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Senior Clinical Fellow - Pelvic Uro-Oncology
ST6-8
Main area Urology Grade ST6-8 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 321-SUWON-MS-7062957-S6
Site Churchill Hospital Town Oxford Salary £70,425 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/04/2025 23:59
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
A senior pelvic uro-oncology fellowship (robotic surgery) as a one year fixed-term contract from August 2024. Prospective applicants are expected to hold FRCS(Urol) or equivalent, and have already obtained any required English language qualification (e.g. IELTS), and ideally have GMC registration or all necessary approvals to acquire this.
The appointment is on a whole-time basis but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Main duties of the job
The department seeks to appoint a Pelvic Uro-Oncology Fellow (CCT level) for a fixed term of 1 year to this robotic surgery fellowship, based within the professorial surgical unit at the Nuffield Department of Surgery and Churchill Hospital Cancer Centre.
* Working with the members of the Oxford Pelvic Oncology Group as part of a team to deliver the prostate and bladder cancer.
* Participate in a weekly Specialist Pelvic Oncology.
* Participation in General Urology Clinics.
* Provision of a weekly service-commitment diagnostic list, expected to be prostate biopsies or flexible cystoscopies.
* Participate in morning ward rounds.
* Participate in the 1:9 Urology emergency on call rota.
* Occasional assisting when the SCP is on leave or has other commitments.
* Convene fortnightly RARP planning meeting.
* Taking on a lead role in planning, projecting, conducting, and publishing of several research projects relevant to the service.
* Being responsible in updating and actioning of the BAUS oncology.
* Ensuring up-to-date and accurate administrative and medical records as required.
* Supervision and teaching of junior doctors and nurses.
* Acting as a tutor for medical students and deliver clinical teaching related to general surgical topics as required.
Person specification
GMC Registration
* Full GMC registration and licence to practise.
Qualifications/Training
* FRCS (Urol) or equivalent medical qualification.
* Obtained certificate completion of training (CCT) or within 6 months of doing so, or equivalent.
* Advanced Life Support certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent.
* Additional related qualifications, e.g. intercalated degree, BSc, BA, MedSci or equivalent.
* MRCP (UK) Part 1 or equivalent MRCS (UK) Part A or equivalent.
Experience
* Able to provide complete details of employment history.
* Evidence of competence in open major pelvic surgery and in assisting laparoscopic or robotic surgery.
* Completion of Foundation training.
* Previous console experience in robotic prostatectomy or robotic cystectomy.
Skills and Knowledge
* Good leadership skills.
* Effective administrative and time management skills.
* Evidence of interest in/experience of teaching/training.
* Understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
* Ability to manage own academic research and associated activities. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the unit at meetings.
* Evidence of contribution to successful teamwork.
* Willingness to learn new techniques.
* Highly developed problem solving and reasoning skills.
* Commitment to a career in pelvic oncology.
* Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team.
* Good spoken and written English.
* IELTS certificate for non-native English language speakers (sufficient for GMC requirements – all scores above 7.0, average 7.5).
Transport
* Ability to travel between to and between OUH sites.
* UK driving licence.
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