Urology Consultant

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national, and international population.

Our multiple sites, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic allow people to be treated as close to home as possible.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for one clinician to join UHB Trust as full-time Consultant Urologists with a specialist interest non muscle invasive 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 24 WTE Consultants, and two WTE Associate Specialists. The Consultants are supported by 18 WTE Tier 3 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.

Interviews 20th of January 2025

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join the subspecialist team to support the bladder cancer team as a non-muscle invasive bladder cancer specialist. The post holder will contribute to the specialist cancer MDTs, supported by dedicated specialist nurses and other affiliated specialists.

The postholder will be based at the Heartlands and Solihull sites, where they will contribute to the emergency service, although some cross site working is expected.

The Terms and Conditions of service are offered on a 10 Programmed Activity basis. The post includes participation in a 1 in 12 on call rota supported by an on call registrar.

The post has clerical and administrative support including a named secretary. Office space and IT equipment are allocated for these posts.

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

11 December 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

304-KA-9002278

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY SKILLS

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.

Key Responsibilities

*Clinical management of acute and elective patients.

*Developing quality improvement.

*Working collaboratively as part of multidisciplinary team.

EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE

* Clinical training and experience

* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care and management of both elective and emergency patients

SKILLS and ABILITY

* Ability to work well with colleagues and

within a multi professional team

* Ability to organise and prioritise workload

effectively

* Ability to plan strategically and to

exercise sound judgements when faced

with conflicting pressures.

* Ability to motivate and develop the multidisciplinary team, balancing departmental

and personal objectives

Proposed Interview date 20th January 2025

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY SKILLS

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.

Key Responsibilities

*Clinical management of acute and elective patients.

*Developing quality improvement.

*Working collaboratively as part of multidisciplinary team.

EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE

* Clinical training and experience

* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care and management of both elective and emergency patients

SKILLS and ABILITY

* Ability to work well with colleagues and

within a multi professional team

* Ability to organise and prioritise workload

effectively

* Ability to plan strategically and to

exercise sound judgements when faced

with conflicting pressures.

* Ability to motivate and develop the multidisciplinary team, balancing departmental

and personal objectives

Proposed Interview date 20th January 2025

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).