Clinical Fellow – Functional, Restorative and Adolescent Urology (FRA)

Job summary

The Department of Urology at University College Hospital is looking to recruit a highly motivated and dedicated Clinical Fellow for a 12 month fixed term post in the Functional, Restorative and Adolescent Urology team within the Urology Department.

The successful candidate will be joining the largest and most prestigious Urological Department in the UK. We are a highly specialist department seeing referrals from across the UK and abroad as well as being a centre for excellence and research. The post holder will start in October 2024.

Main duties of the job

• The Fellow will have primary charge of all patients admitted to the service and the day to day care of the patients.
• There are regular outpatient clinics at which the Fellow will have the opportunity to see new and existing patients as well as patients recently discharged from the ward.
• The Fellow will attend ward rounds with the Consultants and Specialist Registrar and will be expected to visit each of their Firm's patients on a daily basis, assisting the ward-duty Registrar.
• The Fellow will write in the admission notes, continuation notes, discharge summaries and other associated letters.
• There will be opportunities to observe and assist and operate in theatre as directed by the consultant.
• Prescribe medications and diets for patients.
• The Fellow will be expected to liaise closely with the full range of multi-disciplinary teams involved in their care. Attendance and support for the weekly multi-disciplinary team meeting will be a requirement of the role.
• The Fellow will also be expected to take part in and present audit and research projects.
• The Fellow will also be expected to take part in teaching other staff, and undergraduate and postgraduate students.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.