Locum Consultant in Urology

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

As part of recovery of waiting lists following COVID, the Department of Paediatric Surgery & Urology at Birmingham Childrens Hospital is looking to recruit a Locum Consultant Paediatric Urologist to aid in this effort.

This post is a fixed term post, with funding available until 31st March 2024.

This is a 10PA post, focused on recovery of elective clinical activity and maximising the current resources within Birmingham Childrens Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to deliver 8 PAs of clinical activity (Theatre sessions / outpatient clinics) per week including elective weekend working. The successful applicant will be allocated theatres sessions that are being relet. Therefore, there will need to be flexibility around the exact activity each week.

Where theatre sessions are not available the successful applicant will undertake outpatient activity instead.

There will also be an SPA session and a PA for administration / ward rounds within the job plan. Within these sessions the Post Holder will be expected to attend the departmental Grand Round on a Friday morning.

This post does not have an on-call commitment.

The Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology comprises of 5 consultant Paediatric Urologists (Mr H Chandran, Mr L McCarthy, Mr A Robb, Miss R Wragg and Miss E Van der Merwe (Locum)) and 7 consultant Paediatric Surgeons (Mr S Arul, Mr O Gee (Clinical Lead), Mr I Jester, Mr A Lander, Mr M Pachl, Mr M Singh, Mr G Soccorso and Mr D Parikh (locum)).

If you would like to discuss this post further, you are invited to contact Mr O Gee (Clinical Lead) - 0121 333 8947.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.

Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Date posted

01 June 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£88,364 to £119,133 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9284-BC59-23

Job locations

Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

West Midlands

B4 6NH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

FRCS(Paed) or equivalent

Desirable

Paediatric Urology Fellowship

Experience

Essential

Ability to manage full range of Paediatric Urology cases
Ability to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Able to operate independently
Logbook to be available.
Portfolio to be available.

Desirable

Consultant experience within the UK
Current APLS or equivalent

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

FRCS(Paed) or equivalent

Desirable

Paediatric Urology Fellowship

Experience

Essential

Ability to manage full range of Paediatric Urology cases
Ability to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Able to operate independently
Logbook to be available.
Portfolio to be available.

Desirable

Consultant experience within the UK
Current APLS or equivalent

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).