Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Clinical Duties:

• Provide day-to-day care for urology inpatients, including conducting ward rounds and liaising with multidisciplinary teams.
• Assess and manage patients in the emergency department and outpatient clinics under consultant supervision.
• Participate in pre-operative and post-operative care, including ward-based procedures such as catheter changes and nephrostomy management.
• Assist in the operating theatre, gaining exposure to a range of urological procedures.

On-Call Responsibilities:

• Manage acute urology admissions and emergencies on a rotational basis.
• Provide initial assessments and perform interventions as required, escalating complex cases to senior team members.

Communication and Coordination:

• Act as a key point of contact between consultants, registrars, nursing staff, and other departments.
• Ensure accurate and thorough documentation of patient records and care plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, including mortality and morbidity reviews.

Teaching and Development:

• Provide teaching and supervision to medical students and junior colleagues.
• Attend departmental teaching sessions and actively engage in clinical audits, research, and quality improvement projects.

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Clinical Duties:

• Provide day-to-day care for urology inpatients, including conducting ward rounds and liaising with multidisciplinary teams.
• Assess and manage patients in the emergency department and outpatient clinics under consultant supervision.
• Participate in pre-operative and post-operative care, including ward-based procedures such as catheter changes and nephrostomy management.
• Assist in the operating theatre, gaining exposure to a range of urological procedures.

On-Call Responsibilities:

• Manage acute urology admissions and emergencies on a rotational basis.
• Provide initial assessments and perform interventions as required, escalating complex cases to senior team members.

Communication and Coordination:

• Act as a key point of contact between consultants, registrars, nursing staff, and other departments.
• Ensure accurate and thorough documentation of patient records and care plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, including mortality and morbidity reviews.

Teaching and Development:

• Provide teaching and supervision to medical students and junior colleagues.
• Attend departmental teaching sessions and actively engage in clinical audits, research, and quality improvement projects.

Person Specification

Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• Basic Medical Degree
• MRCS or appropriate specialist qualification
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent
• Current ATLS provider registration

Desirable

• Higher Degree

Clinical Skills and Experience

Essential

• Must have competencies or equivalent to minimum level 3 of ST3
• Log book of surgical procedures

Organisation and Planning

Essential

• Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
• Understanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints

Desirable

• Evidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended

Teaching Skills

Essential

• Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching

Desirable

• Recognised teaching qualification

Academic and Research

Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• Research experience
• Publications
• Prizes and honours

Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• Basic Medical Degree
• MRCS or appropriate specialist qualification
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent
• Current ATLS provider registration

Desirable

• Higher Degree

Clinical Skills and Experience

Essential

• Must have competencies or equivalent to minimum level 3 of ST3
• Log book of surgical procedures

Organisation and Planning

Essential

• Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
• Understanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints

Desirable

• Evidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended

Teaching Skills

Essential

• Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching

Desirable

• Recognised teaching qualification

Academic and Research

Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• Research experience
• Publications
• Prizes and honours

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Princess Royal Hospital

Lewes Road

Haywards Heath

RH16 4EX

Employer's website

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)