GIRFT Clinical Research Fellow in Urology

This particular role will focus on decarbonising healthcare pathways as part of the UKRI-funded sustainability hub. You will have weekly/fortnightly supervision meetings with GIRFT's Academic Content Lead and have regular access to GIRFT's national clinical lead for your specialty, Professor Tim Briggs (National Director of Clinical Improvement) and the wider GIRFT Academy team. You will have access to national datasets curated by NHS England (including Hospital Episodes Statistics (in-patients and out-patients), Emergency Care and Theatres datasets). We will support you to write peer-reviewed research publications, presentations for conferences and guidelines/recommendations as appropriate. Taught elements will include sessions on quality improvement methodology, leadership, behavioural change, action learning sets, statistics, academic publication, and public engagement. Peer support from other fellows is an important component of the fellowship., Supervised by a Urology Consultant, the duties will be split between GIRFT and clinical obligations which will vary according to the Trust (60% GIRFT 40% Trust)., The NHS has a commitment to make the NHS net zero for carbon emissions by 2045. The primary purpose of this fellowship will be to produce a guide to decarbonise a clinical pathway within the urology specialty. During the 12 months, you will follow methodology (Environmental Lessons Learned and Applied (ELLA)) developed by the GIRFT programme and produce a GIRFT Greener Pathways guide to decarbonise the care pathway. An example guides of the type you will produce can be accessed in the link below. Academic peer reviewed publications and conference presentations will be expected products of the work.

https://gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/FINAL-A-practical-guide-to-decarbonising-the-bladder-cancer-care-pathway-FINAL-December-2024.pdf

North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region and one of the largest trusts in the country. Last year the Trust treated over 100,000 inpatients, over 35,000 outpatients, 90,000 emergency department patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies. It employs more than 9,500 staff, has approximately 1,050 inpatient beds and income in excess of £540 million.

The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.

North Bristol NHS Trust Urology Department offers complex and core Urological services throughout the Bristol Urological Institute (BUI), based at Southmead Hospital in Bristol and Weston General Hospital in Weston-super-Mare. The BUI is a tertiary referral centre and has gained a global reputation; it has become a major national and international surgical, education and research centre.

The clinicians at the BUI have always been at the cutting edge; providing advanced stone surgery including minimally invasive kidney stone surgery, robotic surgery for urological cancers and reconstruction, pioneering urodynamics, advancing complex andrology/penile cancer, genito-urethral reconstruction and investing in community delivered diagnostics.