Consultant Urologist with specialist interest in Bladder Cancer

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for one clinician to join UHB Trust as full-time Consultant Urologists with a specialist interest in bladder cancer.

The Urology Directorate is considered one of the busiest in the country and currently provides services across all four sites undertaking a combined total of 13,164 surgical procedures and 42,153 outpatient visits per year.

The medical compliment across the Trust consists of 20.30 WTE Consultants, and 2.00 WTE Associate Specialists. The Consultants are supported by 9.00 WTE Tier 3 doctors and 6.56 WTE junior specialty doctors. The department is extremely well equipped on all four sites with the most advanced technology and is supported by CNS and nursing team in the ward. The post holder will join a team of subspecialists to support the complex pelvic cancer service. The post-holder will primarily support the bladder cancer service. The post holder will contribute to the specialist cancer MDTs, supported by dedicated specialist nurses and other affiliated specialists.

The Terms and Conditions of service are offered on a 10 Programmed Activity basis. The ability to communicate and work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team is vital. It is also anticipated that the successful candidate would contribute to increasing the national profile of the department.

A strong commitment from the appointee to the Department and involvement with governance and audit is expected.

Main duties of the job

The job will involve 10 weekly programmed activities which will include:

Two clinics

Operating sessions including pre and postoperative reviews

Ward round and Administration

Diagnostic activity

Cancer MDT meetings

On call 1 in 9

Core Supporting professional activities

Educational supervision/professional role

The successful candidate will contribute to a 1 in 9 on call rota. There is no elective commitment during the on call week. The consultant will be supported by a dedicated on call registrar. The final job plan will be agreed with the Clinical Service Lead upon appointment. The post-holders will be expected to work on more than one site.

Medical secretarial support (0.5 WTE) will be available. Office space and IT equipment will be provided in the Trust for supporting clinical activity.

Candidates can expect to be interviewed within 1 to 2 weeks of advert closure.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

27 September 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

6688

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The department has a wide portfolio of research interests including health services research, clinical trials, and descriptive and observational research. It is anticipated that the post holder will have a research interest and will use the opportunities for collaboration available in the Trust and local Universities. The research program in bladder cancer is linked with the Birmingham Bladder Cancer Institute at the University of Birmingham. A outline of the program is recently published by Bryan, Patel et al in Nature Urology 2021. The unit has conducted major clinical trials ranging from gene therapy to commercial funded trials. Bladder cancer trials portfolio includes: BCPP, BC2001, Tuxedo, ImVIGOR, POTOMAC, BladderPath and RADIO trials. The unit also holds the West Midlands Genomics program hub.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

FRCS Urol or equivalent
CCT in urology or equivalent
*GMC registration specialist register or eligible within 6 months

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

FRCS Urol or equivalent
CCT in urology or equivalent
*GMC registration specialist register or eligible within 6 months

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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