Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology with Special Interest in Andrology

Job summary

Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology with a Special Interest in Andrology (Cancer and Surgery)

Nodal Point 4

Full Time - 40 hours per week

Urology Department

The department offers comprehensive care for the whole spectrum of Urology services and is split into 5 sub groups:

• Bladder & Renal
• Prostate
• Female Urology & Reconstruction
• Stone
• Andrology & Genito-urethral Reconstruction

Guy's Urology Centre is a large, dynamic and innovative urology department which has, as its primary ethos, improvement in patient care. We have developed specialist services in diagnostics, oncology, stone disease, andrology, and incontinence, and have an excellent track record for training surgeons in sub-specialist urology.

For a number of years we have run a successful fellowship programme, preparing surgeons for independent practice in the UK or abroad.

Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.

Main duties of the job

The Andrology Service is well developed, providing a highly specialist tertiary referral practice in all aspects of surgical andrology and genito-urethral reconstruction. Guy's is one the highest volume penile implant centres in London, managing patients with refractory erectile dysfunction and complex Peyronie's disease, and includes an emergency regional implant service for refractory priapism. Our team also provides a regional emergency service for all other aspects of andrological care. Patients are managed in specialist andrology clinics, which include a dedicated andrology MDT with uro-radiological support.

We also provide a regional service for anterior urethral stricture disease, and run a dedicated specialist urethral clinic and MDT. The Adult Andrology team also supports the Paediatric Urologists at The Evelina Hospital in managing urethral strictures, and colleagues in the Young Onset Urology (YOU) Team, who provide lifelong care for patients who have been treated for paediatric urological conditions.

About us

Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it.

It is important that we all understand and reflect these values in our work. We are:

Caring - we put patients first

Ambitious - we innovate and strive for excellence

Inclusive - we respect each other and work collaboratively

Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action. A summary of our framework can be found on our Trust jobs pages and our intranet.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Joint multidisciplinary clinics are run with the Guys Assisted Conception Unit, one of the leading innovators in the field of infertility and the largestand most successful clinic in the UK forpreimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). We provide an advanced microsurgical service for severe male factor infertility, including a regional microTESE service for fertility preservation in cancer patients, including testis cancer patients across the Anglian supra-regional germ cell tumour network covering 8 million people in East London and the East of England.

The Andrology team runs supra-regional Joint Sickle Cell/ Urology clinics in conjunction with the Haematology department for patients with recurrent ischaemic priapism. Monthly virtual clinics are also held with the Genitourinary Medicine department for patients with complex genital disorders.

This fellowship post is looking for a dedicated and visionary individual to join the team, and prepare themselves for consultant practice by helping to deliver the rapidly expanding clinical and academic needs of the service. It is envisaged that the post will provide outstanding Fellowship training in Surgical Andrology and Reconstruction. The appointee will join the specialist andrology team consisting of 2 Consultants, a Deanery appointed SpR and an Andrology Clinical Nurse Specialist.

The post will suit a Urologist who desires to become a genuine clinical expert in andrology, infertility and genito-urethral reconstruction. The post-holder will also be expected to deliver general and emergency urological care in keeping with the guiding operational principles of the department.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Joint multidisciplinary clinics are run with the Guys Assisted Conception Unit, one of the leading innovators in the field of infertility and the largestand most successful clinic in the UK forpreimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). We provide an advanced microsurgical service for severe male factor infertility, including a regional microTESE service for fertility preservation in cancer patients, including testis cancer patients across the Anglian supra-regional germ cell tumour network covering 8 million people in East London and the East of England.

The Andrology team runs supra-regional Joint Sickle Cell/ Urology clinics in conjunction with the Haematology department for patients with recurrent ischaemic priapism. Monthly virtual clinics are also held with the Genitourinary Medicine department for patients with complex genital disorders.

This fellowship post is looking for a dedicated and visionary individual to join the team, and prepare themselves for consultant practice by helping to deliver the rapidly expanding clinical and academic needs of the service. It is envisaged that the post will provide outstanding Fellowship training in Surgical Andrology and Reconstruction. The appointee will join the specialist andrology team consisting of 2 Consultants, a Deanery appointed SpR and an Andrology Clinical Nurse Specialist.

The post will suit a Urologist who desires to become a genuine clinical expert in andrology, infertility and genito-urethral reconstruction. The post-holder will also be expected to deliver general and emergency urological care in keeping with the guiding operational principles of the department.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCT. (2)

Desirable

• FRCS (Urol) or equivalent MD, PhD (2)

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team (2)

Desirable

• Urology experience appropriate for end of training (2)

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team (2)

Research

Essential

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research (2)

Desirable

• Evidence of original research and publications (2)

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training (2)
• Computer Literate (1)

Desirable

• Teaching the Teachers Course (2)

Other

Essential

• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council (2)
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management (2)

Desirable

• Experience in clinical guideline development (2)

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCT. (2)

Desirable

• FRCS (Urol) or equivalent MD, PhD (2)

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team (2)

Desirable

• Urology experience appropriate for end of training (2)

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team (2)

Research

Essential

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research (2)

Desirable

• Evidence of original research and publications (2)

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training (2)
• Computer Literate (1)

Desirable

• Teaching the Teachers Course (2)

Other

Essential

• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council (2)
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management (2)

Desirable

• Experience in clinical guideline development (2)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Guy's Hospital

London

SE1 9RT

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