Urology Research Fellow

We have an exciting opportunity available! A Junior Clinical Fellow in Urology with Research. This is a fixed term appointment for a period of 12 months. The post is based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage, is full time and the post holder will be expected to participate on the Urology Rota . This is an excellent opportunity within the Urology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

The post will commence in October 2024.

The exiting post is ideal for post FY2 or posts CT2 (Ideally) trainees keen to perform clinical and basic science research in the Department. The department has an international reputation of excellence in Urology and currently has over 5 national, 2 international and numerous Audits running.

The post will include exposure to Robotic Surgical Assisting, Day case surgery, Flexible cystoscopy exposure, medical student teaching and supporting Foundation trainees on the ward. Our current fellow has published papers in high impact journal and has presented at national and international meetings. The Urology Research fellow is also expected to support the current Robotic Fellow to maintain the department's robotic database and contributes to national audits.

Urology Research

Robotic theatre

Medical Student education

Foundation Level Support

The clinical fellow will help the urology team in managing both electi ve and emergency patients. They will work alongside foundation doctors, specialty trainees and clinical fellows in managing patients from the time of their admission, throughout their treatment, to the time of their discharge. Patients will need to be seen on daily ward rounds.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.