Consultant in Urology with SI in Gynaecology Reconstructive Surgery

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Consultant in Urology with SI in Gynaecology Reconstructive Surgery

The closing date is 30 October 2025

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at ESNEFT, across both Colchester and Ipswich hospital with the primary role sitting in the Urology, General Surgery and Gastroenterology CDG. Your specialist interest in Endometriosis, robotic reconstructive surgery spans the women's service, you will have a 50:50 split job plan.

This is a busy and expanding Urology Department providing a comprehensive range of elective and emergency urological services across both Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals, within ESNEFT.

We deliver the full spectrum of general and specialist urology, including stone disease, andrology, female and functional urology, prostate cancer diagnostics and treatment, bladder cancer, and upper tract oncology. Sub-specialisation is encouraged within the department.

All consultants in the department have a continuing and individual responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and a general responsibility to provide, in conjunction with their colleagues, an effective service to meet the needs of local people within the resources available.

The postholder will:

• Provide consultant-led urology and gynaecology reconstructive services across Ipswich and Colchester.
• Contribute to outpatient clinics, theatre lists, ward care, and on-call rota (1:9)
• Support education and training of junior doctors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in audit, clinical governance, and research.
• Undertake supporting professional activities including CPD, appraisal, revalidation, and clinical supervision.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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The key duties and responsibilities are:

• General responsibilities including participation in the consultant on-call rota
• Operating as per specialty
• Teaching
• Other care of inpatients or outpatients
• Clinical and other administration as required by agreement
• Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates
• Participation in clinical governance

• Entry on specialist register (or entry expected within six months)
• FRCS (Urol) or equivalent
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Urology
• Broad-based training in general urology, including emergency urology and core sub-specialty areas (e.g., stone disease, oncology, andrology, female and functional urology)
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Educational/ clinical supervisor (the necessary training will be provided for applicants that have not undertaken these roles previously)
• Additional higher degree (MD/PhD)
• Recognised fellowship training in a urological sub-specialty (e.g., robotic or reconstructive urology)
• Evidence of advanced experience in robotic or minimally invasive urological surgery
• Management training and experience
• Residence within a reasonable commuting distance of Ipswich or Colchester Hospitals

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust