Clinical Fellow in Urology

This is a middle-grade registrar level surgeon post. The successful candidate will work within the department of Urology as part of the wider team. Initial period of contract is 12 months which could be extended depending on the candidate performance. The post-holder will be expected to conduct daily ward rounds and take part in regular out-patient clinics, elective and emergency surgery operating lists and administrative duties. They will be expected to be part of a 1:8 middle-grade on-call rota. We are keen to appoint this individual as soon as possible. Please note, this post may close early if we receive a sufficient number of applications., The Urology c department consists of in-patient activity on a 29-bedded ward, a high dependency unit with access to ITU beds and extensive day case surgery, both elective and emergency. The department treats in excess of 1800 emergency admissions, 1300 elective inpatients and 1900 day cases per annum. In addition the department sees about 5000 new outpatient referrals per year.The emergency workload supports a busy A&E department (68,000 attendances per year). The general surgical on-call rota is based solely at the Whittington. The Whittington Health operates a trauma team for dealing with emergency patients with serious or multiple injuries. This includes the general surgical, orthopaedic and anaesthetic SpRs, the surgical SHO and FY1 (all resident on call).

• MB BS or equivalent
• Full registration with GMC and licence to practice
• ALS
Desirable
• Primary FRCA or equivalent
• Additional postgraduate qualification
Clinical Skills and experience Essential
• 21 months post graduate anaesthesia
• 3 months adult ITU
Desirable
• Core level training certificate or equivalent
• 3 to 6 months acute medicine / emergency medicine
Communication skills Essential
• Communication skills
Generic Professional Domains Essential
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of regular engagement with QI or audit work
Desirable
• Evidence of work towards the generic professional domains of the 2021 curriculum for CCT in anaesthesia at stage 1
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• MB BS or equivalent
• Full registration with GMC and licence to practice
• ALS
Desirable
• Primary FRCA or equivalent
• Additional postgraduate qualification
Clinical Skills and experience Essential
• 21 months post graduate anaesthesia
• 3 months adult ITU
Desirable
• Core level training certificate or equivalent
• 3 to 6 months acute medicine / emergency medicine
Communication skills Essential
• Communication skills
Generic Professional Domains Essential
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of regular engagement with QI or audit work
Desirable
• Evidence of work towards the generic professional domains of the 2021 curriculum for CCT in anaesthesia at stage 1
  
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