Senior Clinical Fellow Urology

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen  for a Senior Clinical Fellow within the Urology Department for six months. The post will provide a great opportunity to receive further specialist experience in Urology.

The constantly evolving and dynamic urology department is looking for a motivated individual to support current services. The Urology department is a cohesive and harmonious team consisting of five consultants, seven registrars including deanery trainee's.

This is for a fixed term 6 month contract

Main duties of the job

• Provide day-to-day care for urology inpatients, including conducting ward rounds and liaising with multidisciplinary teams.
• Assess and manage patients in the emergency department and outpatient clinics under consultant supervision.
• Participate in pre-operative and post-operative care, including ward-based procedures such as catheter changes and nephrostomy management.
• Assist in the operating theatre, gaining exposure to a range of urological procedures.
• Have a continuing responsibility for the clinical care of patients in his/her charge and for the continued functioning of the department.
• Deliver a high quality responsive urological service to the patients who use it.
• Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients under urology
• Maintain his/her professional development with all available training opportunities and ensure compliance with mandatory training
• Responsible for the urology patient flow in ED
• The post holder is encouraged to attend all teaching events and participate in clinical

audits.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The on-call commitment at Luton will be on a 5 day week (08:00-17:00) 1 in 7 Rota, with prospective cover for annual and study leave. Including one night per week (non-resident),1 in 7 weekend covering 48 hours.

All non-elective admissions are initially the responsibility of the on call consultant, with ongoing care handed over to the receiving consultant at the end of the hot week.

The department has weekly MDT team meetings and in-house teaching and also has a department quality and safety meeting once a month, with case presentations, discussion and learning objectives met. The appointee is expected to lead the teaching and training schedules for the junior doctors.

The appointee should have 12 months NHS experience and a minimum of 2 years training in Urology.