Consultant Urologist

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare organization is seeking a full-time medical professional primarily based at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The role involves conducting urology one-stop clinics, follow-up clinics, diagnostics, and theatre activities, as well as an on-call commitment of 1:12. Candidates should be committed to high-quality patient-centered care and participate actively in team meetings and educational activities. Opportunities for flexible working are available.

Qualifications

• Committed to delivering high quality patient centered care.
• Experience in teaching and training within a multidisciplinary service.
• Ability to actively participate in continuing medical education.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high quality patient centered care.
• Participate in day to day management of the service.
• Involve in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Job description

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service.

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Values

Our values are:

• Include: We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
• Respect: We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
• Improve: We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

This is a new post. The appointee will be primarily based at the East and North Herts NHS Trust. We also run outpatient clinics at the New QE2 Hospital in Welwyn Garden City and Hertford County Hospital in Hertford. The post comprises 10 PAs. The role includes one-stop urology clinics, follow-up clinics, diagnostics and theatre activities as well as provision of on call 1:12. We have a weekly Uro-Radiology meeting, Oncology MDT, Departmental M&M meeting and Monthly Trust wide Audit and Governance meeting.

We have a full time post comprising of 10 programmed activities (PAs) and an on-call commitment of 1:12 providing emergency care for adults and children above the age of 2. The role includes Urology one-stop clinics, follow up clinics, diagnostics and theatre activities as well as hot clinics and Men's Health. On call commitments involve evening and night single site cover with 24 hour junior on site support and a week of day time acute on call.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance of high quality patient centred care
• Shared responsibility for the day to day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Active participation in continuing medical education
• Compliance with Trust Mandatory training

Application Process

When you apply… Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts. This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered. Vacancies may close earlier than the advertised closing date where a high volume of applications are received. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out on the opportunity to join the Trust or develop your career with us. While we recognise that AI can support in drafting an application, you are encouraged to clearly demonstrate your personal skills, experience and behaviours that align with the role, and this is usually best done in your own words. We reserve the right to review all applications for the use of AI tools and where this is inconsistent with our values and standards of behaviour your application may be rejected. All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e‑mail address you have provided on your application form. Some servers automatically send e‑mails to your junk mail so please check as well as your inbox.

Secondments / Fixed Term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re‑apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate. If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under‑represented in various parts of our workforce. We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019. We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [email protected]

We support our armed forces

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Carer‑Friendly Environment

We are committed to being a carer‑friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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Our Hospital Network

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.