Advertised location: Edinburgh
Advertised salary: Clinical Fellow (£45,504 – £71,550)
Employment type: Fixed-term
NHS LOTHIAN
CLINCIAL FELLOW IN UROLOGY
WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Applications are welcome for the above fixed term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Western General Hospital.
Job Title: Fellow in Urology with Subspecialist Interest in Functional urology and Reconstructive Surgery
Department: Surgical Services
Base:
You may also be required to work at any of NHS Lothian’s sites.
Post Summary:
The post of Clinical Fellow in Urology is based at the , which acts as local, regional and in specific instances supraregional referral centre for Urological Diseases. This involves service cover for peripheral units at St John’s Hospital in Livingston and East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to contribute to the Reconstructive Urological Surgery team of 4 Consultants at subspecialist trainee level. This includes involvement in operating theatres, subspecialist outpatient clinics and urodynamics. Subspecialty sessions are predominantly located at the , with emphasis on training.
- Specialist reconstructive clinic – provides supervised clinical environment to develop clinical skills in reconstructive urology.
- Specialist diagnostics – Video Urodynamics, Urethral pressure profilometry.
- Reconstructive urological surgery – mentoring in developing surgical skills in urethroplasty, male and female anti-incontinence surgery and bladder and ureteric reconstruction.
- Regional SNS service and combined clinics/operating with urogynaecology and endometriosis regional service for appropriately selected patients and RPF (ureteric reconstruction)
- Regular local and regional MDT.
- Complex paediatric to adult transition clinic (neurourology/ recon)
- Specialists neuro-urology clinic (with specialists MS service )
The post holder will required to complete a relevant to functional urology project and audit (comparison/assessment of treatments in DO/NDO).
There will be an expected service commitment to provide or contribute to General Urology sessions (mainly lower urinary tract endoscopic surgery (diagnosis/ treatment), penoscrotal surgery, outpatient clinics and flexible cystoscopy lists) for one session a week as required. General Urology sessions may involve all sites where Urology services are provided by the network.
The unit provides training as part of the East of Scotland Training Programme in Urology with and currently offers training to two surgical core trainees, five Urology specialty trainees, and 4 subspecialist Fellows (including this post). Urology Specialty Trainees and Clinical Fellows share on-call commitments on a 1:9 non-residential on-call rota. The team is also joined by 2 clinical development fellows. Training opportunities are focused according to the specific needs of each trainee.
This post is for the time period 4.8.2027 – 3.8.2028
The post does not have educational approval from the Postgraduate Dean and will not be recognised for training.
For an informal discussion or further information please contact:
Clinical Director in UrologyMr Edward Mains, Consultant UrologistE-mail: Edward.Mains@nhs.scotOr for more specific information about female, reconstructive and functional urology:Ms V Granitsiotis, Consultant UrologistEmail: voula.granitsiotis@nhs.scotOrMr Ammar Alhasso, Consultant UrologistE-mail: Ammar.Alhasso@nhs.net
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