Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology (ST3)
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,329 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2024 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 2NN |
| Company: | Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6262021/302-24-6262021MHR-S |
Summary
A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This appointment is a substantive post and is equally suitable for a trainee wishing to gain further urological experience prior to applying for higher surgical training in urology or for a doctor wishing for a permanent appointment in urology.
Applicants should ideally have a minimum of 1 years’ experience in post foundation urology training and must have FRCS / MRCS or equivalent. The successful candidates will ideally be competent in many aspects of core urology. However, an exceptional less experienced candidate, committed to a urological career would be considered and suitable changes to duties and supervision levels would be arranged.
The duties of the post will be broadly to support the provision of elective and emergency urological care to the people of the borough of Wigan on both an in-patient and out-patient basis.
More specifically, duties will include ward rounds, provision of emergency cover at the main in-patient site for the trust (RAEI, Wigan), MDT attendance and participation, supervised and unsupervised operating (in keeping with experience and competencies), out-patient clinics, and diagnostic procedures. Additionally, there will be some teaching duties and all departmental members are expected to contribute to the service development, audit and governance activities.
The on-call rota will be 1:6 which will be non-resident
Duties will be carried out under the direction of the Consultant Urological Surgeons. The appointee will be required to provide and support urological services for WWL, and will be responsible for:
• Providing clinical care to in patients and out patients.
• Participating in the management of patients with urological disease.
• Operating on patients in supervised and unsupervised capacity within competencies.
• Contributing to and participating in the development of the service (including audit, governance & teaching activities).
This is a service post and as such applicants must demonstrate the ability and willingness to work flexibly within their competencies and at lower levels of supervision for periods when one or more consultants are on leave. However significant training opportunities will be provided and the unit has an excellent record of doctors having successful National training applications.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Clinical Duties
• The Clinical fellow will be responsible for the urology in patients and will participate in a shared middle grade timetable to carry out daily ward rounds with the other Clinical Fellows/Specialty doctors in the morning at The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.
• Will carry out any emergency surgery after consultation with the Consultants, under supervision when required.
• Assist in the day to day activity of the urology department. This will include attending the Consultants’ Out-patient clinics, carrying out operative procedures (supervision level depending on the experience) and invasive investigations.
• Additionally at all times a Clinical Fellow/Specialty Doctor will be at RAEI during normal working hours to provide emergency urology cover.
• The on call cover is 1 in 8 as are hot weeks. The on call is a reciprocal shared on call with a neighbouring trust, such that we only accept emergency admissions on alternate weeks. Appointees will only be required to provide cover at WWL, but may need to provide telephone advice to the neighbouring trust when on call out of hours.
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The appointees will have an all day theatre list as part of their working week when not on hot week duties (except in exceptional circumstances when theatre lists are cancelled eg during Industrial action).
Template Job Plan, On-Call & Other Commitments
The job plan will identify the average time per week required by the average practitioner in the grade and specialty to perform the duties of the post, based upon 10 sessions per week with compensatory days off after weekends on call and after hot week duties
There will be weekly variations to meet the needs of the department and cover absences of colleagues. This also allows the post holder to benefit from working with all consultants and develop a wide range of urological skills.
The following gives an illustrative job plan:
Mon
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
Ward round
theatre
Ward round / teaching duties
Emergency clinic (A+E referrals)
Ward round
On site SPA time
OPD
Follow up
PM
Theatre
Onsite SPA / Cover RAEI
Opd
New patients
One stop clinic
Cancer MDT
Teaching ward round
Flexible cystoscopies
This is a provisional timetable; a full timetable will be agreed with the appointee on commencement.
Working Circumstances and on-call
• The out of hours on call Rota is currently 1 in 8 shared with other Urology Clinical Fellows and is non-resident on call. It attracts an additional 2 PA’s.
• When on call the post will require cover for Urology with direct responsibility to the Consultant on call for Urology. The on call will require the Clinical Fellow to be non-resident.
Audit and Research
• To facilitate medical audit, junior medical staff must keep medical records in the manner prescribed by their Consultant/Division. Discharge letters must be done in real time on hospital electronic records system. Liaison with radiology and urology secretaries will be necessary regarding listing of patients and organising subsequent out-patient investigations.
• Opportunities will be available for participation in clinical audit and clinical research.
• Participation in the Departmental audit activities is an essential element of the post. We also encourage participation in other quality improvement initiatives.
• Attendance at the audit meetings is mandatory.
Administration
• The Clinical Fellow will be responsible for some of the administration work in the department including those in whom they are primary operating surgeon.
Study and Training
• The department is committed to training all staff and has an excellent record over past 6 years of core trainees and junior clinical fellows being successful at national Selection.
• The Trust encourages participation in the regional and local urological educational activities.
• The Department of Urology takes the view that in most specialities, clinical apprenticeship and individual study form the basis of preparation for higher qualifications, supplemented as available by attendance at approved courses, lectures and demonstrations locally or on a day release.
