Consultant Urological Surgeon

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is a substantive Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients of the Urology service. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.

Main duties of the job

The postholder is expected to work across all Kings Urology sites including Denmark Hill, Princess Royal University Hospital and Beckenham Beacon with on call duties currently located at Princess Royal. The proposed job plan (up to 10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.

The On-Call commitment is for a 1:6 rota and is classified as Category A. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.

All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust’s sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:

1. The provision of a first-class clinical service

2. Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

3. Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP

Person Specification

Registration & Interview Eligibility

Essential

  • Full Registration with GMC
  • Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
  • On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT, in final stages of their portfolio pathway application, or be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

Training and Experience

Essential

  • Wide experience in all aspects of urology culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC

Administration

Essential

  • Experience in day-to-day organisation of urology services in a busy Teaching Hospital
  • Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
  • Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

  • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
  • Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable

  • Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Research and Publications

Essential

  • Experience of clinical research.

Desirable

  • Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of urology
  • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation

Desirable

  • Teaching skills course/qualification

Qualifications & Higher Qualifications

Essential

  • Registerable medical qualification
  • Full FRCS (Urol)

Desirable

  • Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

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).

Closing Date: 26 July 2026

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