GIRFT Clinical Research Fellow in Urology

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Bristol is offering a Clinical Research Fellow position in Urology. This role focuses on decarbonising healthcare pathways while providing extensive training and access to national datasets. Candidates will gain peer support and mentorship throughout the fellowship, ensuring a supportive learning environment.

Qualifications

• Full registration with GMC and MRCS.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience at core training level in urology.
• Recent experience in UK hospital systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Split duties between GIRFT and clinical obligations (60% GIRFT, 40% Trust).
• Produce a guide to decarbonise healthcare pathways in urology.
• Engage in academic publications and presentations.

Skills

Audit Cycle Completion

Teaching Experience

Research Engagement

Data Analysis

Interest in Sustainable Healthcare

Education

Full registration with General Medical Council

MRCS

Tools

Basic Data Analysis Software

Job description

GIRFT Clinical Research Fellow in Urology

Clinical Research Fellow ST3+

Main area Urology Grade Clinical Research Fellow ST3+ Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 339-ASCR4495-AAR

Site Southmead Town Bristol Salary £49,909 - £61,825 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 08:00

This particular role will focus on decarbonising healthcare pathways as part of the UKRI-funded sustainability hub. You will have weekly/fortnightly supervision meetings with GIRFT’s Academic Content Lead and have regular access to GIRFT’s national clinical lead for your specialty, Professor Tim Briggs (National Director of Clinical Improvement) and the wider GIRFT Academy team. You will have access to national datasets curated by NHS England (including Hospital Episodes Statistics (in-patients and out-patients), Emergency Care and Theatres datasets). We will support you to write peer-reviewed research publications, presentations for conferences and guidelines/recommendations as appropriate. Taught elements will include sessions on quality improvement methodology, leadership, behavioural change, action learning sets, statistics, academic publication, and public engagement. Peer support from other fellows is an important component of the fellowship.

Main duties of the job

Supervised by a Urology Consultant, the duties will be split between GIRFT and clinical obligations which will vary according to the Trust (60% GIRFT 40% Trust).

Trust

· Ward rounds.

· Outpatients including outpatient procedures.

· On call.

GIRFT

The NHS has a commitment to make the NHS net zero for carbon emissions by 2045. The primary purpose of this fellowship will be to produce a guide to decarbonise a clinical pathway within the urology specialty. During the 12 months, you will follow methodology (Environmental Lessons Learned and Applied (ELLA)) developed by the GIRFT programme and produce a GIRFT Greener Pathways guide to decarbonise the care pathway. An example guides of the type you will produce can be accessed in the link below. Academic peer reviewed publications and conference presentations will be expected products of the work.

North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region and one of the largest trusts in the country. Last year the Trust treated over 100,000 inpatients, over 35,000 outpatients, 90,000 emergency department patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies. It employs more than 9,500 staff, has approximately 1,050 inpatient beds and income in excess of £540 million.

The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.

North Bristol NHS Trust Urology Department offers complex and core Urological services throughout the Bristol Urological Institute (BUI), based at Southmead Hospital in Bristol and Weston General Hospital in Weston-super-Mare. The BUI is a tertiary referral centre and has gained a global reputation; it has become a major national and international surgical, education and research centre.

The clinicians at the BUI have always been at the cutting edge; providing advanced stone surgery including minimally invasive kidney stone surgery, robotic surgery for urological cancers and reconstruction, pioneering urodynamics, advancing complex andrology/penile cancer, genito-urethral reconstruction and investing in community delivered diagnostics.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

GIRFT Is a national programme designed to improve the treatment and care of patients through in-depth review of services, benchmarking, and presenting a data-driven evidence base to support change. The programme undertakes clinically-led reviews of specialties, combining wide-ranging data analysis with the input and professional knowledge of senior clinicians to examine how things are currently being done and how they could be improved.

Working to the principle that a patient should expect to receive equally timely and effective investigations, treatment and outcomes wherever care is delivered, irrespective of who delivers that care, GIRFT aims to identify approaches from across the NHS that improve outcomes and patient experience, without the need for radical change or additional investment.

GIRFT has grown into a large-scale national programme and in a post-Covid NHS is vitally important as Trusts progress their medical recovery plans across the specialties. For more information on GIRFT, please see their website here: https://www.gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/

Person specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

• Maintain full registration with General Medical Council
• MRCS

Work Experience

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices, especially outpatient clinics
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience at core training level with experience in urology
• Regional or national level engagement in scientific or clinical research or quality improvement projects.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Completion of the audit cycle
• Proven teaching experience
• Previous engagement in a research project or quality improvement initiative with reach beyond a single hospital or trust.
• Evidence of use of basic data analysis software (e.g. Excel, SPSS)
• Interest in environmentally sustainable healthcare

Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances

• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical undergraduates and postgraduates
• Good written and verbal communication skills, Evidence of ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
• Ability to teach effectively

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Our job adverts may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Considering this, if you are interested in this role, please do apply as soon as you can.

Name Mr John McGrath Job title National Clinical Co-lead for GIRFT Urology Email address [e-mail]