Clinical Research Fellow- Functional, Restorative & Adolescent Urology

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 successful candidate will work in the Functional, Restorative and Adolescent Urology team. You will have the opportunity to gain experience in complex functional and reconstructive surgery and play a key role in ensuring excellent care for patients under the care of the department.

The consultants within the unit are:

Miss Rachel BarrattMr Gunter de WinMiss Tamsin GreenwellMiss Helena GrestyMr Anthony NoahMr Richard NobregaMr Jeremy OckrimMiss Mahreen Pakzad

The unit consists of eight consultants, five clinical fellows and three nurse specialists.

Research is encouraged.

The post holder will provide a safe and effective service for patients under the supervision of the Consultant Urologist. They will undertake theatre lists, clinics and other clinical activities. The post holder will lead on the management of inpatients and undertake on-call for the department as required.

Main duties of the job

o The Clinical Fellow will have primary charge of all patients admitted to the service and the day to day care of the patients.

o There are regular clinics at which the Clinical Fellow will have the opportunity to see new patients, patients recently discharged from the ward and also patients who are under ongoing follow up.

o Prescribe drugs and diets for both inpatients and outpatients.

o Urology admissions frequently arise from trauma and the Clinical 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.

o The Clinical Fellow will also be expected to take part in and present audit and research projects.

o The Clinical 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.