Job overview

Here at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust we have vacancies for additional Clinical Fellows (ST3+ Level)  in our Urology departments at our Southend and Broomfield sites. Please express your preference in your application.

Southend University Hospital successfully bid for the Urology Specialist Cancer Centre in 2016, meaning that the our Trust provides specialised surgery for patients across Essex with prostate, bladder and kidney cancer.

Centralising this specialist urological cancer surgery brings together clinical experts to share experience and further develop the service for the benefit of our patients.

Main duties of the job

In your role you will assist the Consultant Surgeons in the provision of Urological Services including:

Clinics
You will support new and follow-up urology clinics. This includes diagnostic and surveillance outpatient flexible cystoscopy clinics.

Theatres
Opportunities to participate and be trained in a wide range of major urological procedures appropriate to their level of training, including transperineal prostate biopsy, endoscopic lower tract procedures for bladder cancer, Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate, ureteroscopic stone surgery and procedures for female incontinence as well as specialised and non-specialised urological cancer work including radical cystectomy surgery, RALP (Da Vinci robot) and partial nephrectomies.

Operative exposure also includes multispecialty procedures for pelvic exenteration involving colorectal, urology, gynaecology and plastic surgery.

Ward duties
You will undertake daily ward rounds supporting the existing team of junior doctors and consultants.

Academic/Research
The incumbent is expected to play a contributory role in current departmental research, audit, quality improvement projects and teaching as well as lead research projects under the supervision of the Consultants.

On-Call
This post will participate in a urology middle grade on-call rota.

Other
Attendance at multi-disciplinary meetings.

Working for our organisation

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.  

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations.  We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.