Job Description

A senior pelvic uro-oncology fellowship (robotic surgery) as a one year fixed-term contract from August 2024. Prospective applicants are expected to hold FRCS(Urol) or equivalent, and have already obtained any required English language qualification (e.g. IELT), and ideally have GMC registration or all necessary approvals to acquire this.



The appointment is on a whole-time basis but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.



Candidates are very welcome to visit the Departments and are invited to contact:

Mr Richard Bell (Clinical Lead) Tel:

Oxford (01865) 225942 / email : richard.bell@ouh.nhs.uk or Mr Alastair Lamb (Honorary Consultant Urologist) Tel: +44 7779 593099 / email: Alastair.lamb@nds.ox.ac.uk



Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis following consultation.



Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.



The department seeks to appoint a Pelvic Uro-Oncology Fellow (CCT level) for a fixed term of 1 year to this robotic surgery fellowship, based within the professorial surgical unit at the Nuffield Department of Surgery and Churchill Hospital Cancer Centre



Subspecialist fellowship training is available in all aspects of pelvic oncology including robotic prostatectomy, robotic cystectomy, open cystectomy and multidisciplinary open pelvic exenteration cases. We have three dedicated surgical care practitioners (SCP) who assist with the majority of robotic procedures. This post will also provide paid protected time to undertake oncological research (10%), with negotiable extended fellowship periods for those interested in undertaking more comprehensive scientific research projects (18 months or two years total length depending on funding availability). A choice of projects is available in collaboration with the world class research facilities of Oxford University. It is expected that the fellow will produce several research outputs for presentation at international meetings and publication in peer reviewed journals.



Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. We became a Foundation Trust on 1 October 2015 and believe that this will enable us to work more effectively in partnership with our patients and our local community to provide high quality healthcare.



The Trust is made up of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital (which includes the Children's Hospital, West Wing, Eye Hospital, Heart Centre and Women's Centre), the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre , all located in Oxford, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, north Oxfordshire.



We provide a wide range of clinical services, specialist services (including cardiac, cancer, musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation) medical education, training and research.



Most services are provided in our hospitals, but over six percent are delivered from 44 other locations across the region, and some in patients' homes.



Existing collaborations include the ambitious research programmes established through the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) , funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) , located on the John Radcliffe Hospital site and at the Biomedical Research Unit in musculoskeletal disease at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. These set the standard in translating science and research into new and better NHS clinical care.



The duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service. The duties of this post include:



Working with the members of the Oxford Pelvic Oncology Group as part of a team to deliver the prostate and bladder cancer



Participate in a weekly Specialist Pelvic Oncology



Participation in General Urology Clinics as



Provision of a weekly service-commitment diagnostic list, expected to be prostate biopsies or flexible cystoscopies as



Participate in morning ward



Participate in the 1:9 Urology emergency on call rota



Occasional assisting when the SCP is on leave or has other



Convene fortnightly RARP planning meeting



Taking on a lead role in planning, projecting, conducting, and publishing of several research projects relevant to the service



Being responsible in updating and actioning of the BAUS oncology



Ensuring up-to-date and accurate administrative and medical records as required,



Supervision and teaching of junior doctors and nurses as



Acting as a tutor for medical students and deliver clinical teaching related to general surgical topics as required.



Maintain an accurate log of surgical, educational, research and clinical