IMPERIAL ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
FACULTY OF MEDICINE, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Urology
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THE POST
Title of Post:
Department:
Main site of activity:
Associated with:
Responsible to:
Accountable to:
Honorary Contract with:
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Clinical Senior Lecturer in Urology (SM167-13)
Surgery and Cancer
St Mary’s Hospital Campus, Paddington
Surgery and Cancer Clinical Programme Group
Mr Justin Vale
Professor George Hanna
ICHNT
Background to the Post
The post will be full-time and open ended. The appointee will have appropriate office and laboratory
facilities in St Mary’s Hospital. Honorary Consultant status with Imperial College Healthcare NHS
Trust will be sought.
The post will be supported by the appropriate clinical staff and by non-clinical staff and support staff
relevant for the development of the research programme. Appropriate secretarial support will be
provided for both the clinical and academic aspects of the post.
The appointee will be a member of the Academic Surgery team (led by Professor Ara Darzi) within
the Division of Surgery and the Section of Surgery at the St Mary’s Campus.
All members of clinical academic staff are expected to be active and highly respected in clinical
practice, in research, publishing papers in leading journals, attending conferences, supervising
research students and obtaining funding to support their students and research activities. The
appointee will be expected to have a proven track record in such activities.
Teaching and research are considered an integral part of the post. The post will involve the usual
administrative duties associated with a busy academic and research-active environment and the
appointee will be expected to enhance the academic standing of the Department of Surgery and
Cancer.
This appointment is a central element of the academic development of urology and Minimal Invasive
Surgery within the Department of Surgery and Cancer.
The appointee will contribute to the academic aims of the Department by:
 Planning and directing relevant basic science research programmes
 Planning and leading innovative, interdisciplinary research
 Successfully attracting funds for major research initiatives
 Extending and interlinking the research strengths already existing within Imperial College across
the Faculties in his/her field of research
 Participating in the planning, design and execution of teaching including postgraduate teaching
and research supervision and undergraduate teaching
 Participating in postgraduate training and courses for junior and senior doctors in training
 Responsibility for patient care and the running of the elective and emergency clinical service at St
Mary’s and Charing Cross Hospitals in conjunction with colleagues
2. Department of Surgery and Cancer
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2.1
An Overview
The Department of Surgery and Cancer is led by Professor Jeremy Nicholson. The Division of Surgery
(Head, Professor George Hanna) comprises sections of Surgery, Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and
Intensive Care and Computational and Systems Medicine. The Division of Cancer (Head – Professor
Bob Brown) comprises sections of Cancer and Reproductive Biology.
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The Work of the Department
The Department is highly multi-disciplinary and includes multiple internationally renowned academic and
clinical foci including surgical technology development, discovery biochemistry, cancer biology and
medicine, reproductive medicine, critical care and pain management. Its overarching mission is to
innovate, develop and apply new translational technologies, approaches and models to enhance
medical and surgical diagnostics, clinical decision-making and patient stratification and to understand
the basis of gene-environment diet interactions in relation to population disease risks and so to better
inform health policy decisions and government policy. It aims to harmonise and develop existing
research themes across the Department. Also to capitalise on world leading molecular phenotyping and
metabolic profiling research capabilities to create a new healthcare paradigm based on a molecules to
medicine approach. In particular we will channel exciting new technology developments into clinical
practice with particular emphasis on development of personalised healthcare and patient stratification
strategies across all our clinical delivery programmes. There are plans to create new world leading
centres of excellence in Surgical Metabonomics, Gut Health and Peri-operative and Trauma care
utilising “Top-Down Systems Biology” principles which will uniquely brand the Department’s research
strategy and aspirations. The Clinical Phenotyping Centre has been created on the St Mary’s campus in
a prime location immediately adjacent to the Operating Theatres and will provide a wealth of opportunity
for new areas of research. The MRC-NIHR funded Phenome Centre opened in April 2013.
The Department is responsible for teaching a significant part of the undergraduate and clinical
curriculum to Imperial College medical students across six years of the curriculum. It is responsible for
two BSc pathways – in Surgery and Anaesthesia and in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The Department
also has an extensive programme of postgraduate teaching, comprising taught courses, short courses
and supervised higher degree students.
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Service Activity
The urology services are based at St Mary’s and Charing Cross Hospitals, with occasional commitments
at the Hammersmith Hospital. The appointee will be a member of an eight WTE consultant team
covering the sites.
