Job summary
- Main area
- Urology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 290-CONB121
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £109,725 to £145,478 per annum WTE
- Closing
- 02/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Urologist with interest in Prostate Cancer
Consultant
Job overview
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Substantive Consultant Urological Surgeon with subspecialist interest in Prostate Cancer to join our dynamic and internationally renowned Urology Department. This is an exciting opportunity to work within one of the UK’s leading AHSC where clinical excellence, cutting-edge research, and education converge to deliver world-class patient care.
The successful candidate will be based primarily at Charing Cross Hospital, with responsibilities across other Imperial sites including St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals. You will join a team of 14 consultants and a multidisciplinary group of specialists, fellows, and nurse practitioners, contributing to a department that performs over 5,000 surgical procedures and sees 26,000 outpatients annually.
This post is ideal for a highly skilled surgeon with expertise in robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy and/or focal therapy, and a strong interest in advancing independent practice in these areas. You will play a pivotal role in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, working within the RAPID pathway, a pioneering diagnostic model developed at Imperial.
ICHNT is a regional Urological Cancer Centre, hosting the North West London Urological Cancer Specialist MDT and serving as a supra-regional centre for testicular cancer. The Trust is closely aligned with Imperial College London, offering unparalleled opportunities for research, education, and innovation.
Main duties of the job
As Consultant Urological Surgeon, your responsibilities will include duties in the following areas, a full job description is provided.
- · Clinical Care
- · Teaching and Education
- · Research and Innovation
- · Leadership and Governance
- · Team Collaboration
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
· Deliver high-quality care in general urology, prostate cancer, and benign prostate disease.
· Maintain competencies and ensure prompt attendance at clinical activities.
· Engage patients in shared decision-making and uphold the Trust’s values of kindness, expertise, collaboration, and aspiration.
Research and Teaching
· Contribute to Imperial’s research mission, with access to funding from NIHR, BRC, and other bodies.
· Provide teaching and mentorship to medical students and junior doctors.
· Participate in educational SPA activities and departmental teaching programmes.
Performance and Governance
· Drive improvements in clinical efficiency, quality outcomes, and operational performance.
· Support junior doctor compliance with EWTD and New Deal.
· Participate in recruitment, appraisal, and team objective setting.
Strategic and Leadership Duties
· Represent the Trust in clinical networks and external meetings.
· Lead specialty meetings and resolve conflicts constructively.
· Collaborate with Imperial College London and other stakeholders.
Job Plan Summary
· 10 Programmed Activities (PAs): 8.5 DCC, 1.5 SPA
· Activities include theatre lists, outpatient clinics, MDT meetings, and surveillance clinics.
On-call duties include daily ward rounds and emergency cover across Imperial sites.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
- On GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
- Appropriate Royal College Membership
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of training and expertise in general adult and paediatric urological surgery.
- Significant experience in prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment (including operative experience in robotic assisted radical prostatectomy and / or focal therapy)
- Ability to undertake General Urology on-call, including supporting the major trauma centre at SMH.
- Clinical judgment. Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk.
- Evidence of accuracy, care and timely recording of all necessary clinical data, both written and electronic.
Leadership / management skills
Essential criteria
- Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
- Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
- Knowledge of finance/budgets
- Management of staff
Teaching/ Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff
Audit
Essential criteria
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Academic achievement
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Language
Essential criteria
- Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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
- Camille Cepeda
- Job title
- Deputy General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
To gain clinical information about the spec of the role, contact Mr. Archie Hugh-Hallett, [email protected].
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
1st Floor Education Centre
Charing Cross Hospital
W6 8RF
- Telephone
- 07789 171 622
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