Senior Urological Fellow - Robotic Pelvic Oncology

Job summary

The post is or a Senior Robotic Clinical Fellow in Urology based at the Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford. The job is full -time for 40 hours. (you may be asked to undertake additional paid hours on occasions).

The post is designed for an applicant towards the end of their training and will provide excellent opportunities for them to develop their skills in radical robotic and laparoscopic prostatectomy and cystectomy. It is expected that they will oversee the entire robotic programme within the department and provide regular audited reports, working collaboratively with other fellows. The Royal Surrey is a major pelvic cancer Centre and the Urology unit performs over 300 robotic prostatectomies and 90 robotic cystectomies a year. The unit has x2 new Da Vinci robots with x4 consoles and a simulation trainer. The unit is one of the busiest robotic centres in the UK. There is a thriving research environment in the area of prostate cancer ranging from the development novel diagnostic tests to established prospective on-line clinical outcome databases and the applicant would be expected to become involved in this research activity as well.

Main duties of the job

The main day-to-day duties of this post are split between managing the ward and assisting in theatre/clinic. There is a daily Registrar ward wound which the post-holder is expected to participate in. The rota incorporates outpatient clinic commitment of general and Specialist clinics as well as theatre commitment of specialist and general workload.

On the Urology ward the post-holder will be expected to manage acute Urological admissions with the F2/CT as well as managing the elective workload. The postholder will be expected to supervise the work of the F2/CT trainees under the direction of the consultant Urologist; he or she will also be expected to clerk patients and perform procedures as need arises.

The postholder will take part in the on-call rota at middle grade level. When on call he or she will be expected to supervise the work of the junior trainees on the Urology Ward and in the Emergency Department he or she will be expected to work closely with the on-call consultant Urologist and keep that consultant fully informed at all times on the clinical problems within the department.

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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