The urology services have undergone recent re-organisation, with the main in-patient bed base for nonelectives and major open surgery at the Charing Cross campus. The urology service on the St Marys
site is based in the new, purpose built Surgical Innovation Centre (based in the Paterson building). This
houses two OR1 equipped operating theatres including a da Vinci Si robot. The centre also houses the
surgical skills labs and a microsurgical robotic research facility, part of the Hamlyn Centre for Medical
Robotics. The successful applicant will be mainly based in this new facility.
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Clinical Staffing (to include key research/practice interests)
Head of Department
Professor Jeremy Nicholson
Deputy Head of Department for
Resources and Research Planning
Professor Bob Brown
Deputy Head of Department for
Education Strategy and Quality
Professor Alison McGregor
Head of Division of Surgery
Professor George Hanna
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Head of Section of Anaesthetics
Pain Medicine and Intensive Care
Professor Masao Takata
Head of Section of Computational
and Systems Medicine
Professor Elaine Holmes
Head of Division of Cancer
Professor Bob Brown
Head of Section of Reproductive
Biology
Professor Philip Bennett
Director of Postgraduate Studies
Professor Michael Seckl
Deputy Head of Department
(Development)
Professor Lesley Regan
Deputy Head of Department
(Teaching)
Mr Barry Paraskeva
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Research Activities
The Department is establishing 4 research themes with the objective of integrating new technologies
into personalised healthcare at the point-of-care to improve patient outcomes:
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Molecular Phenotyping Directed Personalised Healthcare
Population, Behaviour and Health Services Research
Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology
Surgical and Robotic Technologies
These themes will be cross-departmental, providing a research framework for research groups within
surgery and cancer that have not been previously connected to work together for common healthcare
goals. The themes also have cross-Faculty connections, e.g. with Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and
Bioengineering groups, and will link closely with the AHSC research strategy and CPG needs.
2.6
Teaching Activities
The Department is responsible for teaching a significant part of the undergraduate and clinical
curriculum to Imperial College medical students across six years of the curriculum. It is responsible for
two BSc pathways – in Surgery and Anaesthesia and in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The Department
also has an extensive programme of postgraduate teaching, comprising taught courses, short courses
and supervised higher degree students.
2.7
Relationship with other Directorates/Staff
The Department faces four Clinical Programme Groups (CPGs) within Imperial College Healthcare NHS
Trust and is committed to working closely with each to achieve the mission of the Academic Health
Science Centre, namely to make it one of the top five global academic health science centres
channelling excellence in research to provide world class healthcare for patients within the next 10
years. In order to take this forward to reality, the Department’s management structure has been
developed to ensure appropriate representation from the following CPGs:
Surgery and Cancer (where this post will be based)
Specialist Services (Including anaesthesia and musculoskeletal surgery)
Circulation Sciences and Renal Medicine
Women and Children
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Additionally, the Department fosters close working relationships with Trusts associated with Imperial
College, notably Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal Marsden Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust.
The Department has well established collaborations across the Faculties of Natural Sciences and
Engineering as well as with the Business School.
The Division of Surgery comprises three sections – 1. Surgery; 2. Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and
Intensive Care, and 3. Computational and Systems Medicine. The below chart indicates the research
groupings within Surgery.
The Head of the Division is Professor George Hanna and there are Heads of the Section at
Hammersmith (HPB) - Professor Nagy Habib and at Charing Cross (Musculoskeletal) – Professor Justin
Cobb and St Mary’s Hospital (Professor Ara Darzi). The Division has major strengths in new technology,
imaging and computing, ergonomics, patient safety and clinical effectiveness. The research carried out
is driven by interdisciplinary working and the themes of best surgical practice, clinical safety and
education by applying science and technology to issues directly affecting patient care. Translational
research is integral to the Division’s success, developed by cross-faculty collaborations with the
Department of Computing, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Business School as well as with
Schools, Institutes and Departments within the Faculty of Medicine.
