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Job summary

Main area
Urology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term for 12 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (Per annum pro rata)
Job ref
409-7191774
Employer
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whiston / St. Helens
Town
Prescot
Salary
£61,825 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)

Job overview

Applicants are invited to apply for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology for a Fixed Term post for 12 months.

Full Time 40 hours

The Senior Clinical Fellow will undertake elective and non-elective work in Urology. The successful candidate will have ample opportunity in elective, non-elective, and diagnostic activity. The clinical Fellow will work with more than one consultant.   

Applicants must be eligible for full Registration with the GMC at time of appointment.

Main duties of the job

The Urology Directorate has a Clinical Director and a Directorate Manager.  Along with other surgical specialties, the Urology directorate forms part of the Surgical Care Group. 

Whiston Hospital is the base for the Urology Directorate.  Non-elective and inpatient elective activity is concentrated at Whiston Hospital.  Day case treatment and diagnostic urological activity is concentrated at St. Helens hospital.  Some urological clinics take place at nearby   Newton Community Hospital.

This Urology department is in collaboration with its counterpart at the Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust. The 2 departments have a joint out of hours urology on call arrangement. Two of the current consultant urological surgeons are joint appointment between the 2 Trusts. All of the consultants Urological Surgeons have complimentary honorary contracts with the 2 Trusts.

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

  • Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
  • Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
  • National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Clinical Fellow in Urology will be expected to:

Contribute to the care of both out-patients and in-patients.

Participate in the urology middle grade on call rota.

Help to supervise the work of the FY2 and FY1.

Help with emergency work.

Assist in the compilation and organization audit sessions at Whiston Hospital

Deputize during the day time for absent colleagues.

Assist with duties outside those normally roistered but which are judged to be essential for patient care, under exceptional circumstances.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Advertising Date: 5th June 2025

Closing Date: 12th June 2025

Shortlisting Date: 13th June 2025

Proposed Interview date: TBC

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications is reached.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MRCS or Equivalent
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCrisP, MRCS or equivalent
  • GMC Full Registration and hold current licence to practise

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • 4 year’s experience in general Urology
  • Experience of supervising Junior Medical Staff
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in audit management
  • Experience of teaching basic clinic skills to undergraduates

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Good interpersonal skills and caring attitude to patients
  • Commitment to continuing medical education
Desirable criteria
  • Publications in referred journals

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience in manging basic elective and non-elective general urology
  • Ability to organise and manage clinical priorities
  • Ability and willingness to participate in research and audit, evidence of research experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardNavajo - Merseyside and CheshireCare quality commission - OutstandingDying to Work CharterStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPeople Promise

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ms Kaylie Hughes
Job title
Clinical Director for Urology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 430 1132
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