Clinical Fellow Ophthalmology

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Ophthalmology department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for a locum ED clinical Fellow on an initial 12 month contract to support the Emergency services. The post holder will work with the current body of ophthalmology consultants at WEH and CXH in the ophthalmology directorate of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The department is very busy, seeing over 5000 outpatients a month, and provides a tertiary referral service for West London. There is a very active research unit: ICORG (Imperial College Ophthalmic Group) which is a part of Imperial College's department of Cancer and Surgery, and the team are actively participating in a number of phase 1 to phase 4 trials including surgical trials. The post holder will work with the consultants and allied professionals in the emergency ophthalmology department which offers a 24 hour emergency service, 7 days a week to the local population and for complex referred emergency work. The WEH emergency ophthalmology team are part of the Imperial Trauma centre team. Informal discussions/ visits to the Department are encouraged - to arrange please contact: Mr Ahmed Alnahrawy , ED clinical lead, ahmed.alnahrawy@nhs.net

The post is 10 Clinical sessions across ED/ Cataract Surgery and general clinics Candidate expected to have experience in Emergency ophthalmic and general ophthalmology Experience in Cataract surgery Medical Qualification MBBS or equivalent Will carry out research/ audit and teaching