Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics

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Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow for Trauma and Orthopaedics (T&O) department. This is an opportunity to join a busy, dynamic multidisciplinary team to help us improve the trauma and orthopaedics service that we provide to our population. This is initially a 1 year fixed term post. The successful candidate will be participating in ward rounds, outpatient clinics and assisting in elective and trauma theatres. There will also be opportunities to teach and support more junior staff in the department. The Senior Clinical Fellow is a key role within T&O as they are responsible for fast tracking patients through their diagnosis, initiating investigations, and providing initial management & treatment plans for patients presenting with orthopaedic issues. The post holder will also triage T&O patients and this improves the decision-making in clinic or for admission/further referral management. The postholder will participate in clinical governance programme including appraisal, audit and research projects leading to publications. The successful candidate will also participate in the on-call as part of the rotation. They will have opportunity to get involved in quality improvement projects. We will support the appointee fully in their training and career progression.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the applicant include managing and treating T&O patients under consultant supervision, leading and supporting other junior doctors. They will report to a named supervising consultant and will be expected to work as a part of a team and provide support to all staff within the team. The post offers an excellent opportunity to consolidate and build on existing operative and clinical skills in T&O and the ideal candidate will be able to undertake research and develop their leadership skills with support of the T&O team. In addition, our Trust is in an excellent location, close to Central London and well situated in the South East. As well as all the advantages of being close to the city, you will discover that Essex has a beautiful countryside as well as excellent schools, transport links, amenities and residential areas. The Trust has on-site nursery facilities. The postholder will participate in clinical governance programme including appraisal, audit and research projects leading to publications. They will have opportunity to get involved in quality improvement projects. The successful candidate will also participate in the on-call as part of the rotation.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across northeast London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Details

Date posted

31 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

Depending on experience PER ANNUM

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

162-0580-BS-YA

Job locations

Queen's Hospital

Queen's Hospital

Romford

RM7 0AG


Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties of the applicant include managing and treating T&O patients under consultant supervision, leading and supporting other junior doctors. They will be expected to work as a part of a team and provide support to all staff within the team. The Orthopaedic Department has centralised all Trauma Services at Queens Hospital in Romford, with Inpatient Elective activity being undertaken at King Georges Hospital in Goodmayes, with hospital-provided transportation available between sites. We are currently working with our external partners to ensure a streamlined pathway from referral to treatment thus ensuring achievement of the 18-week RTT target. We have a fully-fledged virtual fracture clinic service since December 2019 to enable a more robust triage service and reducing the amount of unnecessary face-to-face appointments in fracture clinics, that patients are asked to attend following their A&E/UCC attendance. This is coupled with a more intuitive system of referring patients directly to the correct sub-specialty clinic for further treatment under the most relevant consultant.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties of the applicant include managing and treating T&O patients under consultant supervision, leading and supporting other junior doctors. They will be expected to work as a part of a team and provide support to all staff within the team. The Orthopaedic Department has centralised all Trauma Services at Queens Hospital in Romford, with Inpatient Elective activity being undertaken at King Georges Hospital in Goodmayes, with hospital-provided transportation available between sites. We are currently working with our external partners to ensure a streamlined pathway from referral to treatment thus ensuring achievement of the 18-week RTT target. We have a fully-fledged virtual fracture clinic service since December 2019 to enable a more robust triage service and reducing the amount of unnecessary face-to-face appointments in fracture clinics, that patients are asked to attend following their A&E/UCC attendance. This is coupled with a more intuitive system of referring patients directly to the correct sub-specialty clinic for further treatment under the most relevant consultant.

Person Specification

Essential & Desirable

Essential

  • MBBS/MRCS and GMC Registration
  • Excellent highly developed written and verbal skills with all grades of staff and patients
  • Good leadership and organisