Urology Robotic Fellow

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The post includes a middle grade on call commitment, on a 1 in 9 basis onsite until 20.00, and then offsite overnight, closely supported by the consultant of the week. The successful candidate will work alongside consultants, nurses, ST, CT and FY colleagues, providing care for urology patients within the hospital, including emergencies and referrals from other specialties. This is a fixed term post for 12 months.

The successful candidate will spend an average of two full days per week in our robotic theatres, undertake two surgical oncology outpatient clinics, attend the weekly cancer MDT and have protected time for audit and research activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with healthcare professional colleagues to provide care of Urological patients
• Liaise between nurses, Junior Doctors, patients, relatives and senior medical staff
• Attend and participate in ward rounds as timetabled
• Take part in rostered out of hours emergency work
• Maintain continued professional development
• Attend educational and multidisciplinary sessions
• Undertake audit
• Teach medical students
• Co-operate with members of the personnel department when monitoring hours of work and other personnel issues.
• Attend induction
• Comply with all local

Job responsibilities

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust