Consultant - Urological Surgeon

Job overview

We are looking to appoint two outstanding Consultant Urological Surgeons to join our dynamic, expanding, and forward-thinking Urology team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a department that is ambitious, collaborative, and firmly focused on clinical excellence and innovation.

As we continue to grow, these new posts are pivotal in delivering our strategic vision to enhance both our clinical and academic profile. You will join a well-established and highly motivated consultant workforce within a high-volume, fast-paced District General Hospital environment, where team spirit and patient-centred care are at the heart of everything we do.

Whether you're looking to consolidate your expertise or develop a subspecialty interest, we offer the support, resources, and flexibility to shape your role around your professional ambitions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will participate in the urology on-call rota, currently operating at a 1:8 frequency, with prospective cover for both planned and unplanned absences

During their on-call week, the appointed Consultant will be freed from elective commitments, enabling dedicated focus on emergency urological care. This is supported by a fully staffed 24-hour middle-grade rota, alongside consistent SHO-level support seven days a week, ensuring safe and efficient delivery of acute services.

The role also includes participation in outpatient clinics across multiple sites, including Wexham Park Hospital, King Edward VII Hospital (Windsor), Heatherwood Hospital (Ascot), and St Mark’s Hospital (Maidenhead). The post holder’s job plan will reflect activity across these locations, contributing to a diverse and comprehensive outpatient service.

Education is a cornerstone of our departmental culture. We are proud of our strong track record in teaching and supervising undergraduate medical students, foundation trainees (FY1 & FY2), core surgical trainees (CST), specialty registrars (SpRs), and locally employed doctors.

The successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in both undergraduate and postgraduate education, and to work toward obtaining the necessary qualifications to serve as a clinical and educational supervisor.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are seeking to appoint two high-calibre individuals to join our dynamic, expanding, and forward-thinking team of Urology consultants. Our department has a clear vision to enhance its clinical and academic profile, and these new Consultant posts are key to supporting our strategic growth.

They will complement the existing consultant workforce in what is a high-volume, fast-paced District General Hospital setting.

In addition to core urology, there is ample opportunity for subspecialty development. Current service priorities include:

Enhancing and expanding our stone and BPH services, with procedures such as ureteroscopy, PCNL, HoLEP, and MIST

Leading and co-ordinating the haematuria and bladder cancer pathways, including supervision of TULA and Synergo therapies

Developing andrology and paediatric urology services to further diversify our service offering

These posts can be shaped around the strengths and interests of outstanding candidates.

Applicants must be listed on the General Medical Council (GMC) Register and either already on the Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview.

The roles offered are for Consultant Urological Surgeons, each with 10 programmed activities (PAs). While the posts will be Trust-wide, the primary base of activity will be Wexham Park Hospital and Heatherwood Hospital.

Given the rising demand in both cancer and non-cancer urology, the appointees will focus primarily on delivering high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic care in acute and elective settings. Subspecialty development is not only supported but strongly encouraged, and the Trust is highly regarded for its commitment to innovation and service development.

Start date: The successful applicants are expected to take up post as soon as possible.

Emergency Service:

The post holder will participate in the urology on-call rota, currently operating at a 1:8 frequency, with prospective cover for both planned and unplanned absences.

This structure enhances continuity of care, ensures high standards of supervision for junior colleagues, and maximises the quality of emergency service provision.

During the on-call week, the post holder will be free from elective commitments to allow full focus on emergency care. The service is supported by a fully staffed 24-hour middle-grade rota, complemented by urology-specific SHO-level support seven days a week.

Outpatients:

Outpatient clinics are delivered across multiple sites, including Wexham Park, King Edward VII Hospital, Heatherwood Hospital, and St Mark’s Hospital. The post holder may be required to work at any of these locations as part of their job plan.

Teaching and Training:

The department takes pride in its commitment to education and actively supports the teaching and supervision of undergraduate medical students, deanery trainees (FY1, FY2, CST, and SPR levels), and locally employed doctors.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to both undergraduate and postgraduate education, and will be required to obtain appropriate teaching qualifications to fulfil clinical and educational supervision responsibilities.

For further details, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person specification

NHS

• NHS

Post CTT

• Post CTT

Exp

Essential criteria

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.