About this role
Job summary
We are delighted that you are interested in joining our team. Our friendly and cohesive consultant group is committed to high-quality care and supporting specialist interests. The Urology team at Ashford & St Peter's (ASPH) consists of 10 WTE consultants. A key component of the role will be supporting the Centre for Endometriosis and Minimally Invasive Gynaecology (CEMIG). The successful applicant will require experience in pelvic surgery, including robotic and open approaches, and will work closely with the multidisciplinary endometriosis team to deliver high-quality surgical care. They will also contribute to the general urology service, focusing on bladder outlet obstruction, functional urology and benign prostatic enlargement (BPE). Competence in contemporary BPE surgery is essential, including ThuLEP/HoLEP, GreenLight PVP and minimally invasive surgical therapies (MIST). The post holder will help develop LUTS and BOO pathways, supporting initiatives to increase day-case BOO surgery and expand outpatient MIST procedures. Other commitments include inpatient ward rounds, weekly MDTs, prostate imaging meetings and general/LUTS clinics. The department provides a comprehensive urology services across diagnostics, cancer, renal surgery, LUTS, stones and CEMIG support, please see JD for full description.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will deliver high-quality clinical, educational and managerial services at Consultant level, working with the multidisciplinary team to provide a well-led, patient-centred urology service. Duties include delivering direct clinical care across outpatient, diagnostic, inpatient and surgical settings, supporting clinical decision making and sharing the departmental workload. The consultant team provides comprehensive senior cover, including ward rounds, MDT meetings, clinics and theatre sessions
The role includes responsibility for the assessment and ongoing care of patients, ensuring safe handover and providing timely consultant opinions for colleagues in other specialties. The postholder will contribute to Trust priorities, service development and compliance with governance standards, while engaging with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to support high-quality care and improved patient experience.
The consultant will actively participate in education, research, audit and clinical governance, supporting the training of medical and non-medical staff, including supervision of junior doctors and delivery of teaching sessions. They will contribute to recruitment, appraisal, mentoring and development of the multidisciplinary workforce. Additional duties appropriate to a consultant may be required and any changes will be agreed through job planning.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement On-site Nurseries On-site staff cafes On-site parking Support in career development Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will hold a 10 Programmed Activity Contract with 1 in 10 on callsOn-call commitments are arranged in weekly blocks once every ten weeks. During this period, the on-call Consultant is responsible for all emergency admissions. The on-call comprises a daily ward round with full availability to deal with problems from 8:00am to 5:00pm from Monday to Thursday.
Out of hours periods are supported by middle-grade staff for 24 hours. Although there is no elective activity conducted during this period two emergency clinics are carried out by the on-call consultant, on a Wed AM and Thurs AM, for urgent cases. The subsequent weekend on call (Friday to Sunday) is completed by a formal hand-over on Monday morning with a mandatory 24-hour rest period (no clinical activity is expected on that day).
The successful applicant will support the CEMIG service through attendance at MDT meetings and operatively. There will also be a need to provide flexible support for the LUTS and prostate cancer diagnostic pathway.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (or CCT) by the time of taking up the post or be accredited for inclusion on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register. Fully registered with the General Medical Council. Competence in a range of BOO treatments, including HoLEP/ ThuLEP, Greenlight PVP, MIST treatments Experience of delivering daycase BOO surgery Knowledge of current trends in specialty and sub-specialty of BPE/LUTS Recent robotic and open pelvic surgery experience
Desirable
Leading a change or innovation in the workplace with a multi-disciplinary team Evidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience Postgraduate certificate in education Demonstrate the Trust Values Based Behaviours at Exemplary level
Essentail Essential
Experience in Urology
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust- cross site working
Guildford Road (main site)
Chertsey
KT160PZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)