Consultant Urological Surgeon with special interest in Endourology

Job overview

The successful candidate will join an expert and friendly multidisciplinary team in providing Urology Services for a wide catchment area.  The post holder will take part in one in seven Cat A on call rota alongside consultants.

There is a well-established stone service supported by a dedicated interventional radiologist for percutaneous surgery, flexible video uretero-renoscope with a stone laser and mobile lithotripter. In addition to this the service will be able to provide Robotic Surgery from April 2023 at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

This post is expected to strengthen and further develop the Urological services in Shropshire, Telford, Wrekin and Mid-Wales. You will have an interest in General Urology and a subspecialty interest that will complement the existing service will be supported.

Main duties of the job

Clinical duties will include:

• To be responsible and work independently for the continuing care of patients alongside consultant staff.
• To participate in the top tier of the 24/7 urology on call rota.
• To work independently caring for patients with urological complaints, caring out a mixture of emergency and elective care
• To participate in the audit and governance and support the training of junior medical staff and other staffing groups that care for our patients.
• To carry out appropriate administrative duties in support of clinical commitments
• To be a core member and participate in the Urology Cancer MDT
• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:

• 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes theatres, MDT, clinics, admin on call activity (predictable and unpredictable emergency work) as well as travel between sites where required.
• 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.