An opportunity for a Clinical Fellow (Junior Specialist Doctor) within the Urology Department has arisen for a period of 6-12 months, depending on training needs. The post will provide a great opportunity to receive further specialist experience in Urology.
Main duties of the job
This post will be required to cross cover both the Malignant and Benign services to ensure the service needs of both are maintained. Within this, the post holder will have at least 6 clinical sessions, which will include theatre, diagnostics, Out Patients, MDTs and ward rounds. The post holder is expected to be flexible with interchanging clinical sessions. An example job plan is included in Appendix 2.
The hospital participates in a busy emergency on-call service, which accepts a full range of urological emergencies.
The Clinical Fellow will be part of the SpR rota, with full prospective cover for annual leave, study leave and bank holidays. There are currently separate rotas for vascular emergencies, hepato-biliary and General Surgery at the SpR level. The SpRs elective clinical activity is cancelled when they are on call.
There is a Surgical Assessment Unit which admits all surgical and urological emergency admissions.
The Trust is a Major Trauma Centre as well as the Regional Burns Centre and is also The Centre for Defence Medicine, which is fully integrated within the Trust. Military personnel work within all departments, and the Trust regularly accepts service personnel with both acute and elective conditions.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and well-being of our staff, including a commitment to offering flexible working where we can; Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity, removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation, where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at the Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job Responsibilities
The Urology Department team comprises 1 Associate Professor, 3 Honorary Senior Lecturers, 25 Consultants and 2 Associate Specialists. Special interests within the department include the management of patients requiring partial nephrectomy, retroperitoneal node dissection, renal tumours invading the cava, robotic radical prostatectomy and cystectomy and neobladders. Around 170 laparoscopic kidney operations, 200 robotic prostate operations and 60 cystectomy procedures are performed each year, and the unit performs the full range of general urological operations. The unit also provides support for gynaecological colleagues at the Birmingham Women's Hospital, who undertake major abdominal and pelvic surgery. The DaVinci robotic surgery programme is well established for prostate surgery, the partial robotic and nephrectomy service beginning in September 2022, and the robotic cystectomy programme is planned to begin in 2023.
In addition to a weekly MDT meeting, there is a 'tracker' meeting, which ensures all patients under the care of the MDT and currently receiving treatment are reviewed by the team each week.
The urology service is supported by 7 clinical nurse specialists, and the unit comprises a single ward. The unit works as an integrated and flexible unit, cross-covering operating days, Ward Rounds and clinics, MDTs, emergencies and holidays. There are close working relationships between all surgical specialities, as all surgical wards are in close proximity to each other. Joint consultant operating between specialties is common practice within the hospital.
Day-case surgery lists take place within the Ambulatory Care Department of the New Hospital. Most endoscopy, some clinics and all elective in-patient operating takes place on the QEH site.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Medical Degree from a recognised University
- *Full GMC registration
Experience
Essential
- *A minimum of 2 years of full-time postgraduate training (it's equivalent gained on a part-time basis) or equivalent experience and competencies.
- *Previous experience in Urology
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please see the attached Job Description for further details
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
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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