UNIV-Ophthalmology Pediatric Fellow-Department of Ophthalmology
About The Position
The Ophthalmology department is currently recruiting for a Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellow. The 12-month Storm Eye Institute fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus is designed to ensure that participants develop the knowledge base, diagnostic reasoning, and clinical and surgical skills necessary to provide quality, ethical, ophthalmic eye care to children and adults with strabismus. The individual will participate in the educational mission of the department from residents to medical students as appropriate including active teaching assignments in the residency curriculum as well as attendance at teaching conferences. Incumbent will be required, along with a mentor, to develop both short-term and long-term professional goals and objectives. Significant time will be scheduled in the clinics.
Requirements
- M.D. or Equivalent
- Ability to perform job functions in an upright position.
- Ability to perform job functions in a seated position.
- Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile.
- Ability to work indoors.
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather and temperature extremes.
- Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces.
- Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions.
- Ability to squat and perform job functions.
- Ability to perform 'pinching' operations.
- Ability to fully use both hands/arms.
- Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders.
- Ability to reach in all directions.
- Possess good finger dexterity.
- Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions.
- Ability to lift and carry 15 lbs., unassisted.
- Ability to lift objects, up to 15 lbs., from floor level to height of 36 inches, unassisted.
- Ability to lower objects, up to 15 lbs., from height of 36 inches to floor level, unassisted.
- Ability to push/pull objects, up to 15 lbs., unassisted.
- Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes.
- Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand.
- Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance.
- Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception.
- Good peripheral vision capabilities.
- Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction.
- Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements.
Responsibilities
- Participate in the educational mission of the department from residents to medical students
- Active teaching assignments in the residency curriculum
- Attendance at teaching conferences
- Develop both short-term and long-term professional goals and objectives with a mentor
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
