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Consultant General Urologist - Part Time 6 pas

Applications are invited for the post of a Consultant Urological Surgeon in at the Bristol Urology Institute (BUI) based at Southmead Hospital and Weston General Hospital.

Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register for Urology, have CCT in Urology or be within six months of obtaining it by the interview date. Full Registration with the GMC is essential. 

Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.  

To discuss the post further, candidates are strongly advised to contact Miss Kate Warren, Clinical Lead in Urology via switchboard.

Based at Southmead Hospital, & Weston General Hospital the BUI is a tertiary referral centre and is the largest Urology department in the South West and one of the largest in the country, offering care for all urological conditions.  The department is well supported by oncologists from the Bristol Haematology and Oncology centre and by a group of experienced and dedicated Cancer Nurse Specialists and Specialist Nurse Practitioners. 

The department has state of the art theatre facilities including 4 dedicated urology theatres, with 2 Da Vinci X Robots to support its oncological work as the Network Centre.  The robot is routinely used for laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, radical cystectomy plus reconstruction, laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and pyeloplasty. The robotic program is continuously expanding.

Main duties of the job

 The post-holder will be responsible for the clinical management of patients under their care, and, in liaison with consultant colleagues, continuity of care when the post-holder is absent.
- As part of the division’s target to expand theatre usage and improve theatre utilisation, the post-holder, with other consultants, will provide flexible theatre cover as part of their weekly programmed activities in addition to a rotational Saturday list aimed at providing extra capacity to meet cancer and RTT targets.
- The post-holder with contribute to the on call consultant and consultant of the week rota.
- The post-holder will be expected to deliver regular clinical sessions in neighbouring trusts as part of outreach specialist clinics.

Working for our organisation

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is a progressive and ambitious provider of health services, delivering for a large local population and with specialist regional services for urology, major trauma, neurosciences, vascular centre, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover 
of £550m and 9,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare. NBT is the largest trust in the Southwest region, and one of the largest trusts in the country, providing medical, surgical and maternity care for its local population of almost 900,000 people in the Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Somerset area. Last year NBT treated more than 100,000 inpatients, 300,000 outpatients 90,000 emergency department patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies across its hospital and community health services. NBT also provides nationally renowned regional services in the fields of urology, pathology, burns, renal medicine and transplant.  NBT’s acute services moved into a brand new, state of the art, hospital building in May 2014. This new 850 bed facility at the Southmead site offers patients single rooms with en-suite facilities, greatly improving privacy and dignity and reducing the spread of infections.
NBT is a University Teaching hospital and works in partnership with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England and is a major research institution.