Locum Consultant in Urology

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider is seeking a Consultant Urological Surgeon for a position based at Newham and Whipps Cross Hospitals. The role involves supervising surgical operations, running clinics, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team in a busy urology department. Applicants must hold full GMC registration and have broad knowledge of urological surgery. This role includes participation in research and innovation, making it ideal for candidates looking to make a significant impact in healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the General Medical Council and a license to practice.
• Ability to support team members in business planning.
• Experience in training undergraduates and postgraduates.

Responsibilities

• Supervising and running operating lists.
• Conducting clinics and diagnostics.
• Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Excellent presentational and verbal skills

Ability to motivate and develop medical trainees

Experience in Emergency Urology

Widespread broad based knowledge of Urological surgery

IT skills and computer literacy

Education

MB BS or equivalent

FRCS (Urol) or equivalent

CCST (or within 6 months)

Job description

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Urological Surgeon based on the Newham and Whipps cross sites for Barts Health. We are looking for a Consultant Urological Surgeon to help with the overall workload of the Urology department. This post is to support the diagnostic and core urology work in the department.

Key duties will be supervising and running operating lists, acute and specialist clinics, diagnostics, on call cover, ward rounds, and care for patients on wards in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, including ward and specialist nursing teams. The unit is very active in research, education and audit and the post holder will be expected to fully participate in all the above activities.

You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council with a license to practise.

Main duties of the job

We are advertising for a Consultant Urological Surgeon, to support the urology service provision on the Newham University Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital sites within Barts Health. This post is to support the Diagnostic and Core Urology work in the specialty.

Key duties will be supervising and running operating lists, acute and specialist clinics, diagnostics, on call cover, ward rounds, and care for patients on wards in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, including ward nurses and specialist nursing teams. The unit is very active in research, education and audit and the post holder will be expected to fully participate in all the above activities.

You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and be on the

Specialist Register, or within 6 months of obtaining CCST. Informal discussions are

encouraged, and you are invited to contact:

Professor Frank Chinegwundoh MBE, Consultant Urological Surgeon

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for main responsibilities and other details

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB BS, or equivalent FRCS (Urol) or equivalent
• CCST (or within 6 months of date of interview)

Knowledge

• Widespread broad based knowledge of all aspects of Urological surgery
• Widespread broad based knowledge of all aspects of Urological surgery

Training

• Higher Specialist Training in Urological surgery.
• Experience in training undergraduates and postgraduates
• Experience in Emergency Urology
• Experience in Endourology, lithotripsy & TRUS Biopsy
• Experience of Novel prostatic techniques
• Experience in transperineal prostate biopsy

Management/ Audit Experience

• Able to provide evidence of clinical audit and demonstrate understanding of impact and challenges this brings.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of current and future NHS challenges and strategy.
• Ability to support team members in business planning via collaboration and discussion.
• Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare
• Experience of audit management

Research

• Ability to demonstrate personal experience of clinical research and describe and discuss findings and impact.
• Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems
• Demonstrate number of first name publications in indexed journals, over a variety of subjects relevant to this post.
• PhD/ MD Thesis
• Ability to supervise post graduate research

Personal Skills

• Excellent presentational and verbal skills.
• Ability to motivate and develop medical trainees.
• Ability to manage time well to deliver objectives of the CAG
• Awareness of best practice through evidence based medicine, and personal drive to enact the change with the team
• IT skills and computer literacy

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.