Senior Clinical Fellow in Robotic Pelvic Uro-oncology

Job overview

The Urology Department is looking for a well-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join their team.  This post is particularly well suited to an experienced resident urologist looking to complete their portfolio pathway to CESR.

University Hospital is a tertiary referral centre and provides a comprehensive urological service.  We serve a population of in excess of 1 million people in Coventry & Warwickshire (in partnership with George Eliot and South Warwickshire Hospitals). University Hospital is also a designated Major Trauma Centre.

Special interests of the department include: urodynamics/uro-gynaecology, oncology, andrology, endo-urology, Robotic and standard laparoscopic Urology.    We have state of the art MRI-USS fusion workstations (Hitachi and Koelis) as well as LATP and regional saturation template biopsy service.   Da Vinci X and 2 Xi robots are shared across one of the most diverse Robotic Surgery Programmes in the UK with International Proctors for Urology, Colorectal Surgery, Gynaecological Oncology, HPB and thoracic surgery. As well as Robotic Radical Prostatectomy , Radical cystectomy with intracorporeal diversion and radical partial nephrectomy we collaborate with the colorectal and gynaecological oncology teams to provide Robotic exenteration.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications or if there has been a change in organisational priorities.

Main duties of the job

The job plan will typically comprise of approximately

• Direct clinical care programmed activities (PAs) and
• Supporting professional activities (SPAs).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As part of our commitment to patients and delivery of a world class service for all we have created the  UHCW Improvement (UHCWi) System in partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute in Seattle; this  involves a structured approach to removing waste and putting the patient first using a lean management  system and methodologies. Our culture and ways of working reflect and embed the practices and  methodologies of UHCWi. You are expected, where identified, to attend and complete relevant training  and development opportunities to support this. This may include Lean for Leaders, Advanced Lean  Training, and the Human Factors Programme, amongst others. Full attendance and completion of  identified courses is considered essential and a prerequisite for this post.  Clinical basic 40 hours per week. Inpatient and Day surgery theatre sessions and outpatient clinics,  care of inpatients, administrative work, teaching junior staff and medical students, urology middle grade  on call. Urology services, emergency and elective, continue to evolve rapidly. Special interests of the  department include: urodynamics/uro-gynaecology, oncology, andrology, endo-urology, Robotic and  standard laparoscopic Urology. A comprehensive range of endoscopic and laparoscopic equipment  is available, along with 2 dedicated Holmium lasers. We have state of the art MRI-USS fusion  workstations (Hitachi and Koelis) as well as LATP and regional saturation template biopsy service.  We provide LATP training for the West Midlands. A Da Vinci X and two Xi robots are shared across  one of the most diverse Robotic Surgery Programmes in the UK. As well as Robotic Radical  Prostatectomy, Radical cystectomy with intracorporeal diversion and radical partial nephrectomy we  collaborate with the colorectal and gynaecological oncology teams to provide Robotic exenteration.