Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology: Sponsorship Available

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and
ambitious Senior Clinical Fellow to join our well-established and supportive
Urology team, based at Rotherham Hospital.

Our
Urology department provides a comprehensive service across the major
sub-specialties.

You
will join a team of 5 consultants, 2 specialty doctors, and a strong training
complement (2 Senior Clinical Fellows – including this post, a Core Surgical
Trainee and 2 Foundation Trainees) supported by 2 Advanced Nurse Specialists, 4
Cancer Nurse Specialists and a dedicated Andrology Cancer Nurse Specialist.

This post offers a registrar equivalent training and
operative experience with a particular focus on stone disease and endourology,
including URS, laser fragmentation and PCNL alongside broad exposure to general
urology. It is well suited to a candidate looking to build a competitive CV for
higher surgical training or sub-specialty fellowship, with support for audit,
research and presentation at national meetings. Flexibility to support the
wider needs of the department including outpatient clinics, theatre lists,
MDT meetings and emergency cover is essential.

Main duties of the job

This post offers a training and operative experience when service needs allow. It is well suited to a candidate looking to build a competitive CV for higher surgical training or sub-specialty fellowship, with support for audit, research and presentation at national meetings. Flexibility to support the wider needs of the department including outpatient clinics, theatre lists, MDT meetings and emergency cover is essential.

Main Duties

  • Provide comprehensive elective and emergency urology care for in-patients and out-patients at a registrar-equivalent level of responsibility
  • Participate in the middle-grade out-of-hours on-call rota alongside consultant colleagues
  • Support the day-to-day supervision and training of Core Surgical and Foundation trainees on the ward and in theatre
  • Lead and participate in audit, research and clinical governance projects, including presentation and publication where possible

Develop advanced operative skills in stone disease and endourology under consultant supervision, contributing to the departments stone/stent service

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous NHS experience at Junior/ Senior Clinical Fellow level

Ability/skills

Essential

  • History taking and examinations skills
  • Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies or equivalent in line with GMC
  • standards/Good Medical Practice
  • Good record keeping
  • Mastery of basic skills with adults (history, examination, bloods, cannulation)
  • Basic life support skills

Research and Audit

Essential

  • Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit

Desirable

  • Relevant research published in peer review journal

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC
  • Please confirm your GMC number
  • MBBS Medical Degree

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 27 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.