Consultant in Urology with Special Interest in Renal Stones

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust is seeking a full-time consultant specializing in urology with a focus on renal stones. The position involves patient care, leading a team, and developing clinical guidelines across Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals. Applicants must have relevant specialist qualifications and the ability to work collaboratively. The Trust offers comprehensive training and flexible working options.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in Urology.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and colleagues.
• Educational/clinical supervisor qualified.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-led services with high care standards.
• Develop and maintain care pathways and clinical guidelines.
• Participate in consultant on-call rota.

Skills

Teamwork

Effective communication

Teaching

Education

FRCS (Urol) or equivalent

Entry on specialist register

Broad-based training in general urology

Job description

Job summary: An opportunity has arisen to join our team at ESNEFT, across both Colchester and Ipswich Hospital for a full time, consultant with a special interest in renal stones.

This is a busy and expanding Urology Department providing a comprehensive range of elective and emergency urological services across both Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals, which together form part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

We deliver the full spectrum of general and specialist urology, including stone disease, andrology, female and functional urology, prostate cancer diagnostics and treatment, bladder cancer, and upper tract oncology. Sub-specialisation is actively encouraged within the department.

Main duties of the job

All consultants in the department have a continuing and individual responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and a general responsibility to provide, in conjunction with their colleagues, an effective service to meet the needs of local people within the resources available.

The postholder will:

• Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standards of care
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
• Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&E
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care
• Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities:

• General responsibilities including participation in the consultant on-call rota
• Outpatient clinics
• Operating as per specialty
• Teaching
• Other care of inpatients or outpatients
• Clinical and other administration as required by agreement
• Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates
• Participation in clinical governance

Person Specification

Essential:

• Entry on specialist register (or entry expected within six months)
• FRCS (Urol) or equivalent
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Urology
• Broad-based training in general urology, including emergency urology and core sub-specialty areas (e.g., stone disease, oncology, andrology, female and functional urology)
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Educational/ clinical supervisor (the necessary training will be provided for applicants that have not undertaken these roles previously)

Desirable:

• Additional higher degree (MD/PhD)
• Recognised fellowship training in a urological sub-specialty
• Evidence of experience in robotic or minimally invasive urology
• Management training and experience
• Residence within a reasonable commuting distance of Ipswich or Colchester Hospitals

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.