Job summary
- Main area
- Urology
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-6130541
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- Hampstead
- Salary
- £37,068 - £57,570 per annum plus London weighting.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Fellow in Masculinising Genital Gender Affirmation Surgery
Senior Clinical Fellow
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
The Urology department at the Royal Free London is looking to host a Senior Clinical Fellow in Masculinising Genital Gender Affirmation Surgery.
The post will be based principally at New Victoria Hospital, Surrey with occasional general urological on call and monthly Andrology clinic at Royal Free Hospital, London.
The post will allow the trainee to contribute to the care of transgender and gender diverse individuals. The trainee would receive exposure to outpatient clinics, conduct gender affirming operations at New Victoria Hospital under senior supervision, attend MDTs, undertake ward rounds and engage in audit and research under the direction of the consultant team. The candidate will be exposed to all aspects of masculinising surgery of the genitals including microsurgical phalloplasty and metoidioplasty.
The post is suitable for candidates who hold the FRCS (Urol) examination or equivalent, who may be pre- post- or peri-CCT and require subspecialty training in gender affirmation surgery.
The closing date for application is Wednesday 31 July 2024 and interviews are expected to take place within 6 weeks of this date.
Main duties of the job
For a 1-year fellowship for a urology trainee, there will be an expectation to concentrate on stage 2 surgery as above and stage 3 prosthetics surgery. Exposure to flap preparation and microsurgical vascular anastomoses is required, to enable to post-holder to assist a plastics microsurgeon in future. For a full 2-year fellowship, a urology trainee would be fully trained in flap elevation and microsurgery as well. The Urology trainee will be expected to attend the Royal Free Hospital for monthly Andrology clinics and will participate in the “Registrar of the Week” on call rota (one week/quarter).
The Senior Clinical Fellow will be expected to attend surgery sessions under consultant supervision and will also have exposure to outpatient clinics. The post-holder will be expected to attend the regular MDT meetings. and present clinical data at the regular Morbidity and Mortality meetings. They would be expected to complete at least one audit project and publish one paper per year. They would be expected to attend national/international meetings to present research.
This is the first UK post of its kind as it provides training in the full spectrum of NHS commissioned masculinising genital gender affirming surgical care.
The post is appropriate for an individual that requires sub-speciality training in masculinising genital gender affirmation surgery.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- GMC registration
- Membership of relevant Royal College or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work at the level of ST3+ in urology
- Completed core training in surgery
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience at ST3+ level in urology
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build good relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues
- Willingness to be personally accountable for actions
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Wai Gin Lee
- Job title
- Consultant Urologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 758 2060
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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