Midwifery

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Urology Consultant to join their expanding team. This role offers the opportunity to work with advanced robotic surgical technologies and contribute to a rapidly growing department. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and clinical skills, and be passionate about providing outstanding patient care. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization values differences and fosters a supportive environment for all staff. Join a team that prioritizes collaboration and professional growth while making a significant impact in the field of urology.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working options

NHS benefits including generous leave

Pension and discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and specialist training in Urology required.
• Extensive experience in Urological Surgery and leadership skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide general urology care and specialized pelvic oncology surgery.
• Lead and mentor junior doctors and participate in clinical audits.

Skills

Urological Surgery

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Audit

Teaching Skills

Education

Full GMC Registration

Entry on GMC Specialist Register in Urology

FRCS(Urol) or FEBU

Job description

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Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is proud to offer an exciting opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful parts of the country in a rapidly expanding department. We currently employ 7 consultants, with advanced plans to expand to 9 consultants. The advertised job is a replacement post with a primary interest in robotic-assisted pelvic oncology surgery. The urology department is allocated 2.5 robotic sessions per week, and it is anticipated that the applicant would average between 1-2 sessions per week. Triple session theatre lists are also being considered.

Planned AAC Interview date is TBC - We hope it will be in mid-August 2024.

Please keep checking here for updates on the AAC interview date.

Thank you.

Main duties of the job

The Urology unit at Buckinghamshire provides general and specialist urology care for over half a million population. The area is rapidly expanding due to an active housebuilding programme in the Aylesbury area. The post involves general urology with a subspecialist interest in Pelvic Oncology, depending on experience. There are opportunities to develop links with Oxford University Hospitals for adolescent urology services and regional robotic surgery. Experience in DGH-level paediatric urology is welcome, depending on the candidate’s background.

The Trust offers treatments for BPH, including bipolar TURP, Urolift, HoLEP, PAE, and green light laser prostatectomy. We have a Da Vinci Xi surgical robot and provide robotic cancer services, upper tract surgery, prostatectomy, and specialist stone surgery including mini-PCNL. We also perform local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsies, conducted by doctors and advanced nurse practitioners.

The National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital supports urological care for spinal injury patients.

Working for our organisation

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• Learning and development opportunities for career progression.
• Flexible working options, NHS benefits including generous leave, pension, and discount schemes.
• Health and wellbeing services to support staff.

Why work for us?

• Promotion of inclusion and diversity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds.
• A workplace valuing differences, dignity, and respect.
• Diversity improves outcomes for the communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Providing outstanding care, supporting healthy communities, and being a great place to work.
• Our mission: to deliver personal and compassionate care.
• Our CARE values: collaborate, aspire, respect, enable.

Person specification

Education /Qualifications and training

• Full GMC registration.
• Entry on the GMC specialist register in Urology via CCT/CESR/European rights.
• Training in Urological Surgery, FRCS(Urol), FEBU, or CCST in Urological Surgery.
• OR within six months of achieving CCST at interview.

Experience

• General training or equivalent in Urological Surgery.
• Ability to make sound decisions at consultant level.
• Extensive urology experience.
• Experience in reconstructive urological surgery, including fellowship training.

Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge

• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and professional skills.
• Proven surgical and clinical skills in Urology.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both spoken and written.
• Experience teaching doctors-in-training and undergraduates.
• Experience with clinical audit.
• Knowledge of NHS organization and management training.

Other Requirements

• Full GMC Registration with license to practice.
• Ability to travel between sites.

Trust 'CARE' Values

• Collaborate: Communicate openly, promote teamwork.
• Aspire: Prioritize patients, drive improvements, grow professionally.
• Respect: Show compassion and kindness, value everyone.
• Enable: Listen and empower others.

PPE requirements: All staff must wear appropriate PPE per infection control policies.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations: Encouraged to protect yourself and others. A Covid-19 risk assessment will be required if successful.

Application deadline: Closes at midnight on the specified date. Early closure possible if applications are numerous or circumstances change.

Application process: Successful candidates' information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: Monitoring and safeguarding info are not visible to the shortlisting panel but may be to the interview panel.

Travel expenses: Not reimbursed for interviews.

NO SMOKING: All sites prohibit smoking.

Employer certification / accreditation badges: [Details not provided]