Job Description

Job overview



We are looking to appoint a Trust Specialty Middle Grade doctor with broad training in Urological surgery who would also be on the Urology on call rota, currently operating as a 1 in 12. To Maternity Cover for 6 Months.



The Trust has a dedicated hyper acute Stroke Unit, with a 24 hour/ 7 day a week service for patients within North West London. He / she will be responsible for delivering elective surgical services to the Brent, Harrow and Ealing community with operating lists and outpatient clinics at Northwick Park Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital and Ealing Hospital.



The post holder will also have received wide training and experience in emergency surgery and the assessment and management of acute surgical disease. The post holder will be expected to provide cross cover with Urology consultants for theatre time, either participatory or supervisory. The post holder will not be expected to cover NPH whilst engaged in elective activities at other sites, or vice versa.



KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The post holder will required to take part in the following:

Participate with colleagues in the continuous provision of Urology services provided by the Trust



Participate fully with the multidisciplinary team in the care of Urology inpatients and outpatients.



To cooperate in the departments audit and research programme.



To undertake regular weekly ward rounds for inpatients as part of the consultant on call team.



To be expected to participate in the assessment of emergency patients in the accident and emergency department.



To be expected to supervise and teach junior medical staff and students.



Be expected to supervise and teach junior medical staff and students.



Be expected to adhere to the Trusts' Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of all Healthcare Associated Infections including MRSA . In particular all staff have the following key responsibilities:



Staff members have a duty to attend infection control training provided for them by the Trust as set in the infection control policy.



Staff members who develop an infection that may be transmissible to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.



Careers at #LNWH



London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.



Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

Northwick Park Hospital:

home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

St Mark's Hospital:

an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

Ealing Hospital:

a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

Central Middlesex Hospital:

our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.



We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.



The Urology department at North West London Hospitals NHS Trust



Outpatient clinics



One stop Haematuria clinics



An established weekly multi-disciplinary team meeting



Acute and Elective Urology surgery



Central Middlesex Hospital and Ealing Hospital also delivers comprehensive outpatient and elective procedures. These include;



Outpatient services including general Urology clinics, urodynamic and cystoscopy diagnostic services



Daycase urology procedures



Lithotripsy activity for management of stones



ACAD for minor and intermediate operations.