Job overview

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust are looking to appoint a Trust Register (ST3-5) to support our busy  Urology department. 

The successful candidate will join the existing establishment in delivering a broad range of urological services at PAHT, whilst at the same time supporting practitioners in primary care.   The appointee will be expected to support with specific activity in the forms of TRUS Biopsy, Flexible and Rigid Cystoscopy and supporting inpatient theatre lists. Plus provide cover for ward based inpatients and partake in the on call rota.           

Main duties of the job

To assist in maintaining and developing the service locally; prepared to work as part of a team.

The Urology service provides inpatient ward care and the post holder will be expected to undertake weekly ward rounds on a rotational basis within the team.

There are also additional duties within the service and as such, the post holder will be expected to cover clinics, assist in theatre, to take part in audit activities and to be involved in teaching and training the Urology resident doctors.

The post will serve to provide advice and treatment to a variety of patients presenting with urological problems. The Urology service also provides an out of hours on call service; the post holder will participate in this on call urology rota.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.