The Division has built strong relationships with industry, government, healthcare providers, and
educational institutions for the translation of its research into practical applications. In conjunction with
Computing, the Division has concentrated its research activities around new technology – robotics,
image-guided surgery, biological sensors, ergonomics and human performance to create The Hamlyn
Centre. There are strong links with the Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust following the
endowment of the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery in 2005 held by Professor Ara Darzi, and the creation
of a single Academic Department of Surgical Oncology. Professor Paris Tekkis also holds a joint
appointment and is based at the Royal Marsden and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust. It also forms part of an important cross-College consortium exploring musculoskeletal
disease mechanisms in order to understand mechanical, motor control, muscular, hereditary, lifestyle
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and other parameters that lead to the development of chronic disease and to use this understanding to
delay onset and progression.
The Division houses one of two NIHR Centres for Patient Safety and Service Quality, led by Professor
Ara Darzi and Professor Charles Vincent. It comprises a highly specialised set of academic and clinical
research groups, which collectively aim to trial new approaches and technologies to reduce human error
and improve patient care. Furthermore, Imperial College has a strong reputation in the field of
educational research. Its pioneering work in surgical education was recognized by the Queen’s
Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2001. The Surgical Skills and Education
Research agenda drives competency assessment and development of training to support dissemination
of new technologies.
The Division also leads the Surgery and Technology BRC theme led by Professor Ara Darzi which was
recently renewed for five years to the value of £110 million. The Surgery and Technology theme
combines the research excellence in science and technology at Imperial College and the pioneering
surgery and translation at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT). It embraces the innovation
pathway in surgical practice from invention to adoption and diffusion via:
 Translational research in areas of novel and smart surgical instruments and devices including
Robotic Surgery, Surgical Imaging and Sensing, and original surgical technology platforms such as
Single Incision Laparoscopy (SILS) and Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES).
 Effective and safe introduction of new innovations into clinical practice. This is achieved through the
design and validation of novel training tools such as surgical simulators and building safety
resilience in complex environment and health systems.
 Addressing the main challenges in technology adoption and diffusion through evidence base
synthesis, policy translation and entrepreneurial commercialisation of technology.
The research theme is led by the Division of Surgery and its constituent research centres, in the form of
NIHR Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality (CPSSQ), the recently constituted Centre for Health
Policy, Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI), and The Hamlyn Centre, Faculty of Engineering.
There is a strong programme for both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching including participation
in the Surgery and Anaesthetics pathway of the BSc programme. It has a portfolio of postgraduate
taught courses including the Masters in Surgical Education, MSc programmes in Surgical Sciences,
Safety and Quality all of which are currently being reviewed. The inclusion of Anatomy and
Communications enhances the opportunities available for development of new and innovative methods
of education and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The Division of Surgery Section at Hammersmith Hospital comprises HPB surgery (Professor Nagy
Habib, Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Professor Andrea Frilling, Mr Long Jiao, Reader in Surgery,
Mr Duncan Spalding, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Dr Paul Mintz, Non Clinical Senior Lecturer, Joanna
Nicholls, Research Manager, Mrs Benita White, Academic Secretary), Professor Paul Abel, Academic
Urology, and Professor Nigel Standfield, Vascular Surgery. HPB and Endocrine research is focused on
Team B6 with early detection and monitoring of cancer therapy and Team C3 with stem cell
development.
3. Key Result Areas, Main Duties and Responsibilities
3.1 Provide High Quality Care to Patients in urological surgery
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The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
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To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the
post.
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To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
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To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
3.2 Research, Teaching and Training
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Collaboration with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational
research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
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To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care
professions as required by the Clinical Programme Group (CPG) Director.
To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the CPG Director/Clinical
Director to ensure external accreditation of training posts.
3.3 Performance Management
To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following
areas:
Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost
improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost
effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to
target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
3.4 Medical Staff Management
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To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors’ hours are compliant in line with EWTD and
New Deal.
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To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for
junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas,
including on-call commitments.
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To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as delegated by the CPG
Director/Clinical Director.
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To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
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To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors and nonconsultant grades as delegated by the CPG Director/Clinical Director/General Manager.
3.5 Governance
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To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where
appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the CPG Director/Clinical Director.
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To participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions
are implemented.
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To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to
clinical and services developments as delegated by the CPG Director/Clinical Director.
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To participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored
in the speciality areas.
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To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and
updated on a regular basis.
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To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for
practice changes are discussed with the CPG Director/ Clinical Director.
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To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
3.6 Strategy and Business Planning
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To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and
Trust where appropriate.
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To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as
delegated by the CPG Director/Clinical Director.
