The NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) wishes to appoint new Consultant Urologists. This is a new post with the opportunity for practice in Core and Endourology .
The appointee would join an enthusiastic team which includes 20 consultants, 8 Specialty Trainees, a robotic fellow and a number of clinical and research fellows, Speciality Doctors, 3 CSTs, 7 FY1s, specialist nurses and other nursing, administrative and operational staff and allied healthcare professionals.
The merged Urology Department covers Urological services across the City of Liverpool in a hub and spoke model. The main hub is based at the New Royal Liverpool Hospital in the city centre which houses all elective and emergency urology in-patients in a 42-bed all single room unit across 1.5 wards. The department has 40 elective operating sessions mostly on the New Royal site.
The Royal Liverpool Hospital site is a designated Urological Cancer Centre with specialist MDTs for prostate, bladder, kidney and testis cancer. The pelvic cancer team has a joint clinic and specialist MDT with oncologists from the regional Radiotherapy Centre at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. There are 3 Da Vinci Xi robots (Royal) and one SP robot (Aintree).
Over the last 2 years the Urology services based at the Royal Liverpool, Broadgreen and Aintree Hospital sites have gradually integrated. All inpatient urology services are now provided at the New Royal Liverpool Hospital and there is single cross city, low frequency (currently 1:17) on call service at Consultant level with full middle-grade support.
The Urology Service at the Royal Liverpool Hospital is one of two designated Urology Cancer Centres in the Mersey region and has prostate, bladder, kidney and testis cancer specialist MDT’s delivering all aspects of pelvic and abdominal surgery, including reconstructive surgery. The service also has the only permanent lithotripter in the region and delivers all aspects of endoscopic and percutaneous stone management. Excellent support is provided by the interventional radiology department and there is CT and MR availability on both the Royal and Aintree sites. Nuclear medicine facilities are also available on the Royal site. The department already provides tertiary service for Robotic nephron-sparing surgery, robotic and laparoscopic nephroureterectomy, RFA and cryoablation, nephrectomy with caval involvement and RPLND.
The main Urology ward at the Royal Liverpool Hospital (5B) is a state of the art all single room 28 bedded ward. Urology also support patient pathways through Emergency Surgical Assessment Unit based on 6B alongside 14 surgical beds. There is also a 4 bedded enhanced recovery unit based on Ward 5B.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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Job plan will be agreed with the successful candidates.
Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT, CESR or European Community Rights. Proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview. The post holder should also hold FRCS (Urol) or equivalent.
Audit, Education & Training
The Trust has an excellent Education Centre, which provides modern facilities including a professionally staffed library with reading room and fully equipped IT room.
There are well-established audit and research programmes in collaboration with members of a wide range of clinical departments. Opportunities to participate in collaborative audit and/or research are available, subject to discussion with the Clinical Director. Funding is available for research projects from regional and local monies, by application in the usual way. The appointee will be expected to participate in undergraduate teaching for any medical and dental students attached to the Unit. In addition the appointee will be expected to play an active role in postgraduate teaching. A monthly audit meeting is held on a programme determined by the Trust, at which attendance and active participation is expected. The Trust also holds a weekly Grand Round and the appointee will be asked to present on an annual basis
Continuing Professional Development
The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) as laid down by the GMC and surgical colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities. On appointment, the successful applicant will also be allocated a mentor for support.
Revalidation
The Trust has the required arrangements in place to ensure that all surgeons have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports surgeons going through the revalidation process.
Equity
The Trust recognises that surgical working requires good team working and the role of each Consultant is intended to be as an equal senior to other Consultants in the Department and in the Trust. The Trust will ensure that the postholder will have has his/her needs for support met, and that the job plan created will be sustainable in the long term.
Management
The Directorate holds monthly meetings to discuss all aspects of management and clinical governance. The post holder is encouraged to attend these meetings. The service also undergoes a regular performance review as part of the governance arrangements and is monitored against local and national standards.
