Consultant Urologist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
At King’s Mill Hospital, there are a wide range of outpatient and diagnostic facilities and both day case and inpatient surgical capacity.
We are looking for a full-time consultant specialising in general urology with an interest in BPH. The possibility of other specialist interests will also be considered. There is a mature BPH service at both King’s Mill Hospital and Nottingham City Hospital and it is intended to provide mentoring to the appointee by the experienced established consultants at both sites.We have plans to expand the BPH service and welcome applicants who have an interest developing contemporary BPH surgical techniques.
- Give advice to GP’s
- Contribution to service improvements
- Closely cooperate with other all specialities
- Support trainees / clinical development fellows
- Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
- Vetting referrals to ensure the most appropriate appointment / test is performed.
- To participate actively in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
- To have responsibility for ensuring active participation
- The job plan will include at least 2 operative sessions per week, key urological diagnostic procedures (such as urodynamics, cystoscopy, prostate biopsy) and outpatient clinics.
- The successful applicant should be fully competent in core urology.
- Core urology is the essence and sub speciality interest that which complements the existing post holders will be encouraged.
- The post holder may also be asked to do sessions at Newark hospital.
- There will be a 1 in 14 on call commitment at Nottingham city Hospital.
- The successful candidate will be expected to be aware of local policies and procedures
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Dec 2024