Clinical Teaching Fellow in Ophthalmology

This job provides the opportunity to be involved in medical educational teaching in an Ophthalmology setting. It also provides exposure and continued clinical experience in Ophthalmology acute and specialist setting including one theatre session per week.

It is an exceptional opportunity to build your CV, enhance your teaching experience and undertake a higher degree, via the Master's in Medical Education program. It also supports the teaching fellow to present at local, regional, national conferences and research innovative ideas in medical education.

The Department fully supports all Clinical Teaching Fellows in developing the course and UMED also has its own annual Undergraduate Medical Education Conference, where best and innovative practice can be shared.

Providing clinical duties in our ophthalmology department and teaching duties to our medical students.

You will be based at the Royal Derby Hospital and will be working alongside other Clinical Teaching Fellows in other specialties and will be able to work together on projects and share good practice.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ms Lana A Faraj Job title: Consultant Ophthalmologist/Medical Education Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01332 787513