# Consultant Urological Surgeon 10PAs

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Freeman Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Urology
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on call)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-16T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-10T12:21:17.194Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Newcastle_upon_Tyne/The_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Urology/Urology-v8205258
- **Employer website:** https://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

This Consultant Urological Surgeon post is based at the Freeman Hospital and may have commitments in one of our peripheral hospitals.

We would welcome applications from individuals whatever their subspecialist interest.

A significant component of the post will involve delivery of flexible operating session cover. Therefore, the timetable below is for illustrative purposes only.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

### Main duties of the job

The role will support the delivery of specialist uro-oncology.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:

Mr David Rix, Clinical Director (Urology) via email at David.rix@nhs.net

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical:

- Participate in the delivery of the high quality urology care.

General Urology

- Other subspeciality interest.

General on call

- Tba

Administrative:

- Routine administrative duties of an NHS consultant.

Research:

- Participation in commercial and NIHR trials as an investigator or PI or chief investigator- depending on experience.

Teaching:

- Undergraduate/ post graduate including clinical supervision.

Flexibility:

In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Audit

**Essential**

- Evidence of participation in audit.

**Desirable**

- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

### Research

**Essential**

- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
- Publications in the last five years.

**Desirable**

- Higher degree.

### Teaching

**Essential**

- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

**Desirable**

- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

### Clinical Experience

**Essential**

- Previous paid NHS experience
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

**Desirable**

- Fellowship training

### Management and Administration Experience

**Essential**

- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.

**Desirable**

- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

### Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

**Essential**

- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- FRCS (Urol) or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Higher Degree
- Special skills training in the specialty.

## Documents

- [newcastle staff benefits (pdf, 274.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2721)
- [behaviour and civility charter (pdf, 93.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2922)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 675.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10526486)

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