3.7 Leadership and Team Working
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To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical
teams, the Trust and when participating in national initiatives.
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To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Imperial College
as required.
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To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
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To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving
appropriate parties. Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting
absence.
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4.
Research Opportunities
In addition to the contribution to NHS services, the post-holder will work on clinical trials related to
urology with the opportunity of utilising existing research themes of surgical technology, metabonomic
phenotyping and safety/ human factor research as adjunct platforms for proposed clinical trials. Clinical
trials have been highlighted as an indicator for the quality marker in clinical services, an area that needs
to be strengthened in the Division of Surgery and CPG2. The current strategy of the Division of Surgery
is to develop clinical trials into a major research theme. A model is currently structured and will integrate
this post with a supporting team of trial methodologists and senior academics in the division who have
excellent track records in clinical trials (Professor Wendy Atkin and J Bowel) and working closely with
Imperial College Clinical Trial Unit.
An academic urologist will be well placed to perform research in robotics and imaging. The Division of
Surgery pioneers robotic research (Professor Ara Darzi). Robotics has become a common approach for
prostatectomy and hence the post holder will benefit from existing academic strength. Furthermore,
minimally invasive approach to treat prostatic cancer is an evolving research area with imaging as an
essential component to its success. Imaging is key research theme in the College (Professor GuangZhong) and Biomedical Research Centre at Imperial NHS Trust (Professor Eric Abogye).
The post will work in the following research themes of the Department of Surgery and Cancer as well as
AHSC:
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Clinical trials: Surgeons will lead clinical trials related to urology including cancer. There is
great opportunity to utilise the existing excellent infrastructure in technology research,
phenotyping, cancer and metabolic medicine.
Translational minimally invasive cancer research: The interaction between surgeons and
medical oncologists and cancer scientists is essential for the two divisions of the department
(surgery and cancer). There is a great opportunity to develop minimally invasive interventions
for prostatic cancer.
Surgical technology: The post-holder will participate in robotic surgery and health assessment
initiatives of evolving technology.
Personalised medicine: The appointment of senior clinicians will complement the scientific
phenotyping work conducted in the Department of Surgery and Cancer. Strong interaction
between surgeons and scientist is essential.
Surgical Education: The appointee will fill the emerging needs in postgraduate training of
registrars and the new masters in surgery. The post-holder will have a unique opportunity to
develop innovative methods to deliver needed postgraduate educational initiatives.
The work in the above themes will interact with the following centres across the faculty:
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(ii)
Imperial College Clinical Trial Unit: A group/ unit with an interest in clinical trials will be
established in the Division of Surgery. This group will interact strongly with the IC trial unit and
follow its governance structure. (Professors Atkin, Ashley and Poulter)
Imperial College Cancer Research UK centre: This clinical appointment, with other Clinical
academic appointments, will provide the link between the surgery and cancer divisions in the
Department and provide the surgical presence in imaging theme of Imperial College CRUK
centre. (Professor Aboagye)
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The Hamlyn Centre and the Division of Surgery: The strong research in surgical technology
will provide the platform for new developments in bariatric and GI surgery. (Profs Darzi, Yang,
Habib, Cobb and Hanna).
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MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre and Clinical Phenotyping Centre: The appointed clinician will
contribute to the route to impact for the new Centres. Significant collaboration is expected
between scientists and clinicians in order to personalise metabolic profiling and introduce it in
urology. (Professor Nicholson).
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Surgical Skills Unit at St Mary’s and Anatomy section at Charing Cross Hospital: This
infrastructure will provide unique postgraduate educational initiatives. Also, the new model of
clinical training will create research opportunities for the Division of Surgery. (Professors
Darzi, Kneebone, Davies and Hanna)
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The postholder will be expected, in line with the Faculty of Medicine’s minimum academic performance
criteria to:
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be successful in the acquisition of grants
run a research area with scientists, clinicians, technicians and students at the highest
scientifically rigorous level
collaborate with other allied scientists within Imperial College London and elsewhere in London
and abroad
publish in high quality journals
supervise postgraduate research students
co-ordinate outcome studies in his/her particular area of interest take part in Audit
And will be expected to be involved in:
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provision of expert advice internally and externally
contribution to the development of the Division/Department’s research strategy as it forms part of
the research strategy of the Faculty of Medicine
participation in national and, and where appropriate, international programme formulation,
developing research strategies and reviews as appropriate.
