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Main area
Urology
Grade
Locum Consultant
Contract
Locum: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
290-LCONB099
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Charing Cross Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£105,504-£139,882 per annum WTE
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59

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Locum Consultant Urologist

Locum Consultant

Job overview

Imperial College Hospitals NHS Trust (ICHT) is looking to appoint a Consultant in Urology with a subspecialist interest in urological cancer. The role of this new substantive consultant post is to provide subspecialist urological cancer outpatient, diagnostic and inpatient services for adult patients. 

The post will require extensive skills in the surgical management of urological cancer including expertise in undertaking complex open, endoscopic and robotic surgery for bladder cancer. The post holder will be expected to play a key role in improving the urological cancer services efficiency with large scale pathway redesign  

Main duties of the job

·       The post holder will form part of the urology team focused on the diagnosis and treatment of bladder cancer.

·       The post holder will attend the specialist MDT for bladder cancer and will be part of the post-MDT outpatient clinic.

·       The post holder will be expected to take an active role in managing patient pathways, this will include undertaking regular clinics and diagnostic lists.

·       The post holder will help to train junior specialist trainees and to actively contribute to fortnightly departmental education meetings.

·       During a twelve-month period the appointee can expect to see all common urological oncology problems and pathologies, and in addition will see a variety of more unusual and general urology conditions.

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

Full JD is provided- 

  • ·       To provide a rapid access clinic for patients referred with suspected urological cancer, this will include undertaking outpatient clinics at a neighbouring Trust in North West London as part of the Urological Cancer Centre hub and spoke model
  • ·       To provide outpatient consultations for patients with a confirmed urological cancer diagnosis
  • ·       To provide urological cancer operative surgery, this can include utilising operating lists when other consultants are on annual leave
  • ·       To take a lead on the Superficial Bladder Cancer Pathway
  • ·       To provide operative support the co-dependant specialities of colorectal and gynaecology cancer part of the ICHT pelvic cancer hub
  • ·       To take part in the on the Consultant Urology on call rota. The department operates a Consultant of the Week model.  During the on call week the post holder will be free of their usual elective clinical duties.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration
  • 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
  • An appropriate higher Urology surgical qualification

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable evidence of training and expertise in general adult Urological surgery.
  • Experience of complex open, laparoscopic and robot assisted pelvic surgery
  • Ability to undertake Urology general on-call supporting the major trauma centre at SMH and providing intra-operative consults required by colorectal or gynaelogical cancer services.
  • IT Skills and computer literacy

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 achievements

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

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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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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