Consultant in Urology: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

As a Consultant Urologist you will be joining a collegiate department focussed on providing the highest possible care for our patients. In a busy unit, you will work hand in hand with our outstanding Urology and Oncology Nurse Specialists to run our Consultant lead team with the support of 2 Specialist Registrars and a Urology-facing CT2.

There are great opportunities to develop your specialist interest with our Urology Area Network partners at Addenbrookes hospital: to strengthen and develop patient pathways and to access specialist operating in a Tertiary Centre. This will be balanced with a strong core urology focus and on-call in a supportive, friendly and forward-thinking District General Hospital in a beautiful, vibrant town.

Interviews will take place on Friday, 23rd October 2026

Please see Job Description and Personal Specification attached for full detail.

Main duties of the job

o Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all urological patients.

o To share with colleague’s responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Urology Department.

o Teaching and training of junior medical staff, nursing staff, and medical students.

o To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.

o To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).

o To promote the development of multi-disciplinary teams and shared responsibility for the provision of care to patients.

o To develop innovative working practices, and to support the growing clinical contribution of non-medical staff.

o To work effectively within a team and communicate well with patients, General Practitioners, and hospital colleagues.

o To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Please see Job Description and Personal Specification attached for full detail.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration and hold a Licence to Practice, FRCS (Urol) or equivalent.
  • CCT and/or inclusion on the Specialist Registrar of the GMC or be eligible for entry onto the register (within 6 months of obtaining CCT) at the time of interview or equivalent.
  • An experienced Urological surgeon

Desirable

  • MD or MS or MSc or MBA

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Clinical training and experience in general urology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT

Desirable

  • Evidence of thorough and broad training in Urological Surgery
  • Ability to develop a sub-speciality interest to complement the department.
  • Validated logbook

Previous Training Management/Audit

Essential

  • Evidence of effective participation in clinical governance and audit

Desirable

  • Evidence of having instigated and designed audit protocols /activities

Academic Achievements Research/Publications

Essential

  • Evidence of completed and published research particularly in the area of urology.

Desirable

  • Evidence of having supervised and supported research students

Teaching

Essential

  • Evidence of commitment to teaching at a senior level
  • Commitment to teaching clinical medical students and nursing staff

Desirable

  • Teaching the Teachers to Teach or equivalent

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Thorough knowledge of urological disease and a wide experience of operative and non-operative management of this group of patients

Communication skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients, clinical, scientific, technical and managerial colleagues.
  • Able to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Ability to organise work efficiently and effectively.
  • A demonstrated ability to work flexibly in a team to share the clinical load.
  • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by the following: – PLAB 2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence.

Organisational skills

Essential

  • Interested in developing innovative ways of delivering patient care.
  • Capacity to stimulate and accommodate colleagues.

Leadership skills

Desirable

  • Evidence of ability to manage staff-

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: 16 September 2026

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