Job summary
We are looking to appoint a high-quality individual to join a rapidly expanding, busy and innovative team of Consultants as Maternity Cover. 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 subject including Core Urology as delivered through a high-volume District General Hospital. Particular service priorities are endourology / stone surgery and paediatrics.
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.
Main duties of the job
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 and cover a scope of work as required by the department.
Start Date: This post is a fixed term post for Maternity Cover, with a start date 1st March 2025 for a 6-month period.
About us
The Department of Urology has grown rapidly in the last few years and is a member of the Surgical Directorate, well known in the region for providing excellent patient care as well as exceptional training for the specialist registrars and junior doctors. The Department of Urology enjoys close links with The Royal Surrey County Hospital (RSCH), with a weekly joint Specialist MDT for prostatic, bladder, testicular and penile cancers. There is a Specialist Renal Cancer MDT hosted at Frimley Park Hospital and a biweekly remotely accessed cross site stone MDT.
At the brand new, state of the art, Heatherwood hospital in Ascot, we have a dedicated Urology Investigation Unit incorporating sub-speciality clinics, an investigation unit and our 5 day a week lithotripsy service. Other services provided include flexible cystoscopy, urodynamics, Precision Point prostate biopsies, TULA, PTNS, intradetrusor BOTOX and a tertiary referral service of SYNERGO hyperthermia treatment for bladder cancer.
At present all urology day case and in-patient surgery takes place at Frimley Park Hospital supported by a clinically responsive ITU/HDU team. Additional day case operating lists are soon to start on the Heatherwood site we hope. The Radiology department provides excellent support and its facilities are in the process of being extended and refurbished. There is 7 days a week IR support.
For more details please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that any provisional timetable will be flexible and the post holder will be expected to see new patients as well as operating on patients from the waiting list. Sessions will be a mixture of fixed and flexible and may require you to work on a Saturday.
The post holder will be expected to see new patients and follow up outpatients whilst maintaining expecting new to follow up ratios, they will be expected to operate on patientsfrom their own and a pooled waiting list and may be required to work at any facility that the trust owns, leases or manages.
The appointee will have access to clinical admin support and office facilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that any provisional timetable will be flexible and the post holder will be expected to see new patients as well as operating on patients from the waiting list. Sessions will be a mixture of fixed and flexible and may require you to work on a Saturday.
The post holder will be expected to see new patients and follow up outpatients whilst maintaining expecting new to follow up ratios, they will be expected to operate on patientsfrom their own and a pooled waiting list and may be required to work at any facility that the trust owns, leases or manages.
The appointee will have access to clinical admin support and office facilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCS or equivalent
- Possession of CCST or within six months of receipt at the date of interview or equivalent
- Entry on Specialist Register
- Evidence of Research Activity or Higher Degree
- Full GMC registration
Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates and operative skills to trainee specialists
- Undertaken research with published papers in refereed journals
- Ability to demonstrate and participate in the management of change and service development
Competencies
Essential
- Able to evaluate own clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Good teamwork & leadership skills
Desirable
- Computer literate - confident in use of MS office etc
- Experience of using Epic
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCS or equivalent
- Possession of CCST or within six months of receipt at the date of interview or equivalent
- Entry on Specialist Register
- Evidence of Research Activity or Higher Degree
- Full GMC registration
Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates and operative skills to trainee specialists
- Undertaken research with published papers in refereed journals
- Ability to demonstrate and participate in the management of change and service development
Competencies
Essential
- Able to evaluate own clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Good teamwork & leadership skills
Desirable
- Computer literate - confident in use of MS office etc
- Experience of using Epic
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
