Consultant Urologist

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is seeking a consultant urologist with eligibility for GMC specialist registration. The post involves senior input in prostate cancer management, CPD support, and participation in a structured job plan with Direct Clinical Care and SPA activities.

Outreach clinics across Greater Manchester may be required. The role expects leadership in a multidisciplinary team, commitment to teaching, and ability to work across seven days as scheduled.

Qualifications

• Essential criteria include GMC registration with a license to practice, and eligibility for Specialist Registration (CCT or CESR).
• Experience in minimally invasive prostate treatments and management of prostate and core urology.
• Leadership, audit experience, and ability to mentor urology trainees.

Responsibilities

• Based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Withington, Manchester.
• Provide senior input to management of patients with prostate cancer and participate in outreach clinics across Greater Manchester.
• Engage in CPD with time and financial support provided by the Trust.
• Follow the Trust Job Planning policy with annual reviews and a mix of Direct Clinical Care and SPA.

Education

MRC(R/P/S/Psych) or equivalent qualification

FRCS (Urol) or Equivalent recognized qualification

PhD

GMC registration with a license to practice

Certificate to Specialist Registration (CCT) or CESR

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The medical establishment provides the following staff within the urology department:

• Ten Consultant urologists (2 on SLA contracts with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust from Northern Care Alliance and Manchester NHS Foundation Trust)
• Seven Uro-Oncology specialist nurses and one ANP
• Five Middle grades (2 Specialist trainees, 3 Clinical/Research Fellows plus visiting International Fellows)
• Five Secretaries

The appointee will be based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Withington, Manchester, although he/she may be required to provide an outreach clinic at other partner sites within the Greater Manchester area. consultant will also provide senior input to the management of patients with prostate cancer.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

The Trust supports the requirements for CPD as laid down by the GMC and royal colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

Job Planning

The job plan outlines the requirements of the post and may be altered by joint agreement with the Divisional Clinical Director and Service Manager and in response to service needs. Job Plans are prospectively agreed subject to an annual individual job plan review (May - September).

It is expected that the initial Job Plan discussion will take place within the first six months of employment at the Trust and then be aligned to the Trusts annual Job Planning review cycle.

The annual review will examine all aspects of the job plan (including any educational and supervision components) and will also include an assessment of professional development with defined goals for the future. For more information refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this Job Description and also the Trust's Job Planning Policy.

The consultant job plan will include a combination of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) delivered across the 7-day week.

Weekend working will consist of programmed clinical activities that are job-planned, scheduled in advance, and reviewed annually through the job planning process.

The pattern and timing of weekday and weekend programmed activities will be agreed on appointment and subsequently reviewed through the annual job planning cycle, taking account of service needs and consultant preferences.

Essential Training/Mandatory Training To ensure you maintain safe practice and understand Trust requirements, you must ensure your essential/mandatory training modules are maintained at all times using allocated core SPA time to complete them.

Job Plan Timetable The timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post.

It is the requirement of the Trust that all new consultant colleagues must have 0.25 SPAs within their job plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements. This can either be as appraiser or a supervisor for medical staff or Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP).

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
Theatre
SPA
OPC
PM
Theatre
GM Prostate MDT/Admin
2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
Theatre
SPA/OPC
OPC
PM
Theatre
GM Prostate MDT/Admin

NB This timetable is indicative

Job Plan PA Summary

Total PAs

5

Direct Clinical Care (DCC)

3.5

(insert activity break down from L2P, use additional lines if needed)

Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) (including 1.5 core SPA)

1.5

Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated)

0.25

(insert activity break down from L2P, use additional lines if needed)

Total Programmed Activities (PAs)

5

On call Commitments

This role does require participation in the on-call rota, currently on a 1:7 non-resident basis though this is dependent on unit needs

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRC(R/P/S/Psych) or equivalent qualification
• FRCS (Urol) or Equivalent recognized qualification
• PhD
• GMC registration with a license to practice
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) specialist register via one of the following: a. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) b. Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

Training

Essential criteria

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in General Surgery and inclusion on the GMC's specialist register

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in minimally invasive prostate treatments
• Experience in management of prostate and core urology
• Ability to take on full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Management / Audit

Essential criteria

• Evidence of completed audit practice
• Ability to audit and critically appraise clinical care delivery by a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities, waiting lists and operating lists
• Evidence of leadership ability and managing teams

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience in mentoring and training urology trainees,
• Attendance of educational course(s)

Research / Publications

Essential criteria

• Publications (peer-reviewed) and presentations
• Evidence of successful competitive research funding
• Awards
• Demonstrable potential to develop and maintain a research program

Professional skills

Essential criteria

• Is a team player prepared to adapt to changing circumstances
• Dynamic, decision-making motivator
• Confident in own ability, but knows own limitations
• Hard working, enthusiastic achiever

The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.

Application Information

If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.

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