Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join the Urology Department at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust for a 12-month senior fellowship in robotic pelvic cancer surgery in a  leading UK high -volume centre in pelvis cancer surgery.

Designed for a post-CCT urology trainee or junior consultant, the program provides structured, multi-consultant training in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and robot-assisted radical cystectomy.  Applicants should be have the availability to assess and manage common acute and elective urological conditions safely. Clear commitment to pelvic cancer surgery, robotic surgery, teamwork and reflective learning; and Evidence of audit, quality improvement, research or teaching activity.

Royal Surrey is the UK's highest-volume single-site centre for robotic prostatectomy, one of the world's highest-volume centres for Retzius-sparing robotic prostatectomy and established cystectomy program with one of the shortest postoperative hospital stay in the UK. The unit performs approximately 600 robotic prostatectomies and 120 robotic cystectomies each year. 

For an informal discussion about the fellowship, please contact:

Wissam Abou Chedid, Consultant Urologist, Fellowship Director [email protected]

Main duties of the job

What the pelvic cancer surgery  fellowship offers.

•Dedicated robotic pelvic cancer training, with protected time for robotic theatre sessions (5 sessions), pelvic oncology clinics, multidisciplinary team meetings, simulation, research, audit and outcomes work.

•Structured progression from bedside assisting and dual-console training to modular console operating and, when competence is demonstrated, supervised whole procedures.

•Experience across the complete prostatectomy and cystectomy pathways, from patient selection and multidisciplinary discussion to surgery, postoperative care and follow-up.

•Training in Retzius-sparing prostatectomy, robotic radical cystectomy, day-case surgery, patient-led catheter removal, Histolog assessment and high-intensity theatre working.

•A defined fellowship portfolio, including an operative logbook, workplace-based assessments, regular progress reviews, and academic or quality-improvement objectives.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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