Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Urology | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology for a 12-month position starting in February 2026. This role involves assessing and treating urological patients, assisting in surgeries, and supervising junior doctors. Candidates must have experience with core urological procedures and a desire for further training in urology. The position may involve work at multiple hospital locations. The trust offers educational supervision and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Educational supervision

Support for training courses

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing, investigating, and treating urological patients.
• Willingness to engage in audit and clinical research.
• Interest in further training prior to national specialist training.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the assessment and treatment of urological patients.
• Assist and operate on patients in theatres alongside the consultant.
• Supervise Foundation Doctors and manage urological patients in emergency care.

Skills

Urological procedures experience

Clinical research engagement

Audit and presentation skills

Education

Post CCT trainees

Job description

About the role

Applications are invited for the position of Senior Clinical Fellow - Urology. It is tenable for 12 months in the first instance. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust wishes to at least one senior clinical fellow to commence in February 2026, for 12 months. Further extension may be possible and is dependent on satisfactory progress and appraisal.

Location

The post is based at Manchester Royal Infirmary but may also have the opportunity of working at North Manchester General Hospital and Trafford General Hospital. The successful candidate will participate in the Urology middle grade on‑call rota which is currently 1 in 10.

Role responsibilities

The post holder will be involved in the assessment, investigation and treatment of urological patients in the outpatient department and will also assist and operate on patients within theatres alongside the consultant as well as being involved in ward rounds, supervising Foundation Doctors, seeing patients in accident and emergency and the emergency care of urological patients. Experience will be gained in a wide range of core urological procedures, including cystoscopy, transperineal prostate biopsy, as well as exposure to specialist urology interventions including urethral reconstructions, urodynamics and female urology, andrology, endourology including laparascopic and percutaneous surgery as well as urological oncology. The on‑call commitment for this post is a 1:10 on‑call (ST3+ level) with prospective cover.

Training and development

This post does not carry Deanery educational and training approval; however the trust has recently developed an education and training contract, which outlines the trust’s commitment to each junior doctor. There will be educational supervision, an agreed learning plan and appropriate support. There will be provision for successful candidates to attend appropriate urological training courses.

Ideal candidate profile

• Wishing to further their training prior to applying to and joining the national specialist training programme (ST3 level).
• Senior (Post CCT) trainees wishing to sub‑specialise in a particular area of urology such as stone disease, upper tract laparoscopy, pelvic oncology and andrology (high volume penile implant surgery and infertility). One of the posts would be suited to a post CCT fellowship in andrology.
• Wishing to work towards the Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (Article 14) prior to application for a substantive consultant urological surgeon post as a form of parallel training.
• All candidates will be supported to engage in audit, clinical research, presentation and publication of their work on a local, national and international level.

Application information

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. You’ll also need to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Deadline

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025.