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Locum Consultant in Urology
The closing date is 06 July 2025
The Urology service in Gloucestershire is a large and busy department. The service is predominantly based at Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH). Outpatient services and day case surgery are offered at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Stroud and Cirencester Hospitals.
Urological in-patient care is provided on a dedicated ward at Cheltenham General Hospital (Tivoli) and the department have their own specialised theatres.
We have both an Xi dual console with TRUMP table and X davinci robots, in addition we have state of the art Olympus and Storz urological equipment, all of which has been upgraded in the last 18 months. A dedicated urological outpatient facility is planned to open this year with fixed site lithotripter, x4 dedicated procedure rooms and a urology assessment unit (SDEC).
In addition to General Urological services the Consultant team offer:
Robotic Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery
Paediatric urology Surgery
Basic Andrology
Main duties of the job
This is a fixed term 12 month locum appointment to the Urology Department in the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will join a centralised team of 13 Consultant Urologists who provide comprehensive general and specialist urological care to the population of Gloucestershire.We are seeking to appoint a Consultant with an interest in Renal Cancer. The candidate should be confident in radical nephrectomy and have experience of partial nephrectomy. The post holder should have attended a dedicated fellowship for robot assisted surgery.
This is a full-time post. However, any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.
About us
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.
Job responsibilities
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements: -
* To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
* To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
* To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
* To undertake all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies
* To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts and Divisions services plans
* To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration
* MBBS or equivalent
* FRCS or equivalent
* FRCS (Urol) or equivalent
* Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to the specialty
Clinical Experience
* Experience in General Urology
* Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on problems in urology.
* Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of both elective and emergency problems in urology
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
* Validated logbook indicating adequate and appropriate level of specialist urological surgical operative experience
* Local anaesthetic prostate biopsy
* Fellowship in Renal Oncology
* Independence in Robot assisted Nephrectomy
* Experience of Robot assisted partial Nephrectomy
* Experience of open nephrectomy
Audit and Evidence Based Practice
* Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
* Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects
* Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Management and Administrative Skills
* Experience in management
* Evidence of participation in Audit and Clinical Governance Programmes
* Ability to manage and lead a surgical firm
* Experience with business cases
* IT skills including database management and word processing skills
* Attendance on a management course
Teaching
* Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
* Training in teaching skills
* Certificate of education
* Experience of teaching and clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
* Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Personal Attributes
* Communication skills, written and verbal
* Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team
* Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
* Ability to work under stress
* Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
* Honesty and reliability
* Honesty and reliability
* Caring attitude to patients
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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