Trainee Surgical Care Practitioner - Urology
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a trainee Surgical Care Practitioner to join a friendly and dynamic team within the Urology department.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual with significant acute care/surgical experience to commence training as a surgical care practitioner
You will be practising under the supervision of a Consultant Urologist as a trainee Surgical Care Practitioner within their designated directorate in order to provide patient-centred quality care.
The urology department at Castle Hill Hospital is a busy tertiary centre and is staffed by 7 consultants, 6 specialist registrars , core and Foundation doctors and 8 specialist nurses. It provides a comprehensive urology service to the local population of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire and provides specialist cancer surgery to a much wider geographical area including North Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire.
Ward 15 at Castle Hill is a dedicated urology ward with an adjacent day procedures unit where outpatient cystoscopies, urodynamics, bladder instillations and lithotripsy take place. There is also a smaller urological acute assessment unit on ward 12 where emergency cases are assessed and managed by a dedicated team.
Inpatient and day case surgery take place on the Castle Hill site and robotic surgery is delivered in a dedicated robotic theatre suite with 2 Da Vinci Xi platforms.
Main duties of the job
Supported by the Trust, you will develop your knowledge and skills in the management of a wide array of both urological and medical presentations and develop a high level of autonomy. You will also be required and supported to complete an MSc in Surgical Care Practice at Edge Hill University. .
Applications are invited from interested individuals with qualifications that meet the entry criteria for the MSc Programme and who have significant experience in the acute hospital setting.
Upon successful completion of the training programme as a Qualified SCP you will progress to AFC Band 8a.
If you are looking for a challenging yet rewarding position we would welcome your application. We are therefore looking for individuals who have significant post-qualifying experience and have the drive, ambition and positivity to make this role succeed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.