Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team; an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Royal College of Surgeons of England approved Peri-CCT Fellowship in Reconstructive, Functional and Robotic Urology, the only one of its kind in the UK. This post is based at the Freeman Hospital.  This post is available from October 2025 for 12 months.

The fellowship is Royal College of Surgeons of England accredited, with further details also available on the RCS website: Urology Fellowships — Royal College of Surgeons.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake clinical duties within the Department of Urology.  The individual will work closely with consultant trainers in Reconstructive and Functional Urology (Prof C Harding, Miss V Lavin, Mr J Barclay and Mr A Nambiar) and take part in the middle grade emergency on-call shift rota.  The timetable will conform to the Specialist Advisory Committee Modular curriculum in Female, Reconstructive and Neuro-urology. We are the leading centre for robotic urological reconstruction in the UK and candidates interested in this subspecialty will also have the opportunity to improve and hone their skills.  There will also be opportunity to undertake some training in the Urogynaecology department. The post holder will be expected to undertake clinical research with the aim of presenting and publishing their work.  There is also ample opportunity to take part in teaching and audits and develop a full portfolio in preparation for Consultant job application.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact  Mr David Rix, Clinical Director on 0191 2336161 or via e-mail at [email protected] or Mr Chris Harding, Consultant Urological Surgeon (Fellowship Lead) [email protected].

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.