Locum Consultant General Urologist (6 months fixed term)

Overview

This is a new 10 PA full-time post for 6 months as a locum consultant general urologist. We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our team of friendly, supportive urology consultants. The successful candidate will join an established comprehensive urology service. There will be a significant general urology component to the workload, however the service may be flexible with subspecialty interest. This service receives referrals from the wider Nottinghamshire area and tertiary referrals from further afield and may require cross site working patterns including Sherwood Forest Hospitals. There is a well-established general urology service including day case ureteroscopy, TURBT and TURP. We have an on-site lithotripter, hot ureteroscopy and ESWL services as well as PCNL. A full range of Urology emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under his/her care.

Responsibilities

• Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive elective and emergency Urology service.
• Provision of reciprocal cover for periods of leave.
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.
• Please see the job description for a proposed job plan.

Additional information

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With more than 19,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Recruitment notes

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Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

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Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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