Clinical Teaching Fellow in OphthalmologyNHS

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Job description

See attached job description for specific details of the post.

The overall aim of this post is to help the Ophthalmology Department to develop and consolidate the undergraduate teaching programme and course material, and to explore alternative methods of teaching, to cope with ever increasing student numbers.

Royal Derby Hospital provides clinical teaching for medical students from the University of Nottingham Medical School.

From 28 February 2022, the University of Nottingham Medical School implemented a new curriculum. Ophthalmology sits within the new Foundation to Practice Phase 1 (FFP1) course and it runs from February to October each year for an intensive two week attachment dedicated to Ophthalmology for 14 students.

About us

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.