# Senior Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology with interest in Vireo Retina

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Free Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Ophthalmology
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67,325 Per annum inclusive of HCAS.
- **Contract type:** 12 months (12 months fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-23T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09T12:23:21.647Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Hampstead/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Ophthalmology_Senior_Fellow/Ophthalmology_Senior_Fellow-v8276040
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ophthalmology Department at the Royal Free London for a Senior Clinical Vitreo Retina Fellow for a period of 12 months. The Royal Free London's ophthalmology department provides a full range of ophthalmology services across six main sites in north London: the Royal Free, Whittington, St Pancras, Barnet, Chase Farm and Edgware Community Hospitals. Alongside the vitreo retina service, our colleagues provide comprehensive subspecialty care, a high-quality eye casualty service, and a growing community-based ophthalmology programme. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic department at a time of expansion and development. We perform surgery using the latest techniques, and the job plan offers outstanding scope to learn and develop within the subspecialty.

### Main duties of the job

Senior Clinical Vitreo Retina Fellow — Ophthalmology Department, Royal Free London Fixed term: 12 months An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ophthalmology Department at the Royal Free London for a Senior Clinical Vitreo Retina Fellow for a period of 12 months. The Royal Free London's ophthalmology department provides a full range of ophthalmology services across six main sites in north London: the Royal Free, Whittington, St Pancras, Barnet, Chase Farm and Edgware Community Hospitals. Alongside the corneal service, our colleagues provide comprehensive subspecialty care, a high-quality eye casualty service, and a growing community-based ophthalmology programme. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic department at a time of expansion and development. We perform surgery using the latest techniques, and the job plan offers outstanding scope to learn and develop within the subspecialty. Main duties of the job The post-holder will work within the vitreo retina service, gaining experience in vitreo retinal surgery using the latest techniques, supported by subspecialty clinics across the department's north London sites. The role includes participation in the department's eye casualty service and exposure to community-based ophthalmology, together with the weekly teaching and educational sessions held at the Royal Free.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Participation in clinical audit
- Organisational skills
- Communication skill

**Desirable**

- Research and publication record
- Leadership skills

### Experience

**Essential**

- A minimum of 36 months experience at SHO level and/or ST3+ or equivalent with broad experience in general ophthalmology
- Can undertake routine phacoemulsification unsupervised (audit of last 100 cataract cases to be submitted)

**Desirable**

- Experience in Corneal Surgery
- Training and education of junior resident doctors and undergraduate/postgraduate students

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GMC Regitration
- MRCOphth or Equivalent
- FRCOphth or equivalent

### Shared Commitments

**Essential**

- Ability to meet trust shared commitments

### Personal qualities and attributes

**Essential**

- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Motivated, flexible and enthusiastic

## Documents

- [person spec (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591914)
- [job description (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591913)
- [generic work schedule (pdf, 399.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591912)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 98.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591911)

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