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. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
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 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 and 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. The on-call rota is currently under review and provision is likely to change.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
- Together with the other consultant urologists, provide a high-quality care service to patients, including all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
- Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7-day cover for the unit on a rota basis, including covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
- 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 and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
- 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 in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
- 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 in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
- Contribute equally with other consultant colleagues to 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
- On the day of interview, applicants must be within 6 months of CCT, or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register
Training and Experience
- Wide experience in all aspects of urology culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC.
- Specialist training (fellowship level) in Robotic Prostatectomy.
Administration
- Experience in day-to-day organisation of urology services in a busy teaching hospital.
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.
- Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
Management and Leadership
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
- Management course and/or qualification.
Audit & Quality Improvement
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement. Must be able to demonstrate ability to lead change.
Research
- Experience of clinical research.
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of urology.
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Teaching
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
- Teaching skills course/qualification.
General Information
- You have a general duty of care for the health, safety, and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors, and patients within the hospital.
- You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures, and standards of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
- You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
- You are required to be responsible for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
- The postholder has an important responsibility for infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role.
- All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication.
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