Consultant Urologist with Special Interest
Consultant
Main area: Urology
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent: Substantive
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 hours per week)
Job ref: 213-MED-DH-6637440
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: King's College Hospital (Denmark Hill)
Town: London
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum excluding London Zone Allowance
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/10/2024 23:59
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London.
Job Overview
This is a position with a specialist interest in Prostate cancer and Robotic Prostatectomy (joint post with GSTT). The postholder will be working within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for the patients with prostate cancer including a robotic prostatectomy list at Guy’s Hospital. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Renal and Urology Care Group at KCH while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.
Main Duties of the Job
- The post will be primarily based at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill site, with some clinical activities at Guy’s Hospital.
- The proposed Job Plan (10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.
- The On-Call commitment is classed as 1 in 10, category A (3%).
- There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
- Together with the other consultant urologists, to provide a high quality care service to patients.
- Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 day cover for the unit on a rota basis.
- Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
- Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required.
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team.
- Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
- Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
- Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained.
- Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
- Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies.
- Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for.
- Contribute equally with other consultant colleagues to the consultant led 7-day services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- FRCS or equivalent
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
Registration
- Full Registration with GMC
- Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
- Must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application.
Training and Experience
- Wide experience in all aspects of urology.
- Specialist training (fellowship level) in Robotic Prostatectomy.
Administration
- Experience in day to day organisation of urology services in busy teaching hospital.
- Familiarity with information technology.
Management and Leadership
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
Audit & Quality Improvement
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement.
Research
- Experience of clinical research.
Teaching
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching.
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