Job overview
POST OF UROLOGY CONSULTANT
A whole-time post as Consultant in Urology is available at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a new post and will be based at the Churchill Hospital. The appointment is on a whole-time basis, but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share. We seek to appoint a Urological Surgeon to undertake cystectomy and robotic prostatectomy, deliver complex pelvic oncology surgery, and join the bladder cancer team. Experience in major pelvic oncology including cystectomy is essential, and experience in robotic surgery is desirable.
Candidates are very welcome to visit the Department and are invited to contact
Prof Richard Bryant, Clinical Lead, Department of Urology, through his secretary Caroline Gordon Tel: () or Miss Bryony Lennon, Directorate Manager Renal Medicine, Transplant & Urology k
Main duties of the job
The post holder duties will be at the Churchill hospital but presence will be required in other parts of the Trust including the John Radcliffe and Horton Hospital. The clinical work will include major pelvic oncology, with a particular focused subspecialty interest in bladder cancer, including delivery of a cystectomy service, along with all other aspects of major pelvic oncology.
The post holder will join the consultant emergency on call rota on a in basis. The service is a / emergency adult urology service, including cover of our urology triage area and all aspects of emergency general urology including major trauma. Elective commitments are cancelled during the on call week, and there is a middle grade (SpR or Fellow) on call both day and night and at weekends.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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