Job overview
A full-time Locum Consultant in General Urology is available at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based at Wycombe General Hospital with elective and emergency commitments at High Wycombe General Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury. There will also be a regular out-patient clinic at one of the BHT sites. There will be an allocated weekly theatre list at Wycombe Hospital, although this will not be a fixed day of the week.
The work will comprise a mixture of minor/intermediate general urology. Sub-specialist interests may be able to be accommodated should it complement the interests and needs of the department.
This is a fixed term temporary Locum Consultant post for 12 months.
Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register. It is Trust policy that without CCT, an offer as Locum Consultant can be given for a 6 months fixed term contract, with possibility of it being extended for a further 6 months, but cannot go over 12 months in total.
Main duties of the job
The Urology unit at Buckinghamshire provides comprehensive general and specialist urology care for over half a million residents. The region is rapidly growing, driven by an active housebuilding programme in the Aylesbury area. This post offers a blend of minor and intermediate general urology cases.
The Trust is a leading regional provider of surgical treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), offering advanced techniques including bipolar TURP, Urolift, HoLEP, prostate artery embolization (PAE), and green light laser prostatectomy. Additional services include laparoscopic upper tract surgery and specialist stone surgery. A joint business case with colorectal and gynaecology colleagues for acquiring a Da Vinci Xi surgical robot has been successfully submitted.
Our unit transitioned to a local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy service, performed by both doctors and advanced nurse practitioners, and plans are underway to establish a community-based diagnostic centre in Amersham. The National Spinal Injuries Centre, renowned globally for spinal injury management, is located at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Urology input here is provided through a reconstructive urology service jointly based at Oxford and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals.
Working for our organisation
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
7. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
8. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
9. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable
Person specification
Education /Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
10. MB, BS or equivalent GMC registerable qualifications
11. Full GMC registration
12. Entry on the GMC specialist register in Urology via CCT/ CESR/ European community rights
13. General training in Urological Surgery, FRCS(Urol) or equivalent eg FEBU; CCST in Urological Surgery
14. OR within six months of achieving CCST at the time of interview.
Experience
Essential criteria
15. General training in Urological Surgery specialist level or equivalent.
16. Ability to make good decisions at consultant level.
17. Extensive experience in Urology
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential criteria
18. Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant
19. Evidence for surgical and clinical skills in Urology to undertake a consultant role.
20. Good personal and interpersonal skills.
21. Good spoken and written English
22. Communication skills should be highly developed.
23. Experience of teaching doctors-in-training and Undergraduates
24. Experience of clinical audit.
25. Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS.
26. Management training and experience.
27. Computer skills.
28. Communication skills training.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
29. Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
30. Ability to travel to and between sites
Trust 'CARE' Values
Essential criteria
31. Collaborate - Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
32. Aspire - Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
33. Respect - Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued
34. Enable - Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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