From a clinical perspective, the post-holder will work at St Mary’s Hospital with the urological team
which is based in CPG2 (Mr Justin Vale as CPG Director, Mr Barry Paraskeva as Chief of Surgical
Services).
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Teaching Opportunities
Teach and examine courses to all levels – undergraduate, masters and higher research
degrees, through lectures, seminars, course work, tutorials and clinical training and personal
supervision
Contribute to the undergraduate and Graduate Entry programmes in Anatomy
Plan and review own approach to teaching
Develop and review approaches to education which advance techniques and standards locally
and contribute to local policy developments
Act as a coach and role model through excellent practice and mentoring colleagues
Contribute generally to the development of teaching and teaching methods and assessments
Supervise and examine MD Res/ PhD students both internally and externally
Provide pastoral support for students
Contribute to the enhancement of quality in teaching within the field
Contribute to curriculum development
Train junior medical and nursing staff in the clinical setting
External activities
 Act as an external examiner for postgraduate students
 Work, as appropriate, with national bodies on curriculum development and quality assurance
 Represent the Division, Faculty and College as appropriate
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Administrative duties
The postholder will be responsible for administrative duties in relation to her/his own team and will, in
due course, be invited to undertake wider management responsibilities within the Section/Division.
7.
Job Plan
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and CPG Director, on behalf of the Medical
Director, this is not designed to be exhaustive.
The post holder and CPG Director/ Chief of Service will review the Job Plan annually in line with the
provisions in Schedule 3 of the Terms and Conditions. Either may propose amendment of the job
plan.
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Programmed Activities (PA’s)
For a whole-time contract: - A total of 10 PAs
Clinical Activities
5 PA per week (including administrative responsibilities, and on
call)
Academic/research/education
4 PAs per week
Clinical Bridging & Supporting Activities
1 SPA per week (including clinical bridging activity, audit,
clinical governance, CPD, educational supervision of junior staff)
Outline Job Plan:
Day
Time
Location
Work
08:00 – 13:00
SMH
13:00 – 18:00
SMH
Thursday
08:30 – 12:30
13:00 – 17:00
09:00 – 12:30
14:00 – 17:00
08:00 – 12:00
13:00 – 17:00
SMH
SMH
CXH
SMH
SMH
SMH
Operating list
(SIC)
Operating list
(SIC)
Academic
Teaching
MDT
Prostate clinic
Academic
Academic
Friday
09:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 17:00
SMH
SMH
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
On-call work
1 in 8
Clinic
NHS Supporting
Activities
Elective activities
cancelled when oncall
TOTAL PAs
DCC/SPA/
No. of PAs
AR
DCC
1.25
DCC
1.25
AR
AR
DCC
DCC
AR
AR
1
1
0.75
0.75
1
1
DCC
SPA
1
1
Category A
supplement
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Regular meetings: Weekly urology departmental meeting and MDT, bimonthly grand round
On call: 1 in 8 on the urology consultant rota spanning all ICHT sites
8. Administrative/secretarial support: The Post holder will be supported by a secretary on the St
Marys site
9. Office Facilities
The post holder will have office facilities and computer access at St Marys. The Trust provides
comprehensive Internet access and IT support.
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PERSON SPECIFICATION
Attributes/skills
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Registration
On GMC registered
Medical Practitioner
Demonstrable
sub-specialty
experience of
robotics and
advanced
laparoscopic
urology as
evidenced by
their cv
GMC specialist
registration or within 6
months of being
admitted to the GMC’s
specialist register
Higher qualifications
Measurement
Application form
Appropriate Royal
College Membership
Further Higher
Degree (PhD or
equivalent)
Knowledge/Skills
Clinical expertise in
Specialty/sub
specialty
Clinical training and
experience in urology
equivalent to that
required for a UK
CCT
Application/interview
Statement regarding
appropriate training
and experience
including that relating
to a special interest
Leadership/
Management skills
Able to take
responsibility, show
leadership, make
decisions, exert
appropriate authority
Application/interview
Have proven skills in
leading, motivating,
developing and
managing the
performance of
colleagues.
