Senior Glaucoma Fellow in Opthalmology

Job overview

The Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre (BMEC), founded in 1823, is one of the largest tertiary level Ophthalmic Hospitals in Europe, providing highly specialised expertise in clinical care, research and education. We are a Centre of Excellence for the treatment and care of patients across the West Midlands as well as receiving referrals both nationally and internationally. An exciting training opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Fellow to join our expanding world-class team at BMEC, part of Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. We are increasing our current consultant team of 33, 2 associate specialists, 13 specialty doctors and 17 fellows enabling us to meet the growing ophthalmic demands of our ever changing demographic. Are you ready to join our outstanding medical team; many of whom are internationally renowned for cutting-edge research and care innovation and work collaboratively within its integrated A & E, Ward, Theatre, Outpatient and Diagnostic teams. The post holder will be working with an extended team of specialist nurses, allied health professionals, technicians and photographers to further support new ways of working and expand the quality services BMEC already offers. Birmingham and the surrounding conurbation offers a very high quality of life with excellent residential areas, schools and everything one would expect to find in Britain’s second city

Main duties of the job

Clinical duties include: general ward care, surgery, outpatient clinics and after hours emergency cover for glaucoma services · Manage patients who present with or develop complications as a result of their condition during their admission and seek senior help when required. · The Fellow is expected to participate in new and on-going projects and present at national and international meetings. The Fellow will be expected to undertake at least two projects leading to publication during the Fellowship. · All research undertaken should conform to the rules of Good Research Governance and all research projects involving patients or their records (including those originating elsewhere) must have approval from the Research Ethics Committee and Research and Development Directorate.

• Liaising with junior doctors, other Consultant Ophthalmologists.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the job role and responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description attached. For an informal discussion, please contact: Pravin Pandey – Glaucoma lead – [email protected] Fizza Mushtaq – Glaucoma consultant – [email protected]

Start date to be Feb 2026 / Aug 2026