The successful candidate will join this national service to help deliver world class urological surgical care to patients having gender affirming surgery. Candidates must be committed to the delivery of trans-inclusive care and be sensitive to the unique needs of this patient group. The successful candidate will be involved in the preoperative and postoperative care of this patient group, as well as the surgery itself. They will be expected to substantially contribute to the development of the service, and audit/research within the programme.
The post is for a full-time Senior Clinical Fellow in Urology and Gender Affirmation Surgery at the Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. Clinical activity will take place at Parkside Hospital. Education will take place at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust.
- Attend outpatient clinics, diagnostic procedures and theatre lists to support the service
- Attendance at Gender Surgery MDT meetings
- Participation in audit and governance activities of the service
- Ensure compliance with national commissioning standards and waiting time targets
- Support subspecialisation in the department by appropriate cross referral to colleagues
- Provide advice and support to patients presenting to the Trust as emergencies with complications of gender surgery or requiring the expertise of a surgeon skilled in this field
- Contribute to the care of gender surgery inpatients
- Engage in the education of other junior doctors, nursing staff and other colleagues
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We’re one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment. Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Parkside Hospital, established in 1983, is situated on Wimbledon Parkside (SW19). There are eighty-two beds, four operating theatres and four procedure rooms. We have extended clinical settings on site including ‘The Lodge’ where we run the lower feminising surgery clinics and the chest wall surgery clinics.
Parkside Hospital has been commissioned by NHS England to provide gender affirmation surgery, including for lower feminising surgery and masculinising chest wall surgery. We strive to provide a high-quality patient service to all our patients within our setting.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Miss Tina Rashid Job title: Consultant Urologist Email address:
[email protected]As this post is clinically based at Parkside, please contact Sophie Hughes
[email protected] for further information.
