Job Description

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.



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.



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

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 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.