Senior Clinical Fellow ST7+NHS

Job summary

The successful candidate will assume a direct clinical role within the department, based at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) sharing all facilities equally with the existing trainees. This is a 12 months fellowship program. The successful candidate will work full time 40 hours per week, (Flexible working may be considered). It is expected that the successful applicant will play an active role in the 1:11 first on call rota covering Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH).

Main duties of the job

Oculoplastic surgery training covers a wide range of procedures dealing with the orbit, eyelids, lacrimal system, and the face. Surgical training in a fellowship typically includes:

• Eyelid surgery -- ptosis repair, entropion/ectropion correction, eyelid reconstruction following tumour excision, and malposition correction
• Lacrimal surgery -- external DCR (dacryocystorhinostomy) and endonasal (endoscopic) DCR.
• Orbital surgery -- orbital biopsies, orbital decompression, and management of anterior orbital tumours.
• MDTs -- Oculoplastics MDTs, skin cancer MDTs, and joint lists.

Job description

For more information on this advertised vacancy please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.