Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Urology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month fixed term Maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 196-LCON1115
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Evelina London Children;s Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
You are invited to apply for a Consultant post in Paediatric Urology. The directorate is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for individuals with appropriate skills to complement this team and help build the Paediatric Urology Service to remain at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a full-time (10 PA) Consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking Directorate, which has undergone significant growth in the last decade. The directorate is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for individuals with appropriate skills to complement this team and help build the Paediatric Urology Service to remain at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
Working for our organisation
The Urology department will include 5 consultants including this post. There are specialist subservices and joint clinics for foetal medicine, urology-endocrine, stones, anorectal malformation and post-transition to adult urology. Middle grades include and ESPU fellow, paediatric surgical and adult urology trainees.
The Nephro-Urology department includes three specialities. As well as Urology there is a highly specialized bladder disorder service, with 3 consultants specialized in care of children with bladder function abnormalities. There is large Nephrology department with whom the urology department has a close working relationship. Nephrology and Urology patients are cared for on the same ward, facilitating shared care of those patients. There are weekly joint imaging meetings, and regular joint posterior urethral valve and stone clinics.
There are close links with the transplant surgical team based at Guy’s Hospital, who perform the paediatric transplants at ELCH. In addition there are good working relationships with the adult urology department.
We have excellent histopathology, radiology, and interventional radiology services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder would be expected to carry out independent clinical duties such as outpatient clinics and theatre lists, as well as daytime and out of hours on call. They would perform urodynamics. They would perform clinical activities within network hospitals. They would need to work well within the team, and have experience of clinical supervision for various grades of trainees
For further details please read the job description attached.
Person specification
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive clinical experience in paediatric urology
- Adequate training in Child Safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Experience in the management of all aspects of bladder pathology
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other professionals
Desirable criteria
- Experience in performing Urodynamics
Audit Management & IT
Essential criteria
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical governance including audit and clinical risk management
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical input to hospital management
- Ability to use IT applications for routine clinical and administrative work
Desirable criteria
- Experience in clinical guideline and clinical pathway development
Research, Teaching Skill & Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training and supervision
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of original research
- Teaching qualification or experience in organising and running teaching programs
Leadership & Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others. Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure. Ability to work as part of a team
- Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
Desirable criteria
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Personal Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full UK GMC registration
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining CCT/CESR at the time of interview.
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD
Personal Qaulities
Essential criteria
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills
- Flexibility and willingness to cover colleagues where appropriate
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- Leading by example in completing Trust mandatory training requirements
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining CCT/CESR at the time of interview
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anu Paul
- Job title
- Consultant in Paediatric Urology
- Email address
- [email protected]
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