Job overview

The department of Urology is a tertiary referral centre, covering an extended population of 1.3million people and a local population of approximately 650,000.

The urology department is located at Castle Hill Hospital within a well-resourced, dedicated unit. Ward 15 has 34 beds, and a urology day services facility is located next door. Flexible cystoscopy and urodymamics are performed here, along with specialist nursing clinics. In addition, there is an on-site fixed lithotripter which is housed within this unit. Ward 12 next door (urology ambulatory) provides a dedicated facility for the assessment of emergencies and post-operative assessment as well as a TWOC clinic.

The department has a dedicated inpatient urology theatre and robotic surgery is performed within a purpose-built robotic facility at Castle Hill which houses two Da Vinci Xi platforms. This facility is shared with other specialities. Currently there are 14 inpatient urology lists and 10 robotic lists within the working week. There is a newly built day surgery centre on site at Castle Hill, where the urology services perform 8 lists per week.

In addition, the department is staffed by 6 middle grades (specialty registrars and clinical fellows), along with 9 specialist nurses, 1 advanced practitioner and 2 surgical care practitioners.
There are also 6 ST1/2, F1/F2 doctors

Main duties of the job

A standard full time Job Plan will contain 10 programmed activities (PAs) comprising 8 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2 for supporting activities (SPAs). 1.5 SPAs are classed as ‘core’ and cover time for training, teaching, CPD, audit, appraisal, clinical governance and attendance at service meetings.

There are opportunities to participate in undergraduate teaching within the HYMS medical school curriculum. Additional SPA time can be allocated for research, clinical management and educational supervisor (ES) activity. It is envisaged that this post would include the educational supervision of at least one trainee per year who could be from any level of training from FY1 to speciality registrar.

It is expected that the appointee will have completed ES training or complete this within a short time of taking up the post. All new appointees will be encouraged to develop their management skills by taking on a management role which could include assisting more senior colleagues with the organisation of educational activities, audit, junior doctor management, recruitment etc. Personal preferences can be taken into account and training will be given for the chosen role. Additional PA time is negotiable for more senior management, research or educational roles within the department

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.