10 PAs Post

Fixed Term - 6 Months

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Urological Surgeon based on the Whips Cross Site of Barts Health. We are looking for a Consultant Urological Surgeon to help with the overall workload of the Urology department. This post is to support the diagnostic and core urology work in the department.

Key duties will be supervising and running operating lists and prostate biopsy clinics, core and specialist clinics, diagnostics, on call cover, acute clinics and ward rounds, and care for patients on wards in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, including ward nurses and specialist nursing teams. The unit is very active in research and audit and the post holder will be expected to fully participate in this activity.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Urological Surgeon based on the Whips Cross Site of Barts Health. We are looking for a Consultant Urological Surgeon to help with the overall workload of the Urology department. This post is to support the diagnostic and core urology work in the department.

Key duties will be supervising and running operating lists and prostate biopsy clinics, core and specialist clinics, diagnostics, on call cover, acute clinics and ward rounds, and care for patients on wards in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, including ward nurses and specialist nursing teams. The unit is very active in research and audit and the post holder will be expected to fully participate in this activity.

You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council with a license to practise.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Urological Surgeon based on the Whips Cross Site of Barts Health. We are looking for a Consultant Urological Surgeon to help with the overall workload of the Urology department. This post is to support the diagnostic and core urology work in the department.

Key duties will be supervising and running operating lists and prostate biopsy clinics, core and specialist clinics, diagnostics, on call cover, acute clinics and ward rounds, and care for patients on wards in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, including ward nurses and specialist nursing teams. The unit is very active in research and audit and the post holder will be expected to fully participate in this activity.

You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council with a license to practise.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS, or equivalent FRCS (Urol) or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher degree, e.g. MD/PhD

Knowledge
Essential

• Widespread broad based knowledge of all aspects of Urological surgery

Training Expected
Essential

• Higher Specialist Training in Urological surgery.
• Experience in training undergraduates and postgraduates
• Experience in general urology
• Experience in Emergency Urology
• Experience in Endourology, lithotripsy & Prostate Biopsy

Desirable

• Experience of Novel prostatic techniques
• Experience in transperineal prostate biopsy

Management/Audit Experience
Essential

• Able to provide evidence of clinical audit and demonstrate understanding of impact and challenges this brings.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of current and future NHS challenges and strategy.
• Ability to support team members in business planning via collaboration and discussion.

Desirable

• Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare
• Experience of audit management

Academic Achievements
Essential

• Ability to demonstrate personal experience of clinical research and describe and discuss findings and impact

Desirable

• PhD/ MD Thesis

Research / Publications
Essential

• Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems
• Demonstrate number of first name publications in indexed journals, over a variety of subjects relevant to this post.

Desirable

• Ability to supervise post graduate research

Personal Skills
Essential

• Excellent presentational and verbal skills.
• Ability to motivate and develop medical trainees
• Ability to manage time well to deliver objectives of the CAG
• Awareness of best practice through evidence based medicine, and personal drive to enact the change with the team

Desirable

• IT skills and computer literacy

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