Job summary
- Main area
- Urology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:4 on call commitment)
- Job ref
- 197-AA-4108-G
- Employer
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth
- Town
- Woolwich
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Urology
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
We are delighted to have the opportunity to offer two Locum Consultant Urologist positions for a period of 1 year.
The Urology service is at an exciting crossroads at Lewisham & Greenwich Trust, whereby we are currently redesigning the service we provide to our patients of South East London. We are exploring options to develop a state-of-the-art modern Urology Investigation Unit (UIU), to complement the new High Volume Surgical Hub (HVSH) being built on the Lewisham site for all patients in the sector in 2024.
We are therefore looking for two motivated and skilled individuals to join our busy, friendly, and innovative department. Excellent communication and team working is essential, particularly given that our consultants work across both our busy acute sites – University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The successful postholder(s) will be pivotal in making decisions on the future direction of the service, working closely with our colleagues at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, so a prior background in leading service redesign would be a bonus (but not essential).
Whilst these two positions are fixed term in the first instance, we will be looking to further develop our workforce in 2024 as part of the HVSH work.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to recruit two, full time, Locum Consultant Urologists to commence as soon as possible.
The postholder(s) will be offered a 10 PA locum contract with Urology (theatre sessions on both sites/outpatient clinics) per week. Postholder(s) will play an integral part in delivering and developing an excellent Urology Surgery service. Postholder(s) will be responsible for the admission and ward care of patients, operate in theatres, run outpatient clinics, MDTs, initiate and complete Audits, and participate in Research Trials (ongoing as well as help initiate new projects).
Both of these roles have on-call commitments (see ‘about us’ section below for specifics).
The postholder(s) need to have a major interest in Urology surgery and will provide support to the Junior Urology team within LGT.
The Urology department has an expectation that during this placement you will take part in clinical governance, M&M and present the findings to your colleagues and other departments.
The ability to communicate and work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team is vital. It is also anticipated that the successful candidates would contribute to increasing the regional and national profile of the department.
Working for our organisation
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Urology service is at an exciting crossroads at Lewisham & Greenwich Trust, whereby we are currently redesigning the service we provide to our patients of South East London. We are exploring options to develop a state-of-the-art modern Urology Investigation Unit (UIU), to complement the new High Volume Surgical Hub (HVSH) being built on the Lewisham site for all patients in the sector.
We are therefore looking for two motivated and skilled individuals to join our busy, friendly, and innovative department. Excellent communication and team working is essential, particularly given that our consultants work across both our busy acute sites – University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The successful postholder(s) will be pivotal in making decisions on the future direction of the service, working closely with our colleagues at Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, so a prior background in leading service redesign would be a bonus (but not essential).
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic Medical Degree
- Postgraduate qualification or appropriate specialist qualification
- Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
- Must be on the GMC specialist register or be within six months of CCT accreditation at time of interview
- FRCS (Urol) Appropriate progression of career to date
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree for example MD, MS, PhD, FEBU
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration experience
- Sub-Specialty experience
- Experience in other related sub-specialties
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Consultant Level
- IT Skills
- Breadth of experience in and outside specialty
Clinical Audit
Essential criteria
- Competent with all core Urological procedures
- Understanding of clinical risk management
- An ability to communicate well with patients and staff
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching
Desirable criteria
- Recognized teaching qualification
Management & Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to organize oneself and prioritize clinical need -
- Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
- Understanding of: NHS Clinical Governance
- Confident presentation ability
- Effective Resource Constraints
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of managerial skills:
- Achievements Course attended
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles of research
- Evidence of participation in audit
Desirable criteria
- Research experience
- Publications Prizes and honours
Other Attributes
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Good communication skills, both written and oral
- Decisiveness/Accountability
- Excellent and effective interpersonal skills
- Non-Judgmental approach to patients
- Flexibility
- Resilience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karin Hofmeijer
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07783 126384
- Additional information
If you are interested in applying for these posts, we’d be delighted to chat to you. Please contact Mr Ramon Niekrash – Clinical Director at Lewisham & Greenwich: [email protected] (secretary 0208 8836 5435) or General Manager Karin Hofmeijer 07786126384
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