Consultant Urologist

The postholder will be expected to provide an across the board core adult urological service and develop a specialist interest to complement with the rest of the department.

The Post holder will be expected to provide elective services such as outpatient clinics both at Great Western and at some peripheral community hospitals, and elective inpatient and day-case operations. The successful candidate will also support the hospital's new care pathways and will take part in the Consultant of the Week rota that provides care for all urology inpatients and offer telephone advice to the on call surgical team out of hours. Occasional out of hours attendance may be required.

The post will proactively support, participate and contribute to the delivery of safe inpatient care and support the relevant teaching and training of both undergraduates from Oxford and Bristol Universities and junior medical staff.

The urologists are supported by an excellent anaesthetic and radiology department, the latter including interventional radiology and weekly uro-radiology x ray meetings. There is a weekly MDT.

Great Western Hospital is a growing Trust providing an increasing range of surgical procedures to its local community. The hospital is therefore appointing a sixth Consultant Urological Surgeon.

The successful applicants will join a team of five established Consultant Urological Surgeons and one Associate Specialist.

There is one urology specialty registrar from the Southwest rotation and two clinical fellows. There are three urology oncology specialist nurses, a urodynamic nurse and an active research team. Oncology cover is provided by the Oxford oncology department who are now able to provide radiotherapy onsite in Swindon as the new radiotherapy unit has just opened., Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation