Locum Consultant Urologist

NHS; Epsom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job description

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Locum Consultant Urologist with special interest in Endourology (10 PAs)

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited to apply for a full time Locum Consultant Urologist with a sub-specialty interest in Endourology. The role will be based across Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust to support the Urology department in the achievement of its Emergency and Elective Performance standards. This post attracts 10 PAs. This is for a 12 month fixed term post with a view to a substantive appointment.

The Urology Department provides a comprehensive general urology service covering all the main sub specialties. There are close links with the Royal Marsden Hospital and St George's hospital for oncology and more complex urological conditions. The department is well supported by an interventional radiology department. The Urology department supports the Renal unit at St Helier. There is an onsite lithotripter and the department offers a regional acute and elective lithotripsy service. Specialist nursing staff attached to the department include 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, four urology nurse specialist in benign urology and six in cancer. You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold Licence to Practice and ideally be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage. Applicants are invited to visit the department beforehand.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

• To, at all times, comply with the GMCs guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to time.
• To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
• To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
• On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trusts corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction).
• To participate in the Trusts Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
• To be responsible for the clinical management of out-patients under your care.
• The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.

Person Specification

Values and Behaviours

• Put the patient first by being happy, helpful, caring, respectful and patient
• Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence
• Work as one team - communicate, collaborate and share
• Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening

Qualifications and Training

• Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
• Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC or be within six months of obtaining CCT/CESR
• Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCS
• MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research
• ATLS provider/instructor status

Clinical, Management & Admin

• High standard of clinical skill and expertise in Urology
• Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota for Urology
• Audit/Research experience
• Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT/CESR
• Supervision of postgraduate trainees
• Personal time management skills
• Clinical governance
• Ability to organise inpatient and outpatient waiting lists
• Proven track record in Urology
• A subspeciality interest
• Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development

Teaching and Research Experience

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and post graduate trainees
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Ability to contribute to change management
• Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
• Ability to critically review research
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/postgraduates
• Experience of supervising junior doctors
• Experience of teaching lay groups and other staff groups
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• Publications in peer review journals

Language

• Demonstratable skills in written and spoken English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement
• Good interpersonal skills
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate with patients and relatives
• Able to make own arrangements for travel between working sites

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.