Onco-urology Upper Tract Clinical Fellow

As a Senior Clinical Fellow within the Upper Tract Urology team, you will support the delivery of specialist urological services, including the day-to-day management of ward patients and participation in a 1:14 on-call rota. You will gain extensive experience in advanced upper tract urological procedures within a busy tertiary referral centre.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching and training activities, supporting the education of medical students and junior doctors, and actively participate in departmental educational programmes and multidisciplinary meetings.

The role also offers dedicated opportunities for research, audit and quality improvement. You will be encouraged to contribute to ongoing research projects, work towards publication, undertake audit activity and support the maintenance of departmental databases to help advance clinical practice and patient care.

This is an excellent opportunity for a post-CCT trainee seeking to further develop specialist expertise in robotic and minimally invasive upper tract surgery within a leading urological centre.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe'remeeting our pledge.

Qualifications/Prizes

Desirable: - Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS).; - Prizes; - ATLS/ALS

Experience

Desirable: - Experience in upper tract laparoscopy/robotic surgery

Knowledge

Essential: - Evidence of understanding and application of knowledge of speciality; - Willing to seek help from senior colleagues as appropriate

Clinical Skills

Desirable: - Accepts responsibility and able to take leadership role for ward based emergencies. Competent in core urology procedures

Personal Requirements

Desirable: - Good oral and written presentation skills

Research/Publications

Essential: - Demonstrate interest in research

Desirable: - Evidence of contribution to published research

Teaching

Essential: - Demonstrate experience in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates

Desirable: - Demonstrate experience of case presentation; - Previous formal teaching position

Personal Requirements

Essential: - Good communication skills; - Good organisational and time management skills; - Ability to organise own learning

Desirable: - Able to function successfully under pressure

Practical Requirements

Clinical Audit

Essential: - To have completed an Audit Project

Desirable: - To have completed the audit cycle