Consultant Urologist

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

Applications are invited for a full time Consultant Urologist with a subspecialty interest in Andrology (erectile dysfunction) and cancer (TULA & TPPB) within the Surgery Division. The successful post holder will be expected to provide a comprehensive service across both sites at Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust working on 10 programmed activities (PA’s) and an emergency on call commitment, 1:9.
The Urology Department provides a comprehensive general urology service covering all the main sub specialties. There are close links with the Royal Marsden Hospital and St George’s hospital for oncology and more complex urological conditions. The department is well supported by an interventional radiology department. The Urology department supports the Renal unit at St Helier. There is an onsite lithotripter and the department offers a regional acute and elective lithotripsy service.
Specialist nursing staff attached to the department include 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, four urology nurse specialist in benign urology and six in cancer
You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold Licence to Practice and ideally be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.
Applicants are invited to visit the department beforehand.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• To, at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
• To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
• To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
• On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction).
• To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
• To be responsible for the clinical management of out-patients under your care.
• The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.