ConsultantUrologyPermanent

Consultant - Urology

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

Frimley

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

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About the role

We are looking to appoint a high-quality individual to join a rapidly expanding, busy and innovative team of consultants.

As a department we have clear goals to increase our profile in Clinical and Academic Urology. The appointment of this Consultant post would supplement the workload of existing Consultants across the breadth of the specialty, including Core Urology delivered through a high-volume District General Hospital. Particular service priorities are to lead the bladder cancer service and become a key member of the prostate cancer team.

Applicants are required to be on the general GMC Register and either on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview.

Consultant - Urology

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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The post offered is for a Consultant Urological Surgeon with 10 programmed activities. These sessions will be wherever the Trust delivers its services, but the majority of the work will be at Frimley Park Hospital.

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The post holder will be expected to see new patients, primarily with haematuria and TCC of the urinary tract and in the work of men with possible prostate cancer.

They will see patients and counsel them about treatment choices in dedicated clinics with the assistance of residents and CNSs.

They will also see follow up outpatients whilst maintaining expected new to follow-up ratios. They will be expected to operate on patients from their own and a pooled waiting list and may be required to work at any facility that the Trust owns, leases or manages.

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For full details, please refer to the attached Job Description/Person Specification.

Some of the core requirements for the post include:

The post holder will participate in the on-call urology service with a frequency of 1:8, with prospective cover for planned and unexpected absences.

Outpatient clinics are provided at Frimley Park Hospital, Heatherwood Hospital (Ascot), Fleet Hospital, Farnham Hospital and Aldershot Centre for Health. You may be required to work at any of these sites.

The department is pleased to undertake supervision of undergraduate students and nondeanery trainees. There is a requirement for the post holder to be involved in teaching and training for undergraduate and postgraduates and to achieve relevant training qualifications to allow clinical and educational supervision.

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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Person specification

Essential

FRCS or equivalent registration
Full GMC registration
On the Specialist Register or within six month of CCT at time of interview
• Able to evaluate own clinical practice
• Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Be able to work effectively in a team
• Ability to organise and develop service provision
• A wide grounding during training of all aspects of Emergency and elective surgery within the speciality of Urology
• Clinical skills to support cancer diagnostics
• Understand principles and participated in audit activity
• Understand the principles of Clinical Governance and demonstrate experience of evidence-based practice
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems