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Job summary

Main area
Oculoplastics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5a (MT05)
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Temporary)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
356-26-8390100
Employer
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hull Royal Infirmary
Town
Hull
Salary
£76,582 PA PR
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/11/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Senior Clinical Fellow ST7+

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5a (MT05)

Job overview

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. 

 

Working for our organisation

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.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Professional registration

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: • Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) • Certificate of Eligibility for specialist
  • Registration (CESR) Where not available then commitment to work towards CESR competencies will be required

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • FRCOphth or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
  • Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Level 4 in Oculoplastic

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
  • Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff
  • Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
  • Evidence of participation in audit
  • Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of having conducted a practice changing audit
  • Evidence of having condExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
  • Original peer-reviewed research publications

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mark Costen
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01482 328541
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