About the role
Salary: £100.00 to £120.00
Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Urological Surgeon to join an established team at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all urological patients.
To share with colleague's responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Urology Department.
Teaching and training of junior medical staff, nursing staff, and medical students.
To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).
To promote the development of multi-disciplinary teams and shared responsibility for the provision of care to patients.
To develop innovative working practices, and to support the growing clinical contribution of non-medical staff.
To work effectively within a team and communicate well with patients, General Practitioners, and hospital colleagues.
To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Outreach clinics are held in Newmarket, Thetford, and Sudbury. The new appointment would be expected to undertake outreach clinics to fit with the rest of the department after consultation.
The new appointee will be expected to have a broad understanding of urological diseases and their treatment, and it is hoped that he/she would have a specialist interest which links well with existing post holders.
On call 1:6 with prospective cover for urological emergencies including children over the age of 3 years old with acute scrotal pain. Intermediate cover in hours is provided by either the Urology speciality Registrar or CT2 in Urology. Intermediate cover outof hours is provided either by surgical registrars or core trainee or FY2 with preregistration house surgeons on the general surgery/urology rotation providing 1st on call.
To develop, implement and refine joint care protocols based on evidence-based practice. To conduct patient management in line with such protocols.
To work with colleagues to audit activity and undertake research to ensure uniformly high standard of care.
To participate in the teaching of undergraduates and other professional groups and to provide clinical supervision and training of junior hospital doctors.
To participate in continuing professional development activities and in the Trusts appraisal and assessment processes, which include formal annual appraisal, and in revalidation.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further information.