Job Description
Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Junior Clinical Fellow in Urology initially until 6thAugust 2024.
This exciting post offers specialist training in diagnostic and core urological procedures and is well suited to trainees who have completed core surgical training wishing to increase their urology experience prior to Urology Speciality Training. Applicants are required to be fully registered with the General Medical Council and have membership of the Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent.
The successful candidate will participate in all aspects of the unit’s clinical work including outpatient clinics, diagnostic procedures, multi-disciplinary team meetings, day case and inpatient operating as well as emergency care and ward rounds. The clinical activities will be under the supervision of consultant urologists. Outpatient clinical activities will be on the Aintree site whereas inpatient and on call activities will be on the Royal site.
The successful candidate will contribute to the Urology middle grade on call rota which is based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. The rota is currently run at 1:12 which is split into weekdays daytime cover Monday to Friday 8am – 5pm, individual nights overnight cover Monday to Friday 5pm – 8am and weekend cover Saturday or Sunday 8am – 8am.
The appointee, together with his or her colleagues will have a commitment to the provision of urological services including general urology clinics, diagnostic clinics and ward cover. Other duties will include administration, attendance at MDT meetings and continuing medical education.
The post involves both the assessment and treatment of acute urological admissions. It is expected that the appointee will participate in a 1:12 middle grade on-call rota. This involves weekdays daytime cover Monday to Friday 8am–5pm, individual nights overnight cover Monday to Friday 5pm 8am and weekend cover Saturday or Sunday 8am 8am.
Draft Timetable of Fixed Sessions (This is a representative example; timetable will be confirmed on commencement)
TYPE OF WORK
MONDAY
AM
Flexible Cystoscopy
PM
Admin/CPD/Audit
TUESDAY
AM
General Urology Clinic
PM
14 Day Rule Clinic
WEDNESDAY
AM
Ward Referrals Review
PM
Admin/CPD/Audit
THURSDAY
AM
Day case / Inpatient Theatre
PM
Day case / Inpatient Theatre
FRIDAY
AM
General Urology Clinic
PM
Flexible Cystoscopy
Audit/Clinical Governance
There are monthly audit meetings, including monthly audit of morbidity and mortality within the Directorate. The new Appointee will be expected to attend audit meetings and undertake an audit during tenure of the post.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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The appointee, together with his or her colleagues will have a commitment to the provision of urological services including general urology clinics, diagnostic clinics and ward cover. Other duties will include administration, attendance at multi- disciplinary team meetings and continuing medical education.
The post involves both the assessment and treatment of acute urological admissions. It is expected that the appointee will participate in a 1:12 middle grade on-call rota. This involves weekdays daytime cover Monday to Friday 8am – 5pm, individual nights overnight cover Monday to Friday 5pm – 8am and weekend cover Saturday or Sunday 8am – 8am.
Within the department there are ample opportunities to develop further interests or advanced skills as well as opportunities for audit and clinical research.
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Draft Timetable of Fixed Sessions (This is a representative example; timetable will be confirmed on commencement)
TYPE OF WORK
MONDAY
AM
Flexible Cystoscopy
PM
Admin/CPD/Audit
TUESDAY
AM
General Urology Clinic
PM
14 Day Rule Clinic
WEDNESDAY
AM
Ward Referrals Review
PM
Admin/CPD/Audit
THURSDAY
AM
Day case / Inpatient Theatre
PM
Day case / Inpatient Theatre
FRIDAY
AM
General Urology Clinic
PM
Flexible Cystoscopy
Audit/Clinical Governance
There are monthly audit meetings, including monthly audit of morbidity and mortality within the Directorate. The new Appointee will be expected to attend audit meetings and undertake an audit during tenure of the post.
Accountability
The appointed individual will be professionally and managerially accountable to the Aintree Urology Lead Consultant.
Teaching and Training
The successful candidate will have full mentoring during the tenure of this post. The Appointee will share the responsibility for carrying out undergraduate teaching of medical students will be attached to the Unit.
The Team
The current establishment of urological staff is:
Mr A Baird, Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a specialist in interest in reconstructive and adolescent Urology
Mr J Bashir, Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has an interest in core Urology and stone disease
Mr R Calvert, Clinical Director and Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a special interest in stone disease
Associate Professor P Cornford, Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a special interest in the surgical management of pelvic malignancy and laparoscopic nephrectomy & robotic cancer surgery
Mr M Elfar, Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a specialist interest in renal cancer
Ms R Hamm, Consultant Urologist,
has a special interest in diagnostic services
Mr V Hanchanale, Consultant Urological Surgeon
has a special interest in pelvic malignancy
Miss B Hickerton, Consultant Urological Surgeon
has a special interest in bladder cancer
Mr F Housami, Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a specialist interest in stone disease
Mr H Lazarowicz, Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a special interest in superficial bladder cancer
Mr M Lucky, Consultant Urological Surgeon (Aintree Site DMD for Surgery),
has a specialist interest in andrology
Mr C Lynch, Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a special interest in stone surgery
Mr B Starmer, Consultant Urological Surgeon
has a special interest in pelvic malignancy
Mr S Venugopal, Consultant Urological Surgeon
has a special interest in kidney cancer
Mr S Viswanath, Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a special interest in diagnostic services
Mr R Weston, Cancer Lead for Urology and Consultant Urological Surgeon,
has a special interest in robotic cancer surgery
Miss Jennifer Cumiskey, Head of Operations
Mr P O’Keefe, Matron
There are eight Specialist Registrars and a post CCT fellow who currently works in three firms. In addition there are three Clinical Fellows, a research fellow and SAS doctor, two CSTs and five FY1s.
The middle grade rota EWTD compliant and provides 24 hour cover.
More specifically, we aim to:
- Provide excellent care to our patients
- Maintain academic excellence in clinical research
- Provide appropriate training to medical students, Urology trainees and fellows
- Work with our partners in the community to foster greater understanding of urological conditions
- Work within the greater national and international urological community to improve the quality of life for urology patients
Our Consultant team has national and international profiles and contributes significantly to many major Urological meetings (BAUS, American Urology Association (AUA) and the European Association of Urology (EAU).