Senior Clinical Fellow Urology

LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology. The successful candidate will have expertise in core urology surgery, including outpatient clinics and surgical responsibilities. Participation in teaching and weekly meetings is expected. This role offers an opportunity to work in a supportive environment with a strong commitment to developing staff and community care.

Qualifications

• Evidence of ST3 competences in Urology required.
• Experience in Flexible Cystoscopy and TRUS biopsy necessary.
• Able to demonstrate successful participation in audit.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outpatient clinics and main theatre surgeries.
• Manage stone disease and benign prostate disease.
• Participate in teaching of medical students and trainees.

Skills

Core urology surgery

Flexible cystoscopy

Inguinal-scrotal surgery

Team collaboration

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

ATLS Course

ALS Certificate

Job description

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

Senior Clinical Fellow [Permanent]

Expertise in core urology surgery would be essential. The candidates will be expected to perform flexible cystoscopy, JJ stent insertion and inguinal-scrotal without supervision.

The successful applicant will work within the urology team. There will be a major commitment to "core" urology including outpatient clinics, main theatre and day surgery operating lists, flexible cystoscopy lists and trans-rectal prostate biopsy lists.

Attendance at the weekly oncology MDT meeting, bi-monthly continence MDT is expected.

On-call

The urologists work a 1:8 rota with prospective cover. The on-call duties cover in-patients in both sites and A & E in QEH site only (UHL A&E still covered by GSTT).

Teaching

There is a regular morbidity and mortality meeting which all members of the department are expected to attend. The post-holder will be expected to participate in teaching of medical students, foundation doctors and core surgical and specialist trainees

Main duties of the job

Clinical Duties and Responsibilities

The successful applicant will work within the urology team. There will be a major commitment to "core" urology including outpatient clinics, main theatre and day surgery operating lists, flexible cystoscopy lists and trans-rectal prostate biopsy lists.

Attendance at the weekly oncology MDT meeting, bi-monthly continence MDT is expected.

On-call

The urologists work a 1:8 rota with prospective cover. The on-call duties cover in-patients in both sites and A & E in QEH site only (UHL A&E still covered by GSTT).

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Large workload in general (core) urology work including TURBT, TURP and
inguinal-scrotal surgery.
Management of stone disease including Flexible ureteroscopy and laser stone
treatment.
Management of benign prostate disease including bipolar TURP, Rezum and
Urolift.
Already established urinary continence service with intravesical Botox
injection and PTNS with dedicated specialist continence and urodynamic
nurses.

Improving bladder cancer diagnosis and treatment including trans-rectal
prostate biopsy in both UHL and QEH sites

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• ATLS Course
• ALS Certificate

Desirable criteria

• FRCS Intercollegiate or equivalent

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of achievement of ST3 competences in Urology at time of appointment, supported by evidence from work-based assessments of clinical performance (DOPS, Mini-CEX, CBD, ACAT) and multisource Feedback of equivalent.
• Experience in Flexible Cystoscopy and prostate TRUS biopsy and inguinal-scrotal surgery
• Able to demonstrate successful participation in audit
• Ability to be a flexible team member

Desirable criteria

• Ability to be a flexible team member
• Interested in developing innovative ways of delivering patient care

Eligibility

Essential criteria

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment • Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice including: o Good clinical care o Maintaining good medical care o Good relationships and communication with patients o Good working relationships with colleagues o Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives' dignity. Privacy, integrity, cultural and religious beliefs o Ability to remain calm and work effectively in pressure situations. o Good teaching and training o Professional behavior and probity o Delivery of good acute critical care
• Eligibility to work in the UK

Fitness to Practice

Essential criteria

• Is up to date and fit to practice safely

Language Skills

Essential criteria

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated by one of the following: o That applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or o Have the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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

To ensure fairness and manageable shortlisting processes, some vacancies may have an application cap. This means the vacancy will close once a set number of applications have been received even if this happens before the advertised closing date.
Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)