Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology

Transformationunitgm; London; On-site; GBP 93,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a full-time Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team, focusing on clinical and academic excellence while providing specialized care for children. This role involves outpatient clinics, theatre lists, and on-call duties, along with opportunities for teaching and research.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive clinical experience in paediatric urology.
• Experience in performing Urodynamics.
• Evidence of original research.

Responsibilities

• Carry out independent clinical duties such as outpatient clinics.
• Perform urodynamics and manage bladder pathology.
• Supervise various grades of trainees.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical Governance

Education

Full UK GMC registration

Entry on GMC Specialist Register

Job description

Main area Paediatric Urology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract 12 months (12 month fixed term Maternity cover) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 196-LCON1115

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Evelina London Children;s Hospital Town London Salary £93,666 - £126,281 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/06/2025 08:00

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

You are invited to apply for a Consultant post in Paediatric Urology. The directorate is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for individuals with appropriate skills to complement this team and help build the Paediatric Urology Service to remain at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a full-time (10 PA) Consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking Directorate, which has undergone significant growth in the last decade. The directorate is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for individuals with appropriate skills to complement this team and help build the Paediatric Urology Service to remain at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.

Working for our organisation

The Urology department will include 5 consultants including this post. There are specialist subservices and joint clinics for foetal medicine, urology-endocrine, stones, anorectal malformation and post-transition to adult urology. Middle grades include and ESPU fellow, paediatric surgical and adult urology trainees.

The Nephro-Urology department includes three specialities. As well as Urology there is a highly specialized bladder disorder service, with 3 consultants specialized in care of children with bladder function abnormalities. There is large Nephrology department with whom the urology department has a close working relationship. Nephrology and Urology patients are cared for on the same ward, facilitating shared care of those patients. There are weekly joint imaging meetings, and regular joint posterior urethral valve and stone clinics.

There are close links with the transplant surgical team based at Guy’s Hospital, who perform the paediatric transplants at ELCH. In addition there are good working relationships with the adult urology department.

We have excellent histopathology, radiology, and interventional radiology services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder would be expected to carry out independent clinical duties such as outpatient clinics and theatre lists, as well as daytime and out of hours on call. They would perform urodynamics. They would perform clinical activities within network hospitals. They would need to work well within the team, and have experience of clinical supervision for various grades of trainees

For further details please read the job description attached.

Person specification

Clinical Experience

• Comprehensive clinical experience in paediatric urology
• Adequate training in Child Safeguarding
• Experience in the management of all aspects of bladder pathology

Clinical Skills

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other professionals
• Experience in performing Urodynamics

Audit Management & IT

• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical governance including audit and clinical risk management
• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical input to hospital management
• Ability to use IT applications for routine clinical and administrative work
• Experience in clinical guideline and clinical pathway development

Research, Teaching Skill & Experience

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training and supervision
• Evidence of original research
• Teaching qualification or experience in organising and running teaching programs

Leadership & Management Skills

• Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others. Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure. Ability to work as part of a team
• Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.
• Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services

Personal Qualifications

• Full UK GMC registration
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining CCT/CESR at the time of interview.

Personal Qaulities

• Excellent inter-personal and communications skills
• Flexibility and willingness to cover colleagues where appropriate
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
• Leading by example in completing Trust mandatory training requirements

Professional Qualifications

• Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining CCT/CESR at the time of interview

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.