Overview
MFT's GMC-sponsored pathway bringing doctors from outside the UK and EU for a fixed period of supervised training, used for MREH ophthalmology fellowships.
The programme
- Focus
- Multiple ophthalmic subspecialties
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- Fixed period (posts typically 12 months)
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- GMC-approved sponsorship scheme
- Department
- Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and other MFT hospitals
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Doctors from outside the UK and EU; posts require ophthalmology training appropriate to the advertised fellowship
- International applicants
- Yes - designed for doctors from outside the UK and EU who will return to their home country
- Visa support
- MFT is a GMC-approved sponsoring body; NHS Jobs fellowship adverts welcome Skilled Worker sponsorship applicants
- Licence requirement
- GMC registration obtained through MFT sponsorship
How to apply
- Deadline
- Rolling, linked to individual adverts
- Application method
- Apply to individual MREH fellowship adverts on NHS Jobs referencing the scheme
Funding
- Funding
- Salaried NHS fellowship posts (e.g. £67,325 for 2026 MREH fellowships)