# ICENI Fellowship in Glaucoma & Complex Cataract Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/iceni-fellowship-in-glaucoma-and-complex-cataract-surgery/9bb0b3b1-7c18-4075-91a1-0df2537cbee0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/iceni-fellowship-in-glaucoma-and-complex-cataract-surgery/9bb0b3b1-7c18-4075-91a1-0df2537cbee0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Colchester - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Ophthalmology - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £67,325 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T13:31:44.985Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8059492 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8059492?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for a full-time ICENI Centre International Fellow with special interest in Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery to join our dynamic team at ESNEFT. The successful candidate will be predominantly based at the Colchester Eye Centre of Excellence with delivery of outreach peripheral clinics at Clacton District Hospital once per week. There is a dedicated session allocated to simulation activities, organising courses, including a home-grown international MiGS conference, GlaucomBury (prior iGLEAMS) and support training on model eyes and EyeSi virtual reality simulation for cataract and glaucoma surgery within the ICENI Surgical Simulation Centre. This post is to start from July 2026. ### Main duties of the job The successful applicant will be expected to provide support to the Glaucoma and Cataract Service and is expected to be capable of performing unsupervised cataract surgery. The Fellow will supervise our local Glaucoma Monitoring Service delivered by glaucoma-certified Optometrists, Nurses and Orthoptists. Surgical competence in modern cataract surgery and exposure to all aspects of glaucoma surgery, including Moorfields trabeculectomy surgery system, aqueous shunts, glaucoma drainage devices and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and participation in 1:9 on-call weekdays and weekends is anticipated from this post. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. ## Job Details Applications are invited for a full-time ICENI Centre International Fellow with special interest in Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery to join our dynamic team at ESNEFT. The successful candidate will be predominantly based at the Colchester Eye Centre of Excellence with delivery of outreach peripheral clinics at Clacton District Hospital once per week. There is a dedicated session allocated to simulation activities, organising courses, including a home-grown international MiGS conference, GlaucomBury (prior iGLEAMS) and support training on model eyes and EyeSi virtual reality simulation for cataract and glaucoma surgery within the ICENI Surgical Simulation Centre. This post is to start from July 2026. ## Job Description The successful applicant will be expected to provide support to the Glaucoma and Cataract Service and is expected to be capable of performing unsupervised cataract surgery. The Fellow will supervise our local Glaucoma Monitoring Service delivered by glaucoma-certified Optometrists, Nurses and Orthoptists. Surgical competence in modern cataract surgery and exposure to all aspects of glaucoma surgery, including Moorfields trabeculectomy surgery system, aqueous shunts, glaucoma drainage devices and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and participation in 1:9 on-call weekdays and weekends is anticipated from this post. ## Responsibilities A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Full GMC registration with a license to practice - Potential to cope with stressful situations & undertake responsibility - Good communication & organisational skills - Team player - Experience in Cataract Surgery - Good Clinical Judgement - FRCOphth OR MRCOphth OR equivalent **Desirable** - Additional higher qualification, i.e. FEBOS(Glaucoma) - Specialist Glaucoma experience and management of Trabeculectomy and Tube patients - Use of Database Systems and Electronic Patient Records (i.e. Medisoft) - Demonstrated commitment to specialise in Glaucoma via Teaching & Audit ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [job description (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10349667) - [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.