Senior Clinical Fellow Post Urology

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic applicants for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology. The post will consist of clinical basic 40 hours per week, which includes, inpatient and Day surgery theatre sessions and outpatient clinics, care of inpatients, prompt review of inpatient referrals, administrative work, teaching junior staff and medical students. You will also contribute to a 1:9 (off site) rota cover. The post holder will also contribute to tutorials, lectures, and teaching ward rounds for medical and nursing students.

In joining our team, our Urology, emergency and elective services continue to evolve rapidly. Special interests of the department include: urodynamics/urogynaecology, oncology, andrology, endo-urology, Robotic and standard laparoscopic Urology. A comprehensive range of endoscopic and laparoscopic equipment is available, along with 2 dedicated Holmium lasers. We have state of the art MRI-TRUS fusion workstations (Hitachi and Koelis) as well as LATP and regional saturation template biopsy service and are a national reference centre for Hitachi. We provide LATP training for the West Midlands. Da Vinci X and Xi robots are shared across one of the most diverse Robotic Surgery Programmes in the UK. As well as Robotic Radical Prostatectomy, Radical cystectomy with intracorporeal diversion and radical partial nephrectomy we collaborate with the colorectal and gynaecological oncology teams to provide Robotic exenteration.

Main duties of the job

Junior doctors will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances, agreed where practicable, with his colleagues, both senior and junior. While juniors accept that they will assist, additional commitments arising are exceptional and the junior will not be required to undertake such work for prolonged periods on a regular basis. The post holder will take responsibility for improving and complying with infection control practices.

Research opportunities are also available as the unit recruits well to large Uro-Oncology trials (currently lead recruiter to Add-Aspirin Trial Internationally) as well as active collaborations across a wide number of departments in the University including Adipokines in prostate cancer (Prof HS Randeva, Department of Molecular Endocrinology), eNoses and cancer detection (Prof JA Covington, Department of Engineering), Vitamin D in bladder cancer (Dr D Zehnder/Dr R Bland), MRI-TRUS fusion (Professor CE Hutchinson, Department of Clinical Imaging and Radiology Physics), AI in digital pathology and radiology (Prof D Snead leads PathLAKE - the UK centre of excellence hosted at UHCW). All members of the department are expected to publish regularly.

Excellent facilities for clinical as well as laboratory-based research.

The post holder will attend the Urology Grand Round, MDT as timetabled. Accurate record keeping. Maintenance of prospective PROMS databases.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.