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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Urologist to join a well-established and expanding Urology service in Northern Ireland.

This Consultant post offers the opportunity to provide comprehensive adult urological services alongside paediatric outpatient and minor day-case urology services within a modern and progressive surgical department.

The successful candidate will join a collaborative, multidisciplinary Urology team that delivers elective, emergency, outpatient, and surgical urological care while contributing to service development, governance, education, and regional specialist pathways.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

The Consultant Urologist will:

• Provide consultant-led assessment and management of urological patients
• Deliver elective and emergency Urology services
• Perform outpatient and inpatient urological procedures
• Participate in a 1:7 consultant on-call rota
• Manage complex urological conditions and surgical pathways
• Deliver general urology services across elective and emergency care
• Contribute to uro-oncology and endo-urology services
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and surgical planning
• Support outpatient diagnostic and treatment services
• Supervise junior medical staff and trainees
• Participate in governance, audit, and patient safety activities
• Contribute to service redesign and development initiatives
• Support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Work collaboratively with specialist nursing and allied health teams
• Participate in appraisal, CPD, and clinical governance programmes

Service Overview

The Urology service includes:

• Comprehensive adult Urology services
• Paediatric outpatient and minor day-case Urology services
• Elective and emergency surgical pathways
• Dedicated urology investigation services
• Flexible cystoscopy services
• Urodynamics services
• Intravesical therapy clinics
• Transperineal prostate biopsy services
• Stone surgery and endo-urology pathways
• Day-case and short-stay surgery
• Uro-oncology services
• Regional stone management pathways

The department includes:

• Dedicated Urology investigation units
• Ring-fenced elective surgical theatres
• Specialist nurse-led clinics
• Dedicated inpatient Urology wards
• Access to laser stone surgery technology
• Emergency theatre access
• Regional multidisciplinary collaboration pathways

The service works closely with:

• Oncology teams
• Regional cancer networks
• Interventional radiology services
• Specialist stone services
• Clinical nurse specialists
• Multidisciplinary surgical teams
• Regional tertiary referral pathways

Leadership, Teaching & Development

The role offers opportunities in:

• Clinical leadership within Urology services
• Development of specialist urology pathways
• Service redesign and innovation
• Uro-oncology development
• Endo-urology and stone services
• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Supervision of trainees and junior doctors
• Clinical governance and patient safety work
• Research, audit, and quality improvement

The department actively supports:

• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Consultant mentoring and appraisal
• Revalidation support programmes
• Leadership development
• Audit and governance activities
• Academic and educational involvement
• Specialist interest development
• Regional collaborative working

Person Specification

Requirements

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise
• FRCS (Urology) or equivalent qualification
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Urology or within 6 months of CCT/CESR
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience
• Extensive experience in elective and emergency Urology
• Experience in multidisciplinary team working
• Strong clinical leadership and communication skills
• Experience in governance and audit activities
• Commitment to teaching and training
• Ability to work flexibly within a collaborative surgical team

Desirable

• Higher postgraduate qualification (MD, MCh or equivalent)
• Interest in uro-oncology
• Interest in endo-urology and stone disease
• Experience in bladder outflow surgery
• Experience in female and reconstructive urology
• Research and publication experience
• Formal teaching or educational training
• Management or leadership experience
• ATLS certification
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