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Job summary

Main area
Urology
Grade
YM72
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
220-031-AAC-SC
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

Whittington Health NHS Trust logo

Consultant Urologist

YM72

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We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

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Job overview

Whittington Health NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a 10 session Urology Consultant with a commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, and excellence in education/training. 

The post-holder will take part in elective in-patient and day-case surgery, outpatient clinics, and educational and administrative activities including weekly MDT team meetings and regular governance and Audit meetings.

Candidates must be on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of interview or be within 6 months of the expected date of CCT.

Interview date: 16 January 2025.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Work commitments: 

  • In conjunction with Consultant colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met and regularly attend the Trust Committees supporting the clinical governance structure.
  • To take on appropriate management responsibilities, and lead in developments appropriate to interests and experience of the new appointee.
  • To take an active part in teaching and training.
  • To contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development.
  • To contribute to the research and development of the department.
  • To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of patients to be able to contact you when necessary. 
  • Lead the Paediatric Urology services at the Whittington along with Core Urology services (2 general clinics and 1 Paediatric clinic)
  • One in- patient operating list a week
  • On call weekday commitments 1 in 7
  • Take on the role of audit and Governance Lead
  • The Trust Commits to the appointee having equitable working conditions to their colleagues.
  • In case the appointee attends the on call out of working hours through the night. The elective activity is cancelled the next day

Please see the attached job description for full details and timetable.

Person specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Eligible for full UK GMC Registration and possess FRCS (Urol) or equivalent
  • On GMC Specialist Register in relevant specialty, or at the time of interview within 6 months of expected date of CCT
Desirable criteria
  • Higher Academic degree

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical skills
  • Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality research leading to publication.
  • Involvement in the clinical audit process and an understanding of its aims and objectives

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Comprehensive training in Urological surgery

Clinical Governance Management & IT

Essential criteria
  • The ability to undertake and manage clinical audits including supervision of junior staff.
  • Governance framework of NHS
  • Knowledge and understanding of principles of resource and budgetary management.

Teaching skills & experience and Research

Essential criteria
  • Proven ability to teach in clinical settings
  • Experience of teaching at undergraduate and post graduate levels
  • Ability to act as a consistent reference point in a team and to take a leadership role where needed
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload, to delegate responsibilities as appropriate and supervise staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

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
Mr Maneesh Ghei
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 7288 5579

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
Telephone
020 7288 5286
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