Knowledge of
finance/budgets
Teaching & Training
Management of staff
Experience of
teaching and training
undergraduates/postg
raduates and junior
medical staff
Application/interview
10
Audit
Academic
achievements
including
research/publications
Communication Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Understanding of
principles of clinical
audit
Evidence of
achievement
appropriate to
appointment at
consultant level at
ICHT
Excellent written and
verbal communication
skills
Ability to build rapport,
work with others.
Persuade, negotiate
Application/interview
Application/interview
Application/Interview
Interview
Empathy,
understanding,
listening skills,
patience, social skills
appropriate to
different types of
client
Able to change and
adapt, respond to
changing
circumstances and to
cope with setbacks or
pressure
Probity
Able to work as part of
a team
Honesty, integrity,
appreciation of ethical
dilemmas.
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APPLICATION
Our preferred method of application is online via our website http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment
Please complete and upload an application form as directed.
Alternatively, if you are unable to apply online,
smrecr@imperial.ac.uk to request an application form.
please
contact
the
HR
Assistant
at
A full curriculum vitae should be included with your application including the following information:
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Applicant’s full name, private address and private telephone number
A confidential fax number and e-mail address, where possible
Degrees (including University and dates)
Past and present posts
List of publications
Brief description of future research plans
Names, addresses and, email, fax numbers, of three referees.
Information on research grants and contracts which have been obtained, student supervision,
etc.
Job Reference: SM167-13
Closing Date: 1 September 2013
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APPENDIX 1
1.
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
Imperial College London consistently achieves one of the highest rankings nationally and internationally.
It is a science-based institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research.
The President and Rector, Sir Keith O’Nions FRS, is the College’s academic head and chief executive
officer. The Chairman of the Court and Council is Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller.
2.1
The Mission
Imperial College embodies and delivers world class scholarship, education and research in science,
engineering and medicine, with particular regard to their application in industry, commerce and
healthcare. We foster interdisciplinary working internally and collaborate widely externally.
2.2
Strategic Intent
The College’s vision and intent is to:
Continue to be a world-leading institution for scientific research and education,
To harness the quality, breadth and depth of our research capabilities to address the difficult challenges
of today and the future,
To develop the next generation of researchers, scientists and academics,
To provide an education for students from around the world that equips them with the knowledge and
skills they require to pursue their ambitions,
To make a demonstrable economic and social impact through the translation of our work into practice
worldwide,
To engage with the world and communicate the importance and benefits of science to society.
2.3
Formation and History
Imperial College was established in 1907 in London’s scientific and cultural heartland in South
Kensington, as a merger of the Royal College of Science, the City and Guilds College and the Royal
School of Mines. St Mary’s Hospital Medical School and the National Heart and Lung Institute merged
with the College in 1988 and 1995 respectively.
Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School merged
with the College on 1 August 1997 to form, with the existing departments on the St Mary’s and Royal
Brompton campuses, the Faculty of Medicine.
In 2007, the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, was formed by merging Hammersmith and St
Mary’s Hospitals’ NHS Trusts with the College, forming the country’s largest NHS Trust. This also
established the UK’s first Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) bringing together healthcare
services, teaching and research for maximum synergistic benefits.
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Imperial College was an independent constituent part of the University of London until July 2007, when
it was granted a new royal charter declaring it an independent university in its own right.
The academic structure of Imperial College is divided into three faculties, the Faculties of Engineering,
Natural Sciences and Medicine. The College’s other major academic unit is the Business School.
2.4
Staff and Students
The academic and research staff of 3,322 includes 68 Fellows of the Royal Society, 68 Fellows of the
Royal Academy of Engineering, 78 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, one Fellow of the
British Academy, four Crafoord Prize winners and two Fields Medalists. Fourteen Nobel Laureates have
been members of the College either as staff or students.
The College has 14,001 students, of whom 36 percent are postgraduate. Twenty nine per cent of
students come from outside the European Union. External assessment of the College’s teaching quality
in many different subject areas has been judged to be of high standard. The proportion of women
students has increased to 36 percent of the total.
2.5
Research
The quality of the College’s research has been judged consistently to be of the highest international
standard and the proportion of income from research grants and contracts is one of the highest of any
UK university.
The concentration of research in science, engineering and medicine gives the College a unique and
internationally distinctive research presence.
Generous support for the College’s work comes from a wide variety of sources. From industry there are
donations towards certain senior academic posts, advanced courses, bursaries and scholarships. The
single largest contribution to the College from industrial concerns is in the form of contracts to carry out
research. The College also gains considerable support from research councils and charities to
undertake research.
