Locum Consultant Urology
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £105,401.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105401.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wrexham, LL13 7TD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | H9050-24-1480 |
Summary
There are several community hospitals within the catchment area and you may be required to attend some outpatient clinics there. Excellent training facilities are available with an extensive library on site. The Maelor Hospital is a Cancer Unit with weekly regional Uro-Oncology MDTs based in Glan Clwyd Hospital. In addition, there is a weekly Stone and Endourology MDT, as well as combined Urology-Radiology-Nephrology (KUB Club) meeting and a monthly Regional Urology-Gynaecology MDT (Wrexham &Bangor. Junior staff consists of x2 Urology Speciality Registrar (Usually ST5 and ST3 from Mersey Rotation), 4 Specialty Doctors, one CT2 trainee, two CT1 trainees, one FY2 doctor (all Welsh Deanery) and 3 Academic FY1 junior doctors. The timetable of the Speciality Registrar is adjusted to take account of individual training needs. The other junior trainees cooperate in the general surgical on call rota. The Department of Urology has close ties with the Department of General Surgery, which consists of 8 general surgeons of who specialize in colorectal surgery, upper-GI surgery, breast surgery and vascular surgery. There are consultant gynaecologists, of whom few have a special interest in uro-gynaecology. There are strong links between urogynaecology and urology. Some core paediatric urology services are provided within the department (Mr Patel) - complemented by specialist paediatric urological services provided by a visiting consultant paediatric urologist from the Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool who attends monthly out-patient appointment clinics in the Paediatric Department. The hospital has a large renal dialysis unit carrying out both acute and chronic dialysis and ambulatory dialysis. This is run by 4 consultant nephrologists.