Consultant - Urology

Would you like to be part of an award-winning NHS Trust located on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales? Then we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our nationally recognised Urology Team.

We are looking for a substantive Consultant in Urology to join us within the Surgical Directorate at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust and NHS is facing a time of transformation, challenge and opportunity. The Urology team is developing its service as part of the lighthouse project, introducing new treatments for BHP and is looking to further develop its urology investigations unit. We need a Consultant Urologist with vision and leadership skills to join our current team of enthusiastic surgeons to strengthen our team for the future.

Please see the attached job information pack for further details and the full job description and person specification.

The post will be based at Airedale Hospital. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust serves a population which extends over a wide and diverse geographical and demographic area, from the Yorkshire Dales, to the small market town of Skipton, Ilkley, and urban Keighley. The hospital lies between Keighley and Skipton, only 10 miles from the multicultural city of Bradford and within an hour from Leeds.

Airedale is a national leader in the development and provision of Telemedicine and will benefit from a new hospital build due for completion by 2030.

Please see the attached job information pack for further details and the full job description and person specification.

• oFull GMC Registration
• oEntry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) / CESR / European Community Rights
• oAn appropriate higher "Urology" surgical qualification.

• oSufficient experience to provide Acute and Elective Urology services at Consultant Level across a range of Urological techniques
• oExperience / knowledge relevant to local and national access waiting time targets including Cancer Waiting Time (CWT) Targets and Referral To Treatment (RTT) Targets
• o Independent running of Urodynamics Service & DGH Level female functional Neuro-urology

• oEvidence of participation in, and demonstrable commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching within the Trust.
• oAbility to contribute to teaching
• oDistance learning or other modern learning methods
• oAttendance at "training for teaching" course.
• oAttendance at "assessment and appraisal" course.
• oDemonstration of Interest in Educational methods (Cert.
  
  Ed., etc)

• oAbility to perform critical literature appraisal
• oEvidence of recent and current research.
• oDemonstrable knowledge of the up-to-date literature
• oPublications in peer reviewed journals

• oExperience of participation in regular clinical audit.
• oAbility to undertake audit and implement key actions

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.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearpro rata per annum plus on call