Job summary
We are looking to appoint 2 high quality individuals to join a rapidly expanding, busy and innovative team of Consultants. As a department we have clear goals to increase our profile in Clinical and Academic Urology. The appointment of these Consultant posts 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 the co-ordination of the haematuria and bladder cancer service, one of these posts being a replacement post, where the introduction of TULA and Synergo had been a focus and the other a new post. These posts can be tailored depending on the interests and expertise of an excellent candidate.
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 Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospital.
With an increased demand for meeting targets with respect to Urological cancers and non-cancer work, the appointees' role will be to mainly provide support to diagnostic and therapeutic acute and elective core urology. The successful applicants will be expected to and indeed encouraged to develop his/her sub-specialist interest with opportunities, the trust has an excellent reputation in promoting the development of new and innovative services.
Start Date: For the new post, it is anticipated that the successful applicant will take up the post as soon as possible. For the replacement post, the proposed start date would be October 2023
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 Berkshire Hospital (RBH), with a weekly joint Specialist MDT for prostatic, bladder, testicular and penile cancers. There is a Specialist Renal Cancer MDT hosted by Frimley Park Hospital and a biweekly remotely accessed cross site stone MDT.
We are proud of our state of the art rapid Haematuria service (with CT scan and Flexible cystoscopy on the same day), our new 1 stop prostate cancer diagnostic pathway with same day MRI/biopsy and our specialist clinics including those related to Andrology and Infertility, Stones, female Urology, prolapse surgery, male LUTS and paediatric Urology. In line with the GIRFT drive in maximising day case surgery particularly for high frequency, low complexity procedures the department is keen to support innovation in this area and has recently started procedures in the minor ops unit at Wexham
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 trust has a locally agreed Job planning Document which is available on request; consultants are expected to have an annual job planning review. Due to the imminent implementation of a Consultant of the week model, theatre timetables including a 3 session day, and the opening of the new UAU at Heatherwood, the proposed job plan will be developed and planned in line with the successful applicants requirements and new availability after appointment.
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 patients from 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 secretarial 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 trust has a locally agreed Job planning Document which is available on request; consultants are expected to have an annual job planning review. Due to the imminent implementation of a Consultant of the week model, theatre timetables including a 3 session day, and the opening of the new UAU at Heatherwood, the proposed job plan will be developed and planned in line with the successful applicants requirements and new availability after appointment.
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 patients from 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 secretarial 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
- Ability to demonstrate team working
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
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
- Ability to demonstrate team working
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
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).
