Urology ConsultantNHS

Job summary

Applications are invited for the full time substantive Consultant Urologist at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is a new appointment to our current Urology base. This role offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment , focusing on delivering high quality patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• To provide inpatient and outpatient services- To be part of a multidisciplinary team, this includes radiologists, oncologists, pathologists and clinical nurse specialists.- To contribute to the training and educational and clinical supervision of Higher and Basic Surgical trainees and other professional team members.- To provide appraisals and assessment of medical staff supporting the team.- To develop special interests to enhance what is currently undertaken in the department.- To fulfil continuing professional development in line with clinical governance.- To participate in audit and other areas of the Care Group responsibility.- To be involved in a 1:7 consultant of the week on call rota with prospective cover, covering Urology patients.- To support the development of the service

Job description

Urology shares beds with the Surgical Department . There is a Short Stay Unit for patients staying 48 hours or less, Abbotsbury Ward and Lulworth Ward.

The Urology Service provides Outpatients in the Community Hospitals in the area, including Blandford, Weymouth, Lyme Regis and Bridport. The new appointee will undertake Outpatients in a community hospital.

The Dorset Renal Unit is based in Dorset County Hospital. This has meant an increased workload for the Urology Department who regularly undertake surgery on transplant and dialysis patients. On average the department does 40 - 50 nephrectomies from all over the region a year. In addition to this it also undertakes transplant nephrectomies as well as other routine surgery on dialysis and transplant patients.

The Urolithiasis workload of the department has increased dramatically over the last few years. The department currently undertakes PCNL, flexible and rigid ureterorenoscopies and holmium laser. Robotic prostatectomies for West Dorset patients are carried out by Mr Afzal at Royal Bournemouth hospital.

The new appointee is expected to provide independent core Urology procedures such as performing TURP, TURBT, DSU lists, Flexi and rigid URS laser.

Additional experience in advanced BPH surgery such as REZUM and HoLEP is highly desirable, as well as the ability to carry out Urodynamics studies.

The successful candidate will be provided with office accommodation and secretarial support.

The Trust has an agreed formulary for medical and surgical consumables and single use instruments; any appointee would be expected to comply and use the items on this formulary. Any additions or changes to the formulary can only be made through formal channels.

About us

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.