Locum Consultant in Urology
| Posting date: | 17 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 October 2024 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS9 7TF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | C9298-MED-594 |
Summary
Duties will include but are not limited to: The overriding purpose of this job is to support the provision of highest quality diagnostic and therapeutic patient care, for prostate and bladder cancer patients through personal actions and continuous improvement such as the development of focal treatments for the bladder and prostate pathway, while working closely with the existing team of 4 pelvic oncology consultants. The appointed candidate will support the existing team of pelvic oncology consultants to achieve and sustain performance against key national waiting time standards from referral to treatment for suspected prostate/bladder cancer patients within 2ww, 28- and 62-day waiting times. To support the existing team of pelvic oncology consultants to manage unexpected surges in suspected prostate/bladder cancer referrals and the increased demand on follow up numbers within current resources. To support the delivery of general elective and specialist urology as well as emergency workload of the department. To achieve and sustain performance against key national waiting time standards including delivery of the18 week standard from referral to treatment. To improve the quality of care provided to patients and increase the scope for innovation. To participate in service development and business planning for the department in collaboration with the other Consultant colleagues within urology and other related specialties constituting prostate and bladder cancer MDT and primary care commissioners within the local CCGs Professional supervision, support and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures; To improve the efficiency and productivity of the urology department and contribute to the role of Leeds as a training centre for urology. To maintain and develop clinical research in urology. To contribute to and improve the quality of Undergraduate and Postgraduate training in urology.