2.6
Teaching and Learning
The College’s overall educational aim is to ensure a stretching and exhilarating learning experience.
While maintaining its traditional emphasis on single honours degree courses, Imperial also aims to give
students the opportunity to broaden their experience through courses relevant to student and employer
needs.
In its MSc. course provision, the College seeks to provide a wide range of specialist courses in areas in
which it has particular expertise. Many of those offered by non-medical departments emphasise the
valuable interaction between scientific/technological training and industrial experience, whilst those
offered by the medical departments focus on subjects at the interface between basic science and
medicine and on specialist education for doctors and other health professionals in training. In addition,
the College’s wide range of PhD programmes reflect its aim of pursuing research at the frontiers of
scientific, engineering, management and medical knowledge and the increasingly interdisciplinary
nature of this research.
The Centre for Educational Development raises and consolidates the profile of learning, teaching and
educational development throughout the College. Newly-appointed non-clinical lecturers will be
expected to develop and expand their teaching skills, and there are many learning and teaching
activities for more experienced staff.
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The Graduate School of Life Sciences and Medicine is the focus of postgraduate education and
research in these areas. It maintains, enhances and monitors quality, and disseminates best practice,
whilst initiating and developing new programmes, particularly those with an interdisciplinary slant.
The Graduate School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (GSEPS) is the focus for postgraduate
education and research in the Engineering and Natural Science faculties and has quality assurance
responsibilities for the two non-faculty departments: Humanities and the Business School.
The College’s teaching quality is audited regularly, both internally and externally. Recent external audit
found teaching quality to be of a high standard.
2.7
Location
The College now has one of the largest operational estates of any UK University. It includes six central
London campuses, the main South Kensington campus, the Charing Cross campus, the Chelsea and
Westminster campus, the Hammersmith campus, the Royal Brompton campus and St Mary’s campus.
Silwood Park, a postgraduate campus at Ascot in Berkshire, houses the Ecology and Evolution Section
of the Biology Division, in the Department of Life Sciences. The successful Master’s courses in Crop
Protection, Forest Protection and Ecology, Evolution and Conservation are run at Silwood together with
the newly created Master’s course in Conservation Science, and there is a thriving postgraduate
community. The campus houses excellent research facilities and a wide range of natural environments.
The NERC funded Centre for Population Biology is also based at Silwood, together with a Business
Centre.
3.
THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE
The Faculty of Medicine is one of Europe’s largest medical institutions – in terms of its staff and student
population and its research income. It was established in 1997, bringing together all the major West
London medical schools into one world-class institution. It maintains close links with a number of NHS
Trusts with whom it collaborates in teaching and research activities.
Although on several sites, its academic Schools, Institutes and Departments function as one Faculty,
fully integrated within the College. The current Principal, Professor Dermot Kelleher, took up his
appointment in October 2012.
There are five academic Schools, Institutes and Departments:
Schools, Institutes and Departments
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Head of School/Institute/Department
Department of Medicine
Department of Surgery and Cancer
Institute for Clinical Sciences
National Heart and Lung Institute
School of Public Health
Professor Gavin Screaton
Professor Jeremy Nicholson
Professor Amanda Fisher
Professor Kim Fox
Professor Elio Riboli
Faculty Centre
Principal
Deputy Principal
Deputy Principal (Research)
Director of Education
Director of the Graduate School of Life Sciences & Medicine
and the School of Professional Development
Professor Dermot Kelleher
Professor Jenny Higham
Professor Jonathan Weber
Professor Jenny Higham
Professor Andrew George
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APPENDIX 2
1.
IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
On 1 October 2007, the UK’s first Academic Healthcare Science Centre (AHSC) was established in
North West London when Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was created by merging the
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust (Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s and Charing Cross Hospitals)
and St Mary’s NHS Trust (St Mary’s Hospital), and integrating with Imperial College London. The Trust
is now the largest in the country with an annual turnover of over £780 million, approximately 10,000
staff, and it sees over 500,000 patients a year.
The creation of the AHSC is a major advance for patient care, clinical teaching and scientific invention
and innovation. The fusion of the different strands of our work and the achievements that can now be
realised will lead to significant benefits for patients and greater advances in healthcare than could be
delivered apart.
