Margaret Spittle Clinical Research Fellow – Andrology

Job summary

The Department of Urology at University College Hospital is looking to recruit a highly motivated and dedicated Margaret Spittle Clinical Research Fellow for a fixed term of 12 months from September/ October 2025. The successful candidate will be joining the largest Urology 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 Andrology Department with a focus on general andrology and genital cancers under the supervision of Professor Asif Muneer. You will have the opportunity to gain experience in providing pioneering new treatments and play a key role in ensuring excellent care for patients under the care of the department.

The clinical fellows rotate to increase their experience, gaining good access to both primary and revision implants, surgery for Peyronie's disease, surgical sperm retrieval, microsurgery, surgical treatment for penile and testicular cancer.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

This is a joint research and clinical fellowship under the supervision of Professor Asif Muneer providing an opportunity to deliver a cancer research project as well as gain clinical experience in general andrology. Also to provide a safe and effective service for patients under the supervision of the andrology team. Clinical duties include attending theatre lists, undertaking outpatient clinics and other clinical activities related to the department including telephone clinics, MDT attendance and audit. There is an expectation to help with the management of inpatients and emergencies. Experience in penoscrotal surgery and penile prosthesis surgery will be part of the experience gained.

ResearchThe research component is part clinical and part basic science with protected time set aside. The clinical component focuses on genital cancer research and the basic science component related to penile cancer molecular biology using tissue from a UCLH/UCL biobank.

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.