Job description

Job responsibilities

The Department

The Urology department provides care across all major sub-specialties including:

• General Urology cases including TURBT
• BPH surgery including Rezum procedure, HoLEP and TURP
• Female Urology surgery and outpatient cases
• Selected paediatric surgeries
• Andrology clinics
• Stone surgeries including PCNL
• Upper urinary tract diagnostic and therapeutic surgeries
• Diagnostic procedures including TO biopsies, urodynamic studies and flexible cystoscopies
• Cancer MDT and non-cancer MDT

Specialist Cancer Care

Radical pelvic cancer surgery is managed by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. However, TRFT provides:

• Integrated inpatient and outpatient facilities
• Follow-up care for prostate and bladder cancer patients
• MDT meeting for all patients with cancer

Team Support

The department is supported by:

• 2 Advanced Nurse Specialists (Band 8a)
• 4 Cancer Nurse Specialists
• 1 Cancer Nurse Specialist delivering Andrology services
• 5 Consultants
• 2 Specialty Doctors
• Trainees 3 Senior Clinical Fellow, 1 CT trainee and 2 FY2 trainees

The Post

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in the assessment, treatment and surgical management of stone disease, including endourological procedures. The post holder should be confident in managing both elective and emergency stone patients and contribute to the delivery and development of the stone service.

The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate flexibility in their clinical duties and support the wider needs of the department as required. This may include participation in outpatient clinics, theatre lists, multidisciplinary team meetings, emergency service provision, and service development initiatives. The post holder should work collaboratively with colleagues across the department to ensure the delivery of a high-quality, patient-centred urological service and contribute to maintaining service resilience during periods of increased demand.

Main Duties

• Provide comprehensive elective and emergency urology care for in-patients and out-patients
• Participate in the out-of-hours on-call rota (1 in 6) alongside consultant colleagues
• Contribute to the training, supervision and management of resident medical staff
• Engage in audit, research, clinical governance and service development
• Play an active role in the management and modernisation of the department

Person Specification

Research and Audit

Essential

• Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit

Desirable

• Relevant research published in peer review journal

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
• Please provide your GMC Registration centre
• Eligible to be included on the Specialist register - CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
• Or
• Evidence of CESR application submission and within 6 months of obtaining Specialist Registration via CESR
• MBBS or equivalent primary medical qualification
• MRCS specialist qualification or equivalent

Management Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate effective team working skills
• Time management and organisational ability. An example may be they have developed and run training programmes
• Proven knowledge of systems and process of NHS or equivalent
• Sense of understanding and commitment to corporate responsibility
• Commitment to and understanding of their responsibility to the organisation. Examples may include previous involvement in management roles, management courses

Education and Teaching

Essential

• Proven ability to teach and train others

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Experience in stone surgery would be essential to undertake the role above skills required to achieve CCT

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in Stone surgery and also General Urology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

S60 2UD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)