Job overview
The post provides an exciting and unique opportunity to work within urogynaecology/female urology and learn specialist skills in managing patients with chronic and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI). The LUTS service is a tertiary clinical service and research centre that manages patients with chronic LUTS and is closely associated with translational research.
The Urogynaecology and LUTS subspecialties fall under the Women’s Health Department within the Acute Patient Access, Clinical Support Services, and Women’s Health Division (ACW).
We are expanding our department and integrating Urogynaecology and LUTS where appropriate. Our division is supported by the Clinical Director, Director of Operations and Gynaecology Lead Consultant. Post holders will be supported by the LUTS and Gynaecology administrative teams.
Please note, this post may close earlier if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will see patients with chronic lower urinary tract symptoms and continence related problems. The job will consist of specialist LUTS clinics, urogynaecology clinics, urogynaecology operating and urodynamics. If the post holder wishes there are opportunities to be involved with translational research within this tertiary service.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The clinical fellow will work under the supervision of Ms Rajvinder Khasriya, Ms Kiren Gill and Mr Dhanuson Dharmasena.
1.Assist Ms Rajvinder Khasriya, Ms Kiren Gill and Mr Dhanuson Dharmasena in seeing the patients in the Whittington hospital.
1.1. Make decisions on management, identify complications and arrange for appropriate responses to be organised
1.2. Carry out urine microscopy and arrange for appropriate responses to be organised
1.3. Help with urogynaecology clinics and urodynamics
1.4. The post holder will have the opportunity to assist Ms Khasriya, Ms Gill and Mr Dhanuson Dharmasena in the Urogynaecology theatre list
2.This is a clinical academic unit, and as such the post holder will be expected to assist with clinical research studies in Urogynaecology and Chronic UTI taking place in the unit. This will include;
2.1. Working as a sub-investigator on Urogynaecology and Medical Urology research studies as necessary
2.2. Working within guidelines of Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance
2.3. There will be scope to undertake a PhD research project
3.Attend conferences relevant to your area of work
4.Give presentations of research / clinical work at departmental meetings and Women’s Health audit meetings.
5.Attend and present at monthly MDT meetings
There are no on-call commitments associated with this post, though these can be accommodated depending on the appointed candidate.
Person specification
UG
Essential criteria
1. UG training requirements
Desirable criteria
2. UG theatre experience
Independent consultation
Essential criteria
3. Lead independent consultation
Desirable criteria
4. Prescribing
Research
Essential criteria
5. Interest in research
Desirable criteria
6. Interest in antibiotic research in urinary infections
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
7. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
8. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
9. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
10. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
11. Participate in required training and supervision.
12. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.