Senior Oculoplastic and Orbital Fellow

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we're committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it's the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

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.

This post will close early if enough suitable applications are received.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical duties include: general ward care, surgery, outpatient clinics and after hours emergency cover for Oculoplastic 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, Consultant Plastic/Maxillofacial/ENT Surgeons, Consultant Dermatologists and Pathologists and the Oculoplastic Consultants

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

Person specification

• Full GMC Registration at time of appointment with a current license to practise.

Basic Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree

Higher Qualifications

• Applicants must have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English sufficient to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues. These skills must be demonstrated in one of the following ways: Applicants have: Undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or Achieved Level 7.5 in academic International English Language Testing system (IELTS) in a single sitting (overall 7.5, speaking 7.5, Listening 7.5, reading 7.5, writing 7.5); or Have Europass Language Passport at proficiency user level C1

Relevant experience in specialty

• CCT in Ophthalmology for UK candidates. Experience of Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgery within an approved training programme.
• Appropriate experience of supervised and unsupervised surgery as per college guidelines

Clinical skills

• Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge to post
• Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
• Core knowledge base in Ophthalmology, with previous exposure to Oculoplastic and Lacrimal surgery

Training and Research

• Have evidence of experience as a trainer/teacher
• Understand principles and value of research has published and presented research papers and posters in the relevant subspecialty
• Is committed to publishing within the field of Oculoplastic surgery

Additional partnership information

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond.

To support this vision, we are where appropriate and safe to do so actively looking at new models of care which better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement, consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites. Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining our Green Impact programme.