Consultant Urologist with an interest in Stone Disease Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Following a planned reconfiguration of services to develop a combined North and Clyde Urology team there is an opportunity to appoint a suitably trained individual to provide both an emergency and elective Urological service at consultant level. The elective sessions relating to the posts will be delivered within a Hub and Spoke model.
The emergency component of the post will be delivered across the North and Clyde Sector through an integrated consultant rota.
The successful applicant will join an existing team of 14 Substantive Consultant Urologists in providing comprehensive urological care to the population of North Glasgow and Clyde, Argyll and the Islands.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with an interest in stone disease to join an innovative urological team and become part of the Pan Glasgow Stone service. This consists of three WTE Consultants specialising in stone surgery supported by a dedicated Stone Nurse Specialist. At Glasgow Royal Infirmary there is access to a lithotripter with plans to expand this service. There is a weekly Stone MDT to discuss complex stones. The successful applicant will have access to experienced interventional radiologists to facilitate PCNL. There are dedicated day case sites complemented with Holmium YAG lasers. Two inpatient sites have access to 150W cyber-Ho laser at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Thulium in the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
The North & Clyde Consultant team cover a range of specialist urology care including endourology, female and functional reconstructive surgery, regional penile cancer and andrology service, prostate diagnostics, benign prostate surgery including Rezum and HolEP, bladder cancer, as well as providing urological support for the regional sarcoma and complex pelvic surgery.
The combined North & Clyde Urology service has an infrastructure of inpatient theatres, designated Urology wards, a bespoke diagnostic area for the provision of TRUS and Cystoscopy, and access to Day surgery theatres and Clinics across both sectors.
The amalgamation of North and Clyde Urology services at the start of 2021 presents an excellent prospects for a candidate looking to develop their careers in a motivated, dynamic environment. Currently the North and Clyde Urology service consists of 14 substantive Consultant Urologists and this post add to the consultant complement, who provide acute and elective urological care for the population of North Glasgow and Clyde. This is delivered across six hospital sites including: Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), Stobhill Ambulatory Care Hospital (SACH), Victoria Ambulatory Care Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) Paisley, Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH) Greenock, and the Vale of Leven Hospital (VOL) in Alexandria.
Suitable individuals would be welcomed into a flexible and innovative team implementing hub and spoke working to deliver excellent Urological care for the population of North Glasgow, Clyde and Argyll. The successful candidate will reflect a clear commitment to such a structure and will be encouraged and supported to provide subspecialty care that compliments those of the existing consultants.
At the weekend, consultant commitments include the management of emergency admissions at GRI & RAH, with full support of middle grade staff. The on call commitment is currently reflecting a 1 in 12 rota.
The North and Clyde sector currently has the support of 6 Specialist Registrars from the West of Scotland Training Programme, 2 specialty doctors, 5 clinical fellows and 2 core trainees.
The unit has the support of 10 Clinical Nurse Specialists with a skill set including endourology, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, andrology, bladder dysfunction, prostate assessment and prostatic biopsies. There are plans to increase the number of nurse specialists to include support for diagnostic and follow up flexible cystoscopies & reconstruction.
In addition to providing clinical services the successful candidates will participate in the supervision of junior staff and undertake the administrative duties required in a consultant job. This will include, but will not be exclusive to, the maintenance of appropriate patient records, keeping and participating in personal and unit audit and the retention of documentation for appraisal. All consultants are required to have an annual appraisal. Research will be encouraged especially if it has the potential to benefit direct patient care.
The successful candidates will be provided with appropriate clinic and theatre space to deliver their practice.
The job plan is negotiable and will be agreed between the successful applicants and the Clinical Director/Lead Clinician. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde initially allocates all full time consultants 10 PAs made up of 9 PAs in Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) for CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation, job planning, internal routine communication and management meetings. The precise allocation of SPA time and associate objectives will be agreed with the successful applicant and will be reviewed at annual job planning. There are a range of possible configurations of sessions that will ensure appropriate alignment to support subspecialty interest delivery.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once CESR is awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis but applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time. Up to 2 EPA’s may be available to undertake additional outpatient and/or procedure sessions or management activity.
Additional Non DCC (up to 2 PA’s in total – Inclusive of 1 core SPA plus 1 additional non DCC can be negotiated and agreed between the successful candidate and Management depending on the time required to support professional activities and the needs of the service.
All newly qualified Consultants are initially offered a minimum of 1 Core Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) which includes CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation, job planning and management meetings. This will be reviewed within 6 months (or earlier if required) of appointment and revised upwards if additional responsibilities are agreed.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
