Urology Stone Consultant

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

• Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
• Safety – Following ULHT and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
• Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
• Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
• Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULHT team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

• Family & Childcare : Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits i ncluding Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

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Job overview

The post is for a full time 10 PA (programmed activity) Consultant Urologist trained stone surgeon, based at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston with 2 theatre sessions. The post holder will share on call and MDT responsibilities with Lincolnshire colleagues.

There is an unprecedented quality, efficiency and productivity challenge to the NHS as a result of public expenditure reductions. This called for a radical re-evaluation of all aspects of the work of NHS organisations. The Trust recognises the opportunities this presents for creating new delivery models for clinical services.

Main duties of the job

The Lincoln based urology team is looking forward to welcome an enthusiastic colleague, who would support a dynamic team of stone surgeons at Pilgrim Hospital. This job is a replacement job. The Appointee will be expected to have a subspecialist training in complex stone surgery. It I desirable that the Appointee has some paediatric experience, to further support our paediatric service. The appointee will also be expected, in conjunction with their colleagues, to provide a comprehensive Urology service, based at Pilgrim Hospital.

The Appointee will have two outpatient clinics and an all-day operating complex stone surgery list once a week at Pilgrim Hospital, and a further core/endourology operating list once every 3 weeks at Grantham Hospital.

The appointee will take part in the 1:10 Urology consultant on-call rota for emergency duties at Lincoln County Hospital and provide, on a reciprocal basis, emergency cover for colleagues during periods of absence.

The appointee will be required to play an active part in the robust clinical audit programme in operation within the Department and to take part in regional and national audits.

The appointee will be expected to undertake clinical supervision of medical students and core or specialty trainees including workplace assessment, feedback and communication with educational supervisors as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

The Urology Department sits within the Division of Surgery which provides a wide range of surgical services including:

· Theatres, Anaesthetics, Critical Care

· General Surgery and Vascular

· Trauma and Orthopaedics

· Head and Neck

· Ophthalmology

The Urology department provides a wide range of urological services including:

· Robotic Surgery for Prostate and renal cancer

· Complex upper urinary tract open/robotic surgery, Full range of stone surgery, including PCNL, recently added new Holmium laser unit for the upper tract Endo-urology

· Full range of incontinence services, Nurse led erectile dysfunction clinics

· A dedicated Urology investigations suite offering a full range of diagnostic facilities.

Urology is a large, Trust-wide department catering for the needs of patients in this large geographical county. The sister units are based at Lincoln and Pilgrim (Boston) with their own catchment area for the purpose of seamless delivery of service: There is an additional inpatient urology facility on the Grantham site, with outpatient, diagnostic and day cases also cared for on the Louth site. Outreach clinics provide locally based outpatient services in Gainsborough and Spalding. The team provides site cover for both Lincoln and Boston daily (including Weekend) with our main On Call hub permanently sitting at Lincoln. The department boasts a strong team of specialist nurses, led by a nurse consultant.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification.

For further information see contact information below.

Person specification Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent/FRCS (Urol) or equivalent
• Entry of Specialist Register (entry expected within six months, or be pursuing a future CESR application)
• Full GMC Registration
• Specialist interest in Stone Surgery
• Additional higher medical/scientific degree relevant to the specialty

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that for UK CCST
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on emergency/elective problems
• Ability to take full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Evidence of thorough and broad training in Urological surgery
• Willingness to leave and expand all aspects of Urology

Knowledge/Skills

• Ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Ability to work flexibly
• Experience of supervising trainee Doctors
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
• Experience of supervising StRs
• Ability to supervise post graduate research

Specific Requirements

• Ability to travel to other sites
• Full and clean driving license

ULHT recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

As a responsible employer ULHT would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULHT reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULHT where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULHT for this cost.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

• A Veteran
• A Military Reserve
• Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

Applications from applicants who meet the current criteria for Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK (where both the role and candidate are deemed suitable for a Tier 2 visa) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. The UK Visas and Immigration department requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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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.

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