Senior Female and Functional Urology Fellow

Integrated Care System; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An Integrated Care System in Wakefield is seeking a Senior Female and Functional Urology Fellow, designed for candidates pursuing specialist training in urology. The role involves managing both acute and chronic patient care, assisting in surgical procedures, and participating in multi-disciplinary team efforts. Ideal for those with completed urology training, this role supports fellowship experience before consulting. The department is well-regarded, providing advanced urological services and innovative treatment options to a large population.

Qualifications

• Completion of urology training to the start of ST6 level.
• Pre-registration/foundation training and at least one year in relevant specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provision of care for management of patients with acute and chronic urology conditions.
• Assisting and operating on patients in theatre depending on competencies.
• Participation in multi-disciplinary team meetings and urological investigations.

Skills

Flexibility

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Education

Medical Degree from recognised medical school

MRCS

FRCS (Urol) examination

Higher postgraduate qualifications

Job description

Senior Female and Functional Urology Fellow

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust ispleased to announce the development and introduction of this new role. The post is intended to provide thesuccessful applicant with sub-specialist training in female, functional,neuro-urology and reconstruction. The post is not a recognised UK training postbut would be suitable for those wishing to undertake a period of out of programactivity. The post would also besuitable for a candidate that has completed urological training and is seekingto gain fellowship experience prior to applying for a sub-specialist consultantpost.

Main duties of the job

Provisionof care with responsibility for the management of patients with acute andchronic conditions including complex cases.

Assistingand operating (with or without direct supervision) on patients in theatredepending on attained surgical competencies

Referralof patients to other specialities as appropriate

Specialistout-patient clinics, diagnostics and treatment sessions

Participationin standard and video urodynamic studies

Attendanceat specialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary team meetings

Teachingand supervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Activeinvolvement in audit & clinical governance including service improvementactivities

Participationin acute non-resident middle grade on-call rota.

About us

The Department of Urology has beendesignated as a cancer team for major pelvic cancer surgery within the regionsCancer Network. Cancer team designationhas allowed development of a large Uro-oncology service. The department also provides continence,neuro-urology and bladder reconstruction services to the regional spinalinjuries unit based at the Trust. Theprovision of advanced Endourology and laparoscopic surgery is established forupper urinary tract benign and malignant conditions. The stone service is comprehensive, with anon-site lithotripter enabling stones to be managed using all of the majortreatment modalities. Departmentalfacilities are excellent. Robotic surgery is well established utilising DaVinciRobots at both the Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites. While most major electiveand emergency urological surgery is carried out in Pinderfields Hospital;outpatient work, day case surgery and urological investigations sessions arerun on all of the Trusts hospital sites.

Job responsibilities

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust ispleased to announce the development and introduction of this new role. The post is intended to provide thesuccessful applicant with sub-specialist training in female, functional,neuro-urology and reconstruction. The post is not a recognised UK training postbut would be suitable for those wishing to undertake a period of out of programactivity. The post would also besuitable for a candidate that has completed urological training and is seekingto gain fellowship experience prior to applying for a sub-specialist consultantpost.

An Introductionto the Division/Specialty

This post represents an excitingopportunity to join a urology department in providing state of the arturological services to a population approaching 600,000. In a year the Urology department will seeapproximately 20,000 outpatients and undertake 6,500 elective and 2,800non-elective procedures.

The Department of Urology has beendesignated as a cancer team for major pelvic cancer surgery within the regionsCancer Network. Cancer team designationhas allowed development of a large Uro-oncology service. The department also provides continence,neuro-urology and bladder reconstruction services to the regional spinalinjuries unit based at the Trust. Theprovision of advanced Endourology and laparoscopic surgery is established forupper urinary tract benign and malignant conditions. The stone service is comprehensive, with anon-site lithotripter enabling stones to be managed using all of the majortreatment modalities. Departmentalfacilities are excellent. Robotic surgery is well established utilising DaVinciRobots at both the Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites. While most major electiveand emergency urological surgery is carried out in Pinderfields Hospital;outpatient work, day case surgery and urological investigations sessions arerun on all of the Trusts hospital sites.

The Getting it Right First time (GIRFT)national report on urology has recommended the establishment of urology areanetworks to optimise quality and efficiency. Towards this aim, the urologydepartment at Pinderfields Hospital has established a urology area network withBarnsley General Hospital and now provides acute and elective urology care fora combined population approaching one million patients.

Urological investigations units arepresent on all four hospital sites and provide a focus for the diagnosticinvestigations and ambulatory treatments that patients may require. In-patient care is provided through a 26bedded urology ward at Pinderfields.

The care of patients who are admittedacutely under urology is carried out with a high level of Consultantinput. The on-call team consisting of Consultant,Registrar, CT/FY2 doctor and F1 doctor who are free of routine duties and ableto concentrate their efforts on looking after patients who have been admittedacutely.

Urological services are provided withinthe context of a multi-disciplinary team.There is excellent medical support from colleagues in Anaesthetics, CriticalCare, Spinal cord injury, Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Uro-gynaecology,Colorectal surgery, Plastic surgery and Radiology. Specialist nursing support includesUro-oncology nursing, stoma nurses and urology nurse specialists who are basedin the investigation facilities on each of the three main hospital sites. The specialist nurses contribute hugely tothe ability of the department to offer expert care as near to the patientshome as possible.

Clinical duties

From a clinical perspective the successful candidatewill participate in the cross site 1:8 non-residential middle grade on-callrota. The senior trainee rota iscompliant with the 2016 resident doctor contract averaging 48 hours per week.

Duties will be based primarily on our PinderfieldsHospital site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care topatients on all our sites.

The main duties of the post will include:

Provisionof care with responsibility for the management of patients with acute andchronic conditions including complex cases.

Assistingand operating (with or without direct supervision) on patients in theatredepending on attained surgical competencies

Referralof patients to other specialities as appropriate

Specialistout-patient clinics, diagnostics and treatment sessions

Participationin standard and video urodynamic studies

Attendanceat specialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary team meetings

Teachingand supervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Activeinvolvement in audit & clinical governance including service improvementactivities

Participationin acute non-resident middle grade on-call rota.

Theabove list is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely duties may bealtered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and afterdiscussion with the post holder.

TrainingProgramme Educational Input & Recognition

The successful candidate will receive relevanteducational input from the subspecialist clinical and educational supervisors (Mr I Beckley and Ms ADowney) and will be required to develop a Personalised Work Schedule.

The Trust identifies the following as educationalopportunities:

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

• Flexibility.
• Willingness to provide and learn all aspects of hospitals internal systems and processes and adhere to local policies
• Physically able to carry out the duties as specified in the job description and ability to evidence competencies
• Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) Clearance
• Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
• Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust, the Unit and its services.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
• Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.

Qualifications

• Medical Degree from recognised medical school
• MRCS
• Progress towards or attainment of FRCS (Urol) examination
• ATLS certification
• Higher postgraduate qualifications

Right to Work

• Eligibility to work in the UK

Management Skills

• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Good time management.
• Possess good organisational skills.

GMC Registration

• Please state full GMC number
• Full GMC Registration with licence to practise

Experience

• Pre-registration / foundation training and at least one year in a relevant specialty in an NHS Trust or with equivalent experience from overseas.
• Completion of urology training to the start of ST6 level
• Relevant experience from other specialties
• Previous FNUU subspecialty experience at middle-grade level
• Experience of teaching clinical skills
• Experience of Clinical research and development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.