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Urology Med Staff - 200227
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
10 sessions per week
Job ref
262-A-24-6196917
Employer
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cumberland Infirmary
Town
Carlisle
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/05/2024 23:59

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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant in Urology

Consultant

Job overview

Applications are invited for a substantive Consultant Urology Surgeon to be based at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundations Trust (NCIC) and deliver urological services across North, East and West Cumbria. This posts offers excellent opportunities to join a service which has recently had significant investment and plans for a Urology Investigations Unit to open in January 2025. The Directorate would welcome applications from existing and newly trained Consultants. This is an opportunity to join an organisation in which Clinicians are at the forefront of urology surgical management with opportunities to practice and expand skills through close working relationships with the senior management teams. Candidates wishing to work part time and/or flexibly are welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The unit runs a 24/7 urology emergency rota which the successful candidate will contribute to as the surgeon-of-the-week on a 1 in 5 week basis at the Cumberland Infirmary site. Elective activities are cancelled during the emergency week and the emergency service is supported via a registrar and ACP in hours.

The successful candidates will be expected to be trained and competent in the elective and emergency management of urological complications. Urology consultants work closely with other services within NCIC such as the community bladder teams and Surgical Same Day Emergency Care department to provide prompt urology interventions.

As a senior employee of the Trust, the post holders will be expected to co-operate with and support medical, clinical and managerial colleagues in delivering high quality care for patients within the Trust.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role. 

  • Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
  • If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Valid Full Registration with the General Medical Council
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent
  • Relevant CCT, CESR or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by date of AAC)
  • On the Specialist Register for the above or within 6 months of being admitted to the Register by the AAC date
Desirable criteria
  • Other relevant medical and non-medical training/degree
  • MD or PhD degree
  • Other relevant postgraduate qualification

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to offer expert opinion on clinical specialist problems in Urology Surgery
  • Demonstrate sound wide-based knowledge and offer opinion on Urology surgical conditions
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for urology surgical patients.
Desirable criteria
  • Proven track record in undertaking research projects.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • High level of clinical experience and competence in the management of the breadth of common urological surgical conditions
  • Demonstrate adequate surgical experience of index urology surgical procedures and operations.
  • Experience of training and supervising junior medical staff and students.
Desirable criteria
  • Logbook demonstrating independent urology experience and practice.

Leadership & Management

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in clinical audit
  • Ability to lead a surgical team
  • Commitment to continuing medical education, appraisal and clinical governance.
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstration of implemented change in clinical practice

Research and Teaching Experience

Essential criteria
  • Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience
  • Ability to critically appraise research and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects
Desirable criteria
  • Formal teaching experience at undergraduate or postgraduate level
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals

Personality and Disposition

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Excellent communication skills and team working with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff
  • Enquiring and critical approach to work
  • Ability to organise workload efficiently
  • Demonstrates empathy to patients
  • Cope well in stressful work situations
  • Work with enthusiasm and shows initiative
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels.
  • A special interest to complement that of the existing post-holders

Personal Circumstances

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post with a flexible approach to working

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emily Dickson
Job title
General Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07766363120
Additional information

Mr Ron Eifell

Collaborative Chair, Surgical Care

[email protected]

07929823277

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