Consultant Urological Surgeon and Andrologist in London

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 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.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

This is a substantive Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients of the Urology and Andrology services. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.

Main duties of the job:

• The postholder is expected to work across all Kings Urology sites including Denmark Hill, Princess Royal University Hospital and Beckenham Beacon with on call duties currently located at Denmark Hill.
• The proposed job plan (up to 10 PAs) is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.
• The On-Call commitment is for a 1:10 rota and is classified as Category A.
• There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.
• 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.
• Responsible for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
• 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 where part of the service structure.
• 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 and their job satisfaction is enhanced.
• 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.
• King’s is committed to providing consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other consultant colleagues.

Person specification:

• Registration: Full Registration with GMC, Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
• Qualifications: Full MRCP, Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD).
• 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 in BPH or prostate cancer.
• Management and Leadership: Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams. Management course and/or qualification.
• Audit and Quality Improvement: Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
• 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.
• Research and Publications: 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.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.