# Junior Clinical Fellow in Urology

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/junior-clinical-fellow-in-urology/ae78f583-3614-49b0-9c3a-469a530ae32b
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/junior-clinical-fellow-in-urology/ae78f583-3614-49b0-9c3a-469a530ae32b.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- **Town:** Maidstone
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Urology
- **Grade:** Junior
- **Salary:** £54,499 - £67,325 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (40 hours per week across Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00)
- **Employment type:** Fixed term: 6 months (40 hours per week across Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00)Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T09:12:25.582Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Maidstone/Maidstone_Tunbridge_Wells_NHS_Trust/Urology/Urology-v8141426
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8141426?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.mtw.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This post is based in the Department of Urology within Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW). This post will be based at the Maidstone Hospital site, with a requirement for occasional cross site work.

This is a post at Junior Clinical Fellow level, ideal for doctors who have completed their foundation training and/or core training, or trust doctors with relevant clinical experience in urology, whether before applying for a formal urology training programme or as part of broader surgical training.

It is also well-suited for international trainees with prior clinical experience who wish to acquire NHS urology experience.

The post offers a stimulating and well-supported working environment within a department with a strong track record of postgraduate and undergraduate education.

### Main duties of the job

- Co-ordinate and support the daily emergency urology take, assessing and managing referrals in conjunction with the on-call Registrar and Consultant of the Week.
- Provide day-to-day ward care for emergency and post-operative urology patients, including post-take ward rounds, daily review of inpatients, and timely escalation of concerns.
- Provide clinical leadership and support to a team of four FY1 doctors, supervising their day-to-day clinical duties and providing day-to-day educational support.
- Work closely with the Resident Medical Officer (RMO) providing 24/7 out-of-hours cover, ensuring effective handover and continuity of care.
- Perform procedures appropriate to grade (e.g. catheterisation, bladder washouts, wound and drain management) under appropriate supervision.
- Attend and assist in outpatient clinics as timetabled. Typically 1-2 clinics per week.
- Assist in theatre for elective and emergency urological procedures.
- Take referrals from primary care and other specialties, with the support of the Registrar of the Week.
- Complete discharge notifications, summaries and clinic letters as directed.
- Engage with the Registrar of the Week / Consultant of the Week model, escalating appropriately and always ensuring clear communication.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent communicator, able to work in a close-knit team, supervise junior colleagues, and co-operate with all medical and multidisciplinary staff.

### Experience

**Essential**

- 1 year full time SHO experience in the UK
- Experience of general surgery and/or urology, including emergency take and ward care of surgical patients
- Awareness of clinical governance with particular reference to emergency surgery and professional development (CPD)

**Desirable**

- Prior experience in urology
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GMC Registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- Achieved competences equivalent to a trainee who has completed an NHS Foundation Training Programme

**Desirable**

- Academic higher degree or diploma
- MRCS

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 63.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2762)
- [surgery - job pack (pdf, 485.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2006)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 144.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10440135)

## Agent Notes

- This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page.
- Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.
- Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.
