Fellow in Clinical Leadership

Job overview

The Clinical Leadership Fellowship Programme is designed to build the training and development of senior clinical leaders. It entails a 12-month Fellowship Challenge over the course of the 2025/26 academic year.

The programme offers Fellows a unique opportunity to develop the capability skills necessary for their future roles as clinical leaders. It creates opportunities to work with medical directors (or equivalent) and lead the development of service changes and quality.

We welcome applications from experienced and dedicated clinicians who have a proved interest in education and multi-disciplinary learning.

The Fellowship is considered a prestigious post and is highly recommended for aspiring clinical leaders.

Applications are welcomed from all healthcare professionals as set out in the person specification.

The post may be of particular interest to optometrists, orthoptists, trainees in ophthalmology, GP trainees, ophthalmic nurses, or pharmacists.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking Ophthalmology Clinical Leadership Fellow to lead a dedicated initiative exploring staff eye health within the organisation.

The Fellow will play a key role in assessing the current landscape of eye health among healthcare staff, identifying unmet needs, and developing evidence-based strategies to promote early detection, prevention, and access to appropriate care.

A central aspect of this role will be ensuring that all activities are carried out with the utmost respect for staff dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, with particular attention given to the needs and experiences of underrepresented staff groups, who may face additional barriers in accessing eye care.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively across departments, engage stakeholders, and contribute to the design and implementation of inclusive, accessible initiatives that support staff wellbeing and visual health.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to undertake the following duties:

• To provide clinical leadership for agreed projects.
• To liaise and engage with the organisation and other sector colleagues as appropriate.
• Provide timely and effective clinical advice and leadership working with managers and staff in relation to the agreed Fellowship Challenge
• Provide written reports on Challenge progress, including risks and issues
• Attend all educational modules, development opportunities and undertake self-managed study hours associated with the Fellowship
• Attend the relevant coaching and learning sets
• Participate in all aspects of the Fellowship scheme and its evaluation
• Contribute to capacity building through leadership and organisational skills development for trainee doctors and other healthcare professionals within the organisation based on their learning in the Fellowship.
• Act as an ambassador for the Fellowship scheme and promote clinical leadership.