Consultant Urologist

Job overview

The department of Urology is a tertiary referral centre, covering an extended population of 1.3million people and a local population of approximately 650,000.

The urology department is located at Castle Hill Hospital within a well-resourced, dedicated unit. Ward 15 has 34 beds, and a urology day services facility is located next door. Flexible cystoscopy and urodymamics are performed here, along with specialist nursing clinics. In addition, there is an on-site fixed lithotripter which is housed within this unit. Ward 12 next door (urology ambulatory) provides a dedicated facility for the assessment of emergencies and post-operative assessment as well as a TWOC clinic.

The department has a dedicated inpatient urology theatre and robotic surgery is performed within a purpose-built robotic facility at Castle Hill which houses two Da Vinci Xi platforms. This facility is shared with other specialities. Currently there are 14 inpatient urology lists and 10 robotic lists within the working week. There is a newly built day surgery centre on site at Castle Hill, where the urology services perform 8 lists per week.

In addition, the department is staffed by 6 middle grades (specialty registrars and clinical fellows), along with 9 specialist nurses, 1 advanced practitioner and 2 surgical care practitioners. There are also 6 ST1/2, F1/F2 doctors

Main duties of the job

A standard full time Job Plan will contain 10 programmed activities (PAs) comprising 8 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2 for supporting activities (SPAs). 1.5 SPAs are classed as ‘core’ and cover time for training, teaching, CPD, audit, appraisal, clinical governance and attendance at service meetings.

There are opportunities to participate in undergraduate teaching within the HYMS medical school curriculum. Additional SPA time can be allocated for research, clinical management and educational supervisor (ES) activity. It is envisaged that this post would include the educational supervision of at least one trainee per year who could be from any level of training from FY1 to speciality registrar.

It is expected that the appointee will have completed ES training or complete this within a short time of taking up the post. All new appointees will be encouraged to develop their management skills by taking on a management role which could include assisting more senior colleagues with the organisation of educational activities, audit, junior doctor management, recruitment etc. Personal preferences can be taken into account and training will be given for the chosen role. Additional PA time is negotiable for more senior management, research or educational roles within the department

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification