The Urology Department currently consists of 6 Consultant Urologists and is supported by middle grade workforce consisting of 1 Specialty Registrar, 2 Trust Registrar, 2 Trust CT Doctors, and 1 Advanced Care Practitioner. There are Physicians Associates that contribute to Urology and General Surgery across the surgical wards. The department is supported by 6 Urology Clinical Nurse Specialists, 2 Cancer Care Co-ordinators, 2 Urology Nurses and 4 Healthcare Assistant across Cumberland Infirmary (CIC) and West Cumberland Hospital (WCH). The team have recently opened a Urology Investigations Unit at CIC in July 2025. This includes several state of the art treatment rooms, clinic space and dedicated office suites.
The Trust Doctors will have a named educational supervisor and training plans will be tailored to individual personal development needs. IT and library resources are available for trainees and support is available from GMC recognised trainers. Departmental directorate meetings take place every 6 weeks and active participation in audit is expected.
The successful candidates will have elective and emergency responsibilities in Urology surgery at NCIC. He/she will have regular elective duties within Urology surgery during the day from Monday to Fridays. Duties will include Urology clinics, diagnostic lists such as TP biopsies and cystoscopy, elective theatres, MDT meetings, ward rounds and PDT (personal development time). The doctor will undertake Urology on-call on a 1 in 6 rota which will include 0800-1700 resident on-call and 1700-0800 non-resident on call. Doctors will provide prospective cover for colleagues on approved annual and study leave.
Successful candidates will have responsibilities for the day-to-day care of all patients under the Urology Consultants at NCIC. The department delivers Urological services at CIC with spoke services at WCH. The service delivers the full complement of general urological interventions including: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP), Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (Thulep), Trans urethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT), Nephrectomies, MRI Fusion TP Biopsies, ESWL, Urolift, Urodynamics, and Cystoscopies. The Urology department also works closely with other services at NCIC including the community bladder teams and Surgical Same Day Emergency Care Unit. The programme of training for each individual doctor will be flexible depending on his/her particular needs and stage of training.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust’s sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.
We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our policy for eligible vacancies
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
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