Consultant in Urology: Sponsorship Available

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and skilled Consultant Urologist to join our well-established and supportive team, based at Rotherham Hospital.

Our Urology department provides a comprehensive service across the major sub-specialties, including general urology, BPH surgery (Rezum, HoLEP and TURP), female urology, andrology, stone disease (including PCNL), upper tract diagnostics and therapeutics, and both cancer and non-cancer MDT provision. Radical pelvic cancer surgery is managed in partnership with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, while TRFT delivers integrated inpatient and outpatient care and follow-up for prostate and bladder cancer patients.

You will join a team of 5 consultants, 2 specialty doctors, and a strong training complement (2 Senior Clinical Fellows, a Core Surgical Trainee and 2 Foundation Trainees), supported by 2 Advanced Nurse Specialists, 4 Cancer Nurse Specialists and a dedicated Andrology Cancer Nurse Specialist.

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with demonstrable experience in the assessment, treatment and surgical management of stone disease, including endourological procedures, who can confidently manage both elective and emergency stone patients and help develop our stone service further. Flexibility to support the wider needs of the department including outpatient clinics, theatre lists, MDT meetings, emergency cover and service development is essential.

Main duties of the job

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with demonstrable experience in the assessment, treatment and surgical management of stone disease, including endourological procedures, who can confidently manage both elective and emergency stone patients and help develop our stone service further. Flexibility to support the wider needs of the department including outpatient clinics, theatre lists, MDT meetings, emergency cover and service development is essential.

Main Duties

  • Provide comprehensive elective and emergency urology care for in-patients and out-patients
  • Participate in the out-of-hours on-call rota (1 in 6) alongside consultant colleagues
  • Contribute to the training, supervision and management of resident medical staff
  • Engage in audit, research, clinical governance and service development
  • Play an active role in the management and modernisation of the department

Person Specification

Research and Audit

Essential

  • Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit

Desirable

  • Relevant research published in peer review journal

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
  • Please provide your GMC Registration centre
  • Eligible to be included on the Specialist register – CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
  • Or
  • Evidence of CESR application submission and within 6 months of obtaining Specialist Registration via CESR
  • MBBS or equivalent primary medical qualification
  • MRCS specialist qualification or equivalent

Management Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate effective team working skills
  • Time management and organisational ability. An example may be they have developed and run training programmes
  • Proven knowledge of systems and process of NHS or equivalent
  • Sense of understanding and commitment to corporate responsibility
  • Commitment to and understanding of their responsibility to the organisation. Examples may include previous involvement in management roles, management courses

Education and Teaching

Essential

  • Proven ability to teach and train others

Clinical Skills

Essential

  • Experience in stone surgery would be essential to undertake the role above skills required to achieve CCT

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience in Stone surgery and also General Urology

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: 27 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.