Job summary
An Oculoplastics Service Clinical Fellow post is available on a full-time basis at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. This is a permanent appointment which is due to commence on 3 February 2027.

The Trust provides a busy and expanding Oculoplastics Service to patients across Buckinghamshire, East Oxfordshire and West Hertfordshire.

The successful applicant will be required to provide logbook evidence of their surgical experience, together with an audit of their surgical outcomes and complication rates. This post is ideally suited to candidates who have some experience in Oculoplastics and wish to further develop their clinical and surgical skills. However, candidates without previous Oculoplastics experience will also be considered on their merits.

Candidates must hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise in the UK. We anticipate this to be a popular post and this advert may close earlier than the advertised, we therefore welcome interested candidates to apply early.

Main duties of the job
A Clinical Fellow post in the subspecialty of Oculoplastics is available at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. The post is based across the Trust's hospitals, including Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Wycombe General Hospital, and Amersham Hospital in Buckinghamshire.

Our hospitals are located in an area of outstanding natural beauty and are within easy reach of both London and the Midlands.

The successful applicant will gain experience in the clinical and surgical management of Oculoplastic conditions, including patient assessment, clinical decision-making in the outpatient setting, and Oculoplastic and cataract surgery.

The post holder will also be expected to undertake occasional cataract operating lists and provide fellow-level support to the Acute Eye Casualty Clinic when required. Research and audit activities are actively encouraged. Supervision of junior trainees may also be required, depending on the successful candidate's level of experience.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

For further information, please contact Miss Fiona Jazayeri, Consultant Ophthalmologist with a Special Interest in Oculoplastics, at fiona.jazayeri@nhs.net.

About us
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Essential qualifications and experience

• MB,BS or equivalent
• Must hold a valid GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice in the UK
• Experience in training grades in ophthalmology
• Ability to take an ophthalmic history, perform an ophthalmic examination, request and interpret common ophthalmic investigations and formulate a clinical management plan without immediate supervision.
• Experience as SpR or equivalent role in Ophthalmology
• Experience of cataract surgery and Oculoplastic clinic and theatre attendance.
• Good personal organisation and time management skills.
• Good personal and interpersonal skills
• Good spoken and written English
• Communication skills should be highly developed.
• Competent computer literacy and keyboard skills including Microsoft packages
• Experience of clinical audit
• Able to travel across Multiple Hospital sites

Desirable

• MRCOphth or FRCOphth Part 1 or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years direct paid NHS Registrar experience in Ophthalmology
• Practical experience of clinical administration (eg responsibility for duty rota)
• Management training and experience
• Communication skills training
• Experience of teaching doctors-in-training and undergraduates
• Full UK Driving Licence with access to own Transport

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Contact: Consultant Ophthalmologist Fiona Jazayeri, fiona.jazayeri@nhs.net, 01494323506

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