Consultant in Urology Surgery • Chester Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nConsultant in Urology Surgery with Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chester\n\n Working Full Time: 10 Sessions per week An opportunity has arisen for a substantive Consultant post in the Urology department of the Planned Care Directorate at The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust. This is a full time (10 PA). The emphasis of the post is to provide a Specialist Urology service along with the other 4 Consultant Urological Surgeons who work across the directorate to provide outpatients, diagnostics, day case and inpatient surgery. They will be expected to take part in local and national audits of surgical outcomes and will be expected to recruit to national trials and publish outcomes. They will participate in a 1:5 on-call rota for Urological Emergencies. They will support teaching and training within the Directorate, encourage innovation and the development of team based practice. The department has a bespoke unit for outpatients, urodynamics and lithotripsy. The candidates will be expected to integrate within the team of 4 existing Consultants in order to provide a complete Urological Service. Duties will be allocated depending on skills of appointed candidate and needs of the department. This post is essential to meet the increased demand in Urology and maintain the quality of the management of urological disease, continue the provision of emergency urology care and work with the team to develop the service to meet demand BMA guidance states that a full-time Consultant (10 PA's per week) will typically undertake an average of 2.5 SPAs per week. Therefore, 2.5 SPAs per Consultant is neither a minimum nor a maximum [See 3 ] This premise is held by the Trust and is the starting point for SPA discussions at job planning. The Trust recognises the importance of SPA and places no restriction upon it, provided it is demonstrable in terms of output and agreed to align with Trust objectives. These objectives and the PA allocation will be mutually agreed. About us See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. "}