The facilities of the medical Library are available for Medical Staff at all hospitals. The main library is located on the Post Graduate Medical Centre and is under the care of the Librarian.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Jun 2024
This appointment is a substantive post and is equally suitable for a trainee wishing to gain further urological experience prior to applying for higher surgical training in urology or for a doctor wishing for a permanent appointment in urology.
Applicants should ideally have a minimum of 1 years’ experience in post foundation urology training and must have FRCS / MRCS or equivalent. The successful candidates will ideally be competent in many aspects of core urology. However, an exceptional less experienced candidate, committed to a urological career would be considered and suitable changes to duties and supervision levels would be arranged.
The duties of the post will be broadly to support the provision of elective and emergency urological care to the people of the borough of Wigan on both an in-patient and out-patient basis.
More specifically, duties will include ward rounds, provision of emergency cover at the main in-patient site for the trust (RAEI, Wigan), MDT attendance and participation, supervised and unsupervised operating (in keeping with experience and competencies), out-patient clinics, and diagnostic procedures. Additionally, there will be some teaching duties and all departmental members are expected to contribute to the service development, audit and governance activities.
The on-call rota will be 1:6 which will be non-resident
Duties will be carried out under the direction of the Consultant Urological Surgeons. The appointee will be required to provide and support urological services for WWL, and will be responsible for:
• Providing clinical care to in patients and out patients.
• Participating in the management of patients with urological disease.
• Operating on patients in supervised and unsupervised capacity within competencies.
• Contributing to and participating in the development of the service (including audit, governance & teaching activities).
This is a service post and as such applicants must demonstrate the ability and willingness to work flexibly within their competencies and at lower levels of supervision for periods when one or more consultants are on leave. However significant training opportunities will be provided and the unit has an excellent record of doctors having successful National training applications.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Clinical Duties
• The Clinical fellow will be responsible for the urology in patients and will participate in a shared middle grade timetable to carry out daily ward rounds with the other Clinical Fellows/Specialty doctors in the morning at The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.
• Will carry out any emergency surgery after consultation with the Consultants, under supervision when required.
• Assist in the day to day activity of the urology department. This will include attending the Consultants’ Out-patient clinics, carrying out operative procedures (supervision level depending on the experience) and invasive investigations.
• Additionally at all times a Clinical Fellow/Specialty Doctor will be at RAEI during normal working hours to provide emergency urology cover.
• The on call cover is 1 in 8 as are hot weeks. The on call is a reciprocal shared on call with a neighbouring trust, such that we only accept emergency admissions on alternate weeks. Appointees will only be required to provide cover at WWL, but may need to provide telephone advice to the neighbouring trust when on call out of hours.
•
The appointees will have an all day theatre list as part of their working week when not on hot week duties (except in exceptional circumstances when theatre lists are cancelled eg during Industrial action).
Template Job Plan, On-Call & Other Commitments
The job plan will identify the average time per week required by the average practitioner in the grade and specialty to perform the duties of the post, based upon 10 sessions per week with compensatory days off after weekends on call and after hot week duties
There will be weekly variations to meet the needs of the department and cover absences of colleagues. This also allows the post holder to benefit from working with all consultants and develop a wide range of urological skills.
The following gives an illustrative job plan:
Mon
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
Ward round
theatre
Ward round / teaching duties
Emergency clinic (A+E referrals)
Ward round
On site SPA time
OPD
Follow up
PM
Theatre
Onsite SPA / Cover RAEI
Opd
New patients
One stop clinic
Cancer MDT
Teaching ward round
Flexible cystoscopies
This is a provisional timetable; a full timetable will be agreed with the appointee on commencement.
Working Circumstances and on-call
• The out of hours on call Rota is currently 1 in 8 shared with other Urology Clinical Fellows and is non-resident on call. It attracts an additional 2 PA’s.
• When on call the post will require cover for Urology with direct responsibility to the Consultant on call for Urology. The on call will require the Clinical Fellow to be non-resident.
Audit and Research
• To facilitate medical audit, junior medical staff must keep medical records in the manner prescribed by their Consultant/Division. Discharge letters must be done in real time on hospital electronic records system. Liaison with radiology and urology secretaries will be necessary regarding listing of patients and organising subsequent out-patient investigations.
• Opportunities will be available for participation in clinical audit and clinical research.
• Participation in the Departmental audit activities is an essential element of the post. We also encourage participation in other quality improvement initiatives.
• Attendance at the audit meetings is mandatory.
Administration
• The Clinical Fellow will be responsible for some of the administration work in the department including those in whom they are primary operating surgeon.
Study and Training
• The department is committed to training all staff and has an excellent record over past 6 years of core trainees and junior clinical fellows being successful at national Selection.
• The Trust encourages participation in the regional and local urological educational activities.
• The Department of Urology takes the view that in most specialities, clinical apprenticeship and individual study form the basis of preparation for higher qualifications, supplemented as available by attendance at approved courses, lectures and demonstrations locally or on a day release.
The facilities of the medical Library are available for Medical Staff at all hospitals. The main library is located on the Post Graduate Medical Centre and is under the care of the Librarian.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Jun 2024