There are regular departmental teaching sessions. Monthly Mortality and Morbidity meetings are an excellent opportunity for presentations, clinical notes review and are a good learning environment. Applicants are encouraged to attend the weekly afternoon Foundation Year 1 teaching sessions in conjunction with Deanery trainees. Trainees are actively encouraged to further their CVs by engaging in research projects and the department has a strong recent track record of trainees being successful in presenting at conferences. Annual leave entitlement and study leave requests will be granted within the framework of the departments annual leave and study leave policies. Study leave is encouraged particularly in areas of interest to the post-holder. Clinical/educational supervisors will be allocated. The urology department has expanded over the years to deliver a comprehensive Urological service to our community. The Trust has the Da Vinci Xi system and we deliver robotic radical prostatectomy for the region. A full range of diagnostic services are provided in the recently developed Northampton Urology Centre (NUC) which is supported by a team of Urology Nurse Practitioners. There is a focus on ambulatory diagnostics, such as flexible cystoscopies, prostate biopsies and shock wave lithotripsy carried out in one of the procedure rooms and there are additional rooms which allow for administration of intra-vesical chemotherapy. There are a range of services delivered by our Nurse Practitioner colleagues which includes an erectile dysfunction service. One stop clinics, local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsies and TULA for recurring bladder tumours have all been recently developed within the NUC. A wide range of Urological surgery is undertaken including stone surgery, upper tract laparoscopy and there is an established programme for prostate brachytherapy. The department has been introducing new procedures for bladder outflow obstruction including Urolift and HoLEP. It has been given reference centre status for bladder outflow obstructive procedures in the East Midlands. Joint meetings are held with our uro-gynaecologists for female urological conditions. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy services are on site and there is a weekly Multidisciplinary meeting between surgeons, radiologists, pathologists and oncologists.