Consultant Urological Surgeon in Stone Disease and General Urology
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our team of friendly, supportive urology consultants. The successful candidate will join a team of five established subspecialist stone surgeons covering Nottingham University Hospitals and Sherwood Forest Hospitals. The role will primarily be to treat stone disease but will also include a general urology component. This service receives referrals from the wider Nottinghamshire area and tertiary referrals from further afield and may require cross-site working patterns including Sherwood Forest Hospitals. There is a well-established weekly stone MDT meeting, on-site lithotripter, hot ureteroscopy, and ESWL services as well as PCNL. The general urology service includes day case ureteroscopy, TURBT, and TURP.
Main Duties of the Job
The Departments of Urology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust (SFH) provide urological services to a population of approximately 1.4 million. The urology team currently consists of 14 consultants at NUH and 5 consultants at SFH providing a full range of services. The Unit at NUH comprises 5 Urology StRs, 2 clinical fellows, 1 research fellow, and a complex upper tract, stone, and robotic post-CCT fellows. We have Clinical Nurse Specialists in Cancer, Andrology, and Stones. The Advanced Nurse Practitioners help independently run the prostate cancer, haematuria, and LUTS clinics. We have recently recruited Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) who will also help in the emergency pathway. Nottingham is the East Midlands' Major Trauma Unit.
The departments of Urology at NUH and SFH are committed to a long-term partnership, and the candidate will be expected to participate in a combined cross-site on-call rota. The Urology Department at City Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is accommodated in the Urology Centre, which consists of a dedicated Outpatients Department with facilities to undertake flexible cystoscopies and TRUS/LATP biopsies, a lithotripter suite, three urology operating theatres including dedicated Stone and Robot theatres as well as office accommodation.
About Us
Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives, and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and our surrounding communities.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, and Loughborough University.
As one of the NHS Trusts identified in the New Hospital Programme, we have extensive plans to improve our hospitals and the services we deliver for patients. This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions.
Job Responsibilities
A full range of Urology emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under his/her care.
1. Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive elective and emergency Urology service.
2. Provision of reciprocal cover for periods of leave.
3. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.
Please see the job description for the provisional job plan. The on-call commitment will be 1:15 supported by Junior staff. This post has a hot-week on-call system, which is remunerated at 0.7 PA. There is no paediatric component to the on-call.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
* GMC registration
* CCT expected within 6 months of interview
* Eligible to be included on the specialist register
Experience
* Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
* Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families, and other health professionals.
* Specific training in communication skills
* Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
Communication and Relationship Skills
* Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
* Able to work in a team.
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit.
* Able to teach and support junior staff effectively.
* Higher management degree or qualification or training.
* Experience of change management.
* Original Research.
* Higher teaching degree or qualification or training.
* Publications.
Planning and Organisation Skills
* Ability to prioritise own workload.
* Able to work flexibly in a changing health service.
* Able to use the Trust's IT support systems.
Physical Skills
* Manual dexterity required to perform tasks.
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.
Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rata
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