NHS Lothian
Consultant Urologist specialising in Prostate Cancer Surgery
Permanent – 40 Hours per week
Western General Hospital
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once CESR is awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
This post is a permanent post for a consultant Urologist who wishes to provide a high quality Urology service. The post holder will be a key member of the team delivering the Prostate Cancer Service and will be expected to deliver robotically assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) as well as contributing to general urology and diagnostic activity. The post holder is expected to perform RARP independently although initial mentorship suitable for a year 1 consultant can be provided in house.
Urology services are provided by the Lothian and Borders network which provides general and specialist urological services for a population of 850,000 across several sites centred on the unit at the. In addition to St John’s Hospital, Livingston the network includes the Borders General Hospital, Melrose and East Lothian Community Hospital, Haddington.
It is anticipated that the successful applicant will be based at the Western General Hospital but will also work across one or two other network sites.
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