Job summary
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2003 from the merger of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust and the Burnley Hospitals NHS Trust. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of approximately 550,000.
Services are provided from two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital.The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Phase V at Burnley General Teaching Hospital are significant PFI developments.
In 2006 a service reconfiguration, 'meeting patients needs' was implemented which resulted in the Blackburn site becoming the centre for all acute services in East Lancashire. The ED at Blackburn is the only ED for East Lancashire and since 2012 has become a Trauma Unit in the Lancashire Trauma network with the trauma centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. The ED is supported by Urgent Care Centres at Blackburn and Burnley and a Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington.
Burnley is the site for the East Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre with an in-patient obstetric unit. There is a midwife led birthing unit off the Hospital site in Blackburn
In 2012 the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital was designated as one of the Lancashire Vascular Centres.
The Trust has close links with a number of Tertiary Centres in Lancashire, Manchester and Liverpool.
We are now looking for a Specialist in Urology to support our Consultant team.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician to take on the new role of a Specialist in Urology providing expertise in a specialised (including benign prostate disease and functional urology/urodynamics), and generalist service and be able to manage a full range of presentations independently. The individual will have the necessary Urology skills to support the team in both clinic and theatre management. The timetable would include independent clinics, theatre lists and consultant level on call commitments.
The post holder will be expected to work closely with colleagues and management in developing the ability of the department to respond to operational pressures together with clinical governance and longer-term service strategies. The Specialist will also have additional roles within their portfolio, much the same as consultants do, in areas such as governance, service development, research or education. The trust SAS tutor (Mr Ravi Goel) and the Urology departmental SAS lead/advocate (Mr Khaled Hosny) are aware of this post and will be providing departmental and trust level support for the successful candidate to develop and progress their career.
About us
In 2006 the two departments of Urology merged into a single unit with all inpatients based on the Blackburn site.
The department in Blackburn is a fully integrated Urology outpatients, ward and offices, all of which are contained in a dedicated unit. The theatre complex is on the floor below with two theatres mainly serving Urology. The Urology ward is based on B14. The dedicated Urology outpatient's suite has facilities for flexible cystoscopies and transrectal ultrasound and prostate biopsies (TRUS). The department also has a Holmium:YAG laser machines that are used for endourology and for treatment of bladder tumours via flexible cystoscopy. In In addition, there is a TULA laser machine to enable flexible cystoscopy and bladder tumour ablations procedures
The trust has two NHS commissioned da Vinci robots (at Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital) which are used for radical prostatectomies, partial nephrectomies and complex benign urological procedures.
The consultants are supported by 8 registrar level (ST3+, SCF, Specialty doctor). The department is also supported by 1 CT1, 2 FY2's and 3 FY1's.
On the Burnley site there is a new state of the art, purpose-built Urology Investigations Unit (UIU) where flexible cystoscopy, urodynamics, TULA laser ablations and perineal precision point prostate biopsy sessions are performed. Some inpatient work and day case surgery is performed in the Elective Surgical Centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This appointment will enable the Specialist in Urology to participate in the 1:8 on-call consultant rota with registrar level grade cover. The department is actively looking to expand and is likely to be advertising further substantive posts in the near future.
The job plan is 10 PAs annualised with ample scope to increase to 12 PAs by mutual agreement based on the needs of the department. It is also expected that the colleague will undertake a job plan review/job diary within 6 months of commencing to ensure it is appropriate and being correctly renumerated.
Working with the existing colleagues, the successful candidate is expected to retain a commitment to provide core urological services and participate in the urological on-call rota. Appropriate mentoring and support mechanisms are already in place and will be provided by members of the existing multidisciplinary team. The candidate will be provided the opportunity and support to develop additional specialist interests including benign prostate disease management including minimally invasive surgical procedures (TURP, REZUM, Urolift) and functional urology including urodynamics within the department.
Included in this 10PA job plan there is a once per month mandatory Directorate meeting session (Audit, Governance and Directorate Meeting lasting 3.5 hours- fourth Thursday of month PM) that equates to 0.2 SPA annualised. Predictable on call/ Unpredictable on call is referenced within this job plan. The overnight and weekend on call is 1:8 consultant urology on call rota. On call intensity supplement will be Category A: 3%
There are 1.5 SPAs per week average within the job plan (including the 0.2 described above)
Job description
Job responsibilities
This appointment will enable the Specialist in Urology to participate in the 1:8 on-call consultant rota with registrar level grade cover. The department is actively looking to expand and is likely to be advertising further substantive posts in the near future.
The job plan is 10 PAs annualised with ample scope to increase to 12 PAs by mutual agreement based on the needs of the department. It is also expected that the colleague will undertake a job plan review/job diary within 6 months of commencing to ensure it is appropriate and being correctly renumerated.
Working with the existing colleagues, the successful candidate is expected to retain a commitment to provide core urological services and participate in the urological on-call rota. Appropriate mentoring and support mechanisms are already in place and will be provided by members of the existing multidisciplinary team. The candidate will be provided the opportunity and support to develop additional specialist interests including benign prostate disease management including minimally invasive surgical procedures (TURP, REZUM, Urolift) and functional urology including urodynamics within the department.
Included in this 10PA job plan there is a once per month mandatory Directorate meeting session (Audit, Governance and Directorate Meeting lasting 3.5 hours- fourth Thursday of month PM) that equates to 0.2 SPA annualised. Predictable on call/ Unpredictable on call is referenced within this job plan. The overnight and weekend on call is 1:8 consultant urology on call rota. On call intensity supplement will be Category A: 3%
There are 1.5 SPAs per week average within the job plan (including the 0.2 described above)
Person Specification
Attainments
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
- MB ChB or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree or appropriate post-graduate exams (eg FRCS Urol) or educational qualification
Training
Essential
- Relevant Urology Training (min of 6 years at registrar, senior clinical fellow grade or consultant level)
Desirable
- FRCS Urol
- NHS consultant level experience
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 12 years medical work, continuous or aggregated, since obtaining primary medical qualification
- Minimum of six years of experience in Urology at Specialist Registrar or Staff Grade or Specialty Doctor or Clinical Fellow level
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion independently in a range of Urology problems within the specialty
- Minimum of 6 months experience of working within the NHS
- Ability to lead when appropriate
- Ability to work independently
Desirable
- Experience in benign urology procedures (eg MIST), perineal prostate biopsy and functional urology including urodynamics
Person Specification
Attainments
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
- MB ChB or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree or appropriate post-graduate exams (eg FRCS Urol) or educational qualification
Training
Essential
- Relevant Urology Training (min of 6 years at registrar, senior clinical fellow grade or consultant level)
Desirable
- FRCS Urol
- NHS consultant level experience
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 12 years medical work, continuous or aggregated, since obtaining primary medical qualification
- Minimum of six years of experience in Urology at Specialist Registrar or Staff Grade or Specialty Doctor or Clinical Fellow level
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion independently in a range of Urology problems within the specialty
- Minimum of 6 months experience of working within the NHS
- Ability to lead when appropriate
- Ability to work independently
Desirable
- Experience in benign urology procedures (eg MIST), perineal prostate biopsy and functional urology including urodynamics
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).
