Chaired By Ingrid Barker And Led By Maria Kane As Chief Executive, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Aims To Transform The Way Healthcare Is Delivered Locally With a Clear Focus On Making a Difference For What We Call Our Four Ps

• Better outcomes for our Patients
• More opportunities for our People
• Fairer more consistent care for our Population
• Best Value for Public Purse

Our Vision For Five Years From Now

• Patients will wait less time to be diagnosed and treated, and they will have the same high-quality experience and outcomes, regardless of who they are or where they live.
• We will meet rising demand by maximising the use of our available resources.
• More care will be delivered nearer to patients, in their homes or the community.
• Digital technologies will have transformed the way we work and the way we deliver care.
• Our people will feel engaged, energised and empowered by their work.
• We will be known as a place where people enjoy working, training and building a career.
• Our volume of globally renowned research and innovation will have grown significantly.
• We will contribute to system financial balance

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the job description for further details on the job description and main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Basic Qualification/Prizes

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent
• Maintain Full registration with the GMC.
• MRCS or equivalent Evidence of training progression

Desirable criteria

• FRCS (Urol) or equivalent
• Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS).
• Prizes Completed structured training in urology and wishing to pursue a career in Stone surgery ATLS/ALS

Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
• Some Experience as a specialist registrar or equivalent, in urology)
• Skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in ureteroscopy and PCNL.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of understanding and application of knowledge of speciality
• Willing to seek help from senior colleagues as appropriate

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• Competent in the management of elective and emergency urology patients
• Competent in core urology procedures (Cystoscopy, TURP, TURBT, Stenting …etc)
• Experience of basic life support and resuscitation skills

Desirable criteria

• Accepts responsibility and able to take leadership role for ward based emergencies.

Personal Requirements (eg. Communication Leadership Skills, Flexibility)

Essential criteria

• Able to communicate effectively with patients and their relatives
• Able to establish good working relationships with all members of the multi disciplinary team

Desirable criteria

• Good oral and written presentation skills

Research/ Publications

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate interest in research

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of contribution to published research

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate experience in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate experience of case presentation
• Previous formal teaching position

Personal Requirements

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to organise own learning

Desirable criteria

• Able to function successfully under pressure

Practical Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post including on-call commitments
• Fluent in English
• Prepared to be flexible in working patterns
• Ability to access the internet

Clinical Audit

Essential criteria

• To have completed an Audit Project

Desirable criteria

• To have completed the audit cycle

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

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Important

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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