Collectively the three organisations already have a world-leading reputation. Hammersmith and St
Mary’s Trusts have two of the highest clinical ratings in the country, rated second and third best Trusts
for clinical performance, quality of care and safety.
The Mission of the AHSC is to lead the world in improving human health and to be universally
recognised as one of the world's top academic health sciences centres. It will achieve this by providing
world-class healthcare for our patients through excellence in research, education and training.
Sir Richard Sykes is the chair of the new organisation.
Chairman
CEO
Medical Director, Clinical Services
Chief Financial Officer
Director of Nursing
Director of Research
Director of Education
Director of AHSC
Sir Richard Sykes
Mark Davies
Professor Nick Cheshire
Bill Shields
Professor Janice Sigsworth
Professor Jonathan Weber
Dr Jeremy Levy
Professor David Taube
The Trust was awarded the status of a generic Biomedical Research Centre by the National Institute of
Health Research (NIHR) in 2006 for its excellence in translational and clinical research – one of only 5
in the UK. This award was successfully renewed in 2011 to fund a further five years from April 2012.
Imperial College London has a campus on all main sites and is increasingly integrated with all the
clinical specialties. The Clinical Sciences Centre of the Medical Research Council (MRC) is also based
at Hammersmith Hospital providing a strong foundation for clinical and scientific research.
The clinical services of the Trust are organised into 7 Clinical Programme Groups (CPGs) which are
clinician led and have the autonomy to organise themselves into optimum vehicles for the delivery of
world class, integrated research and healthcare.
Clinical Programme Group
Director
Medicine
Surgery and Cancer
Specialist Services
Circulation Sciences and Renal Medicine
Women’s and Children’s
Clinical and Investigative Sciences
Interventional Public Health
Dr Julian Redhead
Mr Justin Vale
Dr Mark Palazzo
Dr Jamil Mayet
Mr Keith Edmonds
Professor Martin Wilkins
Dr Josip Car
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APPENDIX 3
SALARY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
A full set of terms and conditions will be given to the successful candidate, together with the College’s
most important policies which affect staff. The principal terms and conditions are as follows:
For staff who will hold an honorary consultant contract, appointment will be made at an appropriate point
on the new Consultant Clinical Academic pay scale according to seniority plus the London Allowance.
Calculation of basic salary and pay thresholds are based on the level of seniority of the applicant's
service.
The salary range for this post is £75,249 - £101,451 plus £2,162 London Weighting Allowance per
annum.
Salaries are payable on the 24th day of each month (the exception being December) by transfer to a
bank or building society account. Deductions in respect of income tax and National Insurance
contributions will be made from salaries at the statutory rates.
Annual cost of living increases will be determined in line with the recommendations of the Universities
and Colleges Employers’ Association’s Clinical Academic Staff Salaries Committee (CASSC).
Appointments have a training and development review period of 5 years.
Clinical Academic appointments require Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and the
appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS Disclosure.
Clinical academic staff are entitled to paid annual leave and are encouraged to take it. Additional leave
may also be taken for conferences, networking and to pursue research and collaborative interests.
Academic staff normally take leave during College vacations. All leave is taken by arrangement with the
Head of Department in the light of academic and departmental requirements.
Personal annual leave entitlement is 30 days (pro rata for part-time staff).
Staff are also entitled to 10 days public holidays per annum (including two statutory days).
College closure days are allocated in addition to public holidays at Christmas and Easter. There is no
obligation for staff to take days during college closure dates but if you do, this must be taken as part of
your annual leave entitlement.
The College Closure days and Public Holidays are listed on the HR website.
The occupational pension scheme is the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). Staff who are
already members of the Federated Superannuation System for Universities (FSSU) or the National
Health Service Superannuation Scheme (NHSPS) may, if they are still eligible, retain their membership
in these schemes.
Unless stated otherwise in the offer of employment, or agreed by the head of department, the
appointment may be terminated by either side by giving a minimum of three months’ notice in writing.
The last day of service should fall on one of the following dates: 31 December; 31 March; 30 June or 30
September or at the end of a term by agreement with the Head of Department.
Staff on a fixed term contract receive notice of the ending of their employment within that contract. No
further contractual notice will be given unless the contract is to terminate prior to the end date specified
in the offer of employment. In these circumstances the notice from the College would be as above.
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