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This post represents an exciting opportunity to join a urology department in providing state of the art urological services to a population approaching 600,000. In a year the Urology department will see approximately 20,000 outpatients and undertake 6,500 elective and 2,800 non-elective procedures.

The Department of Urology has been designated as a cancer team for major pelvic cancer surgery within the regions Cancer Network. Cancer team designation has allowed development of a large Uro-oncology service. The department also provides continence, neuro-urology and bladder reconstruction services to the regional spinal injuries unit based at the Trust. The provision of advanced Endourology and laparoscopic surgery is established for upper urinary tract benign and malignant conditions. The stone service is comprehensive, with an on-site lithotripter enabling stones to be managed using all of the major treatment modalities. Departmental facilities are excellent. Robotic surgery is well established utilising DaVinci Robots at both the Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites. While most major elective and emergency urological surgery is carried out in Pinderfields Hospital outpatient work, day case surgery and urological investigations sessions are run on all of the Trusts hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post will include:

Provision of care with responsibility for the management of patients with acute and chronic conditions including complex cases.

Assisting and operating (with or without direct supervision) on patients in theatre depending on attained surgical competencies

Referral of patients to other specialities as appropriate

Out-patient activities/clinics

Involvement in specialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings

Involvement in relevant administration duties

Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Active involvement in audit & clinical governance including service improvement activities

Participation in acute non-resident middle grade on-call rota.

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Introduction

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is pleased to announce the development and introduction of this new role. The post will be a combination of service delivery and educational input within the specialty.

The post is not a recognised UK training post. However, the post-holder will have a named supervisor, and be supported in undertaking scheduled educational opportunities within the Trust and specialties.

An Introduction to the Division/Specialty from Mr Mo Dooldeniya

This post represents an exciting opportunity to join a urology department in providing state of the art urological services to a population approaching 600,000. In a year the Urology department will see approximately 20,000 outpatients and undertake 6,500 elective and 2,800 non-elective procedures.

The Department of Urology has been designated as a cancer team for major pelvic cancer surgery within the regions Cancer Network. Cancer team designation has allowed development of a large Uro-oncology service. The department also provides continence, neuro-urology and bladder reconstruction services to the regional spinal injuries unit based at the Trust. The provision of advanced Endourology and laparoscopic surgery is established for upper urinary tract benign and malignant conditions. The stone service is comprehensive, with an on-site lithotripter enabling stones to be managed using all of the major treatment modalities. Departmental facilities are excellent. In addition to the advanced laparoscopic urology already provided within the Trust, a robotic surgery service has now been established utilising the DaVinci Robot. While major elective and emergency urological surgery is carried out in Pinderfields Hospital outpatient work, day case surgery and urological investigations sessions are run on all of the Trusts hospital sites. Urological investigations units are present on all three main hospital sites and provide a focus for the diagnostic investigations and ambulatory treatments that patients may require. In-patient care is provided through a 26 bedded urology ward at Pinderfields. The urology ward also houses an eight-bedded surgical high-dependency unit.

The care of patients who are admitted acutely under urology is carried out with a high level of Consultant input. The on-call team consisting of Consultant, Registrar, CT/FY2 doctor and F1 doctor are free of routine duties and able to concentrate their efforts on looking after patients who have been admitted acutely.

The Getting it Right First time (GIRFT) national report on urology has recommended the establishment of urology area networks to optimise quality and efficiency.

Towards this aim, the urology department at Pinderfields has for the last 4 years successfully supported the weekend on-call service at Barnsley General Hospital and provides a tertiary referral service for specialist work. Efforts are ongoing to increase the level of collaboration between the two departments with the ultimate aim of having a single unit based primarily at Pinderfields offering urological care and services to a combined population approaching one million patients.

Urological services are provided within the context of a multi-disciplinary team. There is excellent medical support from colleagues in Anaesthetics, Critical Care, Spinal cord injury, Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Uro-gynaecology, Colorectal surgery, Plastic surgery and Radiology. Specialist nursing support includes Uro-oncology nursing, stoma nurses and urology nurse specialists who are based in the investigation facilities on each of the three main hospital sites. The specialist nurses contribute hugely to the ability of the department to offer expert care as near to the patients home as possible.

The Service Role

From a clinical perspective these posts will participate in the cross site senior trainee rota. The senior trainee rota is compliant with the 2016 junior doctor contract averaging 48 hours per week.

Duties will be based primarily on our Pinderfields Hospital site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites.

The main duties of the post will include:

Provision of care with responsibility for the management of patients with acute and chronic conditions including complex cases.

Assisting and operating (with or without direct supervision) on patients in theatre depending on attained surgical competencies

Referral of patients to other specialities as appropriate

Out-patient activities/clinics

Involvement in specialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings

Involvement in relevant administration duties

Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Active involvement in audit & clinical governance including service improvement activities

Participation in acute non-resident middle grade on-call rota.

The above list is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after discussion with the post holder.

The MYDoc Training Programme Educational Input & Recognition

Doctors appointed to a MYDoc post will receive relevant educational input. Each doctor will be allocated an Educational Supervisor and will be required to develop a Personalised Work Schedule.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Pre-registration / foundation training and at least one year in a relevant specialty in an NHS Trust or with
• equivalent experience from overseas.

Desirable

• Relevant experience from other specialties
• Previous experience at middle-grade level
• Experience of teaching clinical skills
• Experience of Clinical research and development

GMC Registration
Essential

• Please state full GMC number
• Full GMC Registration with licence to practise

Management Skills
Essential

• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Good time management

Desirable

• Possess good organisational skills

Qualifications
Essential

• Medical Degree from recognised medical school

Desirable

• Progress towards or attainment of Royal College Exams
• ATLS certification
• Higher postgraduate qualifications

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