Consultant in Urological Surgery

Job overview

The Urology service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has an exciting opportunity to appoint a motivated Urology Consultant Surgeon with an interest in female and functional urology. The successful candidate will join a forward thinking and progressive team of 14 Urology professionals across both sites, supported by high quality colleagues in the wider MDT team, to provide an excellent service within our Urology Department based at Royal Derby Hospital.

The Urology service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton serves the population of Staffordshire, Burton Town, the city of Derby and surrounding areas, this represents a population of well over 1 million people.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for delivering a full range of outpatient and inpatient services at base sites and outreach clinics. The successful candidate will also provide emergency urology surgery as part of the relevant base site Consultant on-call rota.

The UHDB Urology Service across Royal Derby Hospitals and Queens Hospital Burton has dedicated urology outpatient facilities. A brand-new day unit for diagnostic working including prostate biopsies and urodynamic studies at QHB and a nine-theatre suite, with dedicated urology theatres equipped with HD Audio-visual facilities (STORZ OR1) at RDH.

We expect flexibility to be able to work across all sites of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton Foundation Trust should the need arise.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The final job plan will be agreed between the successful Candidate and the Assistant Clinical Director but will include dedicated outpatient clinics for benign and cancer patients at base site and outreach sites, inpatient theatre sessions and day case sessions.

In addition, the job plan will include dedicated time for administration, supporting professional activities, ward rounds and for emergency work.