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Urology Consultant
| Posting date: | 15 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 November 2025 |
| Location: | Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 2QZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9179-25-0528 |
Summary
Urology beds are shared with general surgery in two mixed-sex wards. There is open access to paediatric beds. A limited paediatric emergency surgical urology service is provided by the team. The appointee will not be expected to cover any elective paediatric clinical activity. The operating department comprises nine theatres, including three ultra-clean theatres and a recently upgraded recovery suite, together with an operating theatre dedicated to providing emergency services. We offer LA trans-perineal prostate biopsies, green light laser, and Holmium laser prostate surgery, Urolift and two 50W holmium lasers (one in day surgery). We are well equipped with new rigid and flexible ureteroscopes and a comprehensive selection of consumables. Flexible cystoscopy (with state-of-the-art Olympus flexible cystoscopies), uro-dynamics, nurse-led and Consultant andrology clinics and intra-vesical chemotherapy clinics. ESWL is provided by the regional mobile supplier and overseen by a Nurse Specialist with an associated Stone MDT. Outreach clinics are held in the surrounding towns of Newmarket, Thetford, and Sudbury. The new appointment would be expected to undertake outreach clinics to fit with the rest of the department after consultation. The eight-bedded intensive care unit has recently been substantially enlarged and upgraded. A high dependency facility has recently been opened. There is a 24-hour recovery unit attached to theatres. There is also a stand-alone day surgery unit with three theatres and a comprehensive programme of expanding Urology Day Case procedures with day case TURBT, Urolift and ureteroscopy for stones already established. Please see Job Description and Personal Specification attached for full detail.