Senior Renal Cancer Fellow - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Oxford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

A senior renal cancer surgery fellowship as a one year fixed-term contract from August 2023.

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.

Clinical

The duties of this post include:

Working with the members of the Oxford Renal Cancer Group as part of a team to deliver the renal cancer service.
Participate in the weekly renal cancer MDT meeting.
Working with the Oxford Renal Cancer Group to deliver clinical services if and when required.
Participate in a weekly specialized renal cancer clinic.
Participate in the 1:8 Urology emergency on call rota
Participate in General Urology Clinics
Participate in morning ward rounds.
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 renal cancer audits
Ensuring up-to-date and accurate administrative and medical records as required,
Supervision and teaching of junior doctors and nurses as required.
Acting as a tutor for medical students and deliver clinical teaching related to general surgical topics as required.
Maintain an accurate logbook of educational, research and clinical activities.

The department seeks to appoint a Senior Renal Cancer Research Fellow (CCT level) for a fixed term of 1 year to this fellowship.

The Oxford renal cancer unit is one of the UK's highest volume renal cancer centres and performs over 150 renal cancer surgeries every year.

The department is able to offer open, laparoscopic and robotic renal cancer surgery.

It is also the UK's only centre for renal autotransplant and specialises in complex renal cancer surgery in patients with solitary kidneys.

The hospital offers a thermal ablation service for appropriate renal tumours.

Subspecialist fellowship training is available in all aspects of renal cancer surgery (open/lap/robotic). This post will also provide paid protected time to undertake formal research in renal cancer.

Primarily this will involve collaboration with Professor Robin Cleveland in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME) developing mínimally invasive thermal treatments for small renal masses using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound.

There are also other projects available using clinical data from our unit.

The IBME is a world class research facility at the University of Oxford which has outstanding research laboratories and as strong track record in research output for international meetings and peer-reviewed publications.

Clinical

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 Urology team to deliver state-of-the-art urological care, including lithotripsy.
Working with the Oxford Stone Group to deliver clinical services if and when required.
Participation in General Urology Clinics, and outpatient diagnostic services.
Participate in morning ward rounds.
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 audits,
Ensuring up-to-date and accurate administrative and medical records as required,
Supervision and teaching of junior doctors and nurses as required.
Acting as a tutor for medical students and deliver clinical teaching related to general surgical topics as required.
Maintain an accurate logbook of educational, research and clinical activities.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will be required to participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Infection Control

Infection Control is everyone's responsibility.

All staff, both clinical and nonclinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts' Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections including MRSA.

All staff employed by the OUH have the following key responsibilities:

Staff must wash their hands or use alcohol gel on entry and exit from all clinical areas and/or between each patient contact.
Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.
Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.

Study, Training and Teaching

Full training on the lithotripter will be provided. The postholder will be required to attend a Radiation Protection Course