The post holder will spend one year in each trust starting at the North Bristol NHS Trust rotating through Great Western Hospital, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust. The order of the rotation will be confirmed on appointment.
The post will be of interest to any urologist who has finished core training or equivalent and gained MRCS and be eligible for specialty training at a minimum of ST3 level.
Applicants who have trained outside the UK system will be eligible but will need to demonstrate an equivalent level of experience. The candidate must have worked in the UK for 2 years at a registrar level prior to entering this programme.
Must have full registration with the General Medical Council.

PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR APPOINTMENT:

• Recent experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent) is essential
• Candidate must have completed core training or equivalent
• Gained MRCS or equivalent
• 2 years prior experience at a urology registrar level post in the UK
  The passing of a medical examination is a condition of appointment of all practitioners within the scope of the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme.

The successful candidate will be working alongside our existing resident doctor urologists with the same opportunities to gain the necessary experience to support a Portfolio Pathway Specialist Register application. The expectation is that the successful candidate will be on the on-call rota for urology at an appropriate level for their experience.

• The practitioner’s hours of duty shall be the standard working week of 40 hours and in addition the postholder may be paid supplements for out of hours duty (if undertaking out of hours duty) The salary scale is as follows: (As from 1st April 2024)
• £55,329-£63,152

You will be entitled to receive 1 months’ notice of termination of employment and are required to give North Bristol NHS Trust 3 months’ notice.
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
The post will provide the necessary training with access to appropriate specialties, to enable the post holder to collect sufficient evidence of experience and training to present to the RCoS equivalence committee for inclusion on the specialist register and therefore eligibility to apply for consultant posts. This evidence is collected in the same way as a trainee with a national training number (NTN), submitting assessments, reflections and feedback in line with the 2021 urology curriculum, using the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Platform (ISCP), under the guidance of educational supervisors.
Post holders would be expected to provide an out-of-hours service commitment, working alongside doctors in training with the same level of supervision.
The post holder will spend one year in each trust starting at the North Bristol NHS Trust rotating through Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The order of the rotation will be confirmed on appointment. To mirror the experience of our current HEE-trainees there may be a placement with one of our DGH partners.
To improve clinical skills in Urology commencing at ST3 level. To engage in research, teaching or Quality Improvement Activities, under the guidance of an Educational Supervisor, with a view to gaining the required competencies to progress to portfolio pathway entrance onto the specialist register.
A degree of service commitment would be expected, however there will be protected training time to enable the necessary experience and training to be accessed and evidenced. An annual appraisal (ARCP) will take place under the guidance of portfolio pathway-programme leads to ensure adequate progress is being made. Whereas support and expertise will be available to access the training curriculum and monitor progress in the same way as our trainees, presenting this evidence to the Royal College of Surgeons is the responsibility of the post-holder. Progression is subject to successfully achieving these development goals

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