great Ormond Street Hospital. As a fellow you will have 6 outpatient clinics, 1 or 2 theatre sessions, 1/2 non-clinical sessions and 1 or 2 ward referral sessions per week.

    Theatre sessions will provide you with experience assisting at complex procedures including corneal grafting, glaucoma, infant lens implantation and oculoplastic procedures and, depending upon your previous surgical experience and skills, you will undertake paediatric cataract and strabismus surgery under consultant supervision.

    You will be expected to arrange, with the support of clinician's assistant and clinical nurse specialist, the operating list & perform medical clerking and admission. You will be responsible for seeing the patients post operatively after theatre on the day and the next morning and prescribing their medications and writing a discharge summary.

    Main duties of the job

    There are 3 full-time clinical fellows at Great Ormond Street and one part time fellow. Each fellow spends four months on each of the three clinical teams.

    Each fellow has 6 outpatient clinics, 1 or 2 theatre sessions, 1/2 non-clinical sessions and 1 or 2 ward referral sessions per week.

    Theatre sessions will provide you with experience assisting at complex procedures including corneal grafting, glaucoma, infant lens implantation and oculoplastic procedures and, depending upon your previous surgical experience and skills, you will undertake paediatric cataract and strabismus surgery under consultant supervision.

    You will be expected to arrange, with the support of clinician's assistant and clinical nurse specialist, the operating list & perform medical clerking and admission. You will be responsible for seeing the patients post operatively after theatre on the day and the next morning and prescribing their medications and writing a discharge summary.

    Working for our organisation

    Our commitment to you

    GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

    We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

    We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

    We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

    We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at GOSH by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments.

    Person specification

    GOSH Culture and Values

    Essential criteria

    • Always welcoming – open, positive, polite, prompt, thoughtful
    • Always helpful – respectful, caring, supportive, patient, flexible
    • Always expert – role model, vigilant, striving for quality, proactive
    • Always one team – informative, mindful, appreciative, open, honest
    • Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

    Academic/Professional qualification/Training

    Essential criteria

    • Primary medical qualification - MBBS or equivalent
    • Full GMC registration (obtained by designated start date)
    • MRCP, MRCPCH, MRCOphth, FRCOphth or equivalent
    • Research publications

    Desirable criteria

    • Higher degree – MSc, MPhil related discipline

    Skills and abilities

    Essential criteria

    • Excellent written and oral communication skills
    • Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
    • Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment
    • Ability to prioritise clinical needs
    • Extensive knowledge of paediatric Ophthalmology
    • Able to be senior oncall for paediatric ophthalmology
    • Ability to work as part of a team or on own initiative
    • Ability to establish and maintain working relations with patients, carers, and multi-disciplinary colleagues
    • Good interpersonal skills

    Experience/Knowledge

    Essential criteria

    • Experience of teaching and presenting
    • Experience of audit activities
    • Understanding of principles of clinical governance
    • Senior on-call for paediatric and adult ophthalmology Retinoblastoma care
    • Good clinical judgement and a high degree of surgical skills
    • Self-motivation, evidenced by self-started clinical and research work
    • Computer literacy
    • Involvement in the Clinical audit process
    • Understanding & proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical/ organisational context
    • Experience in ROP screening
    • Minimum of 100 cataracts and 10 squint surgeries as lead surgeon
    • A minimum of four years specialist training in ophthalmology in full time hospital service

    Desirable criteria

    • Clinical experience in related paediatric specialties
    • Published research in peer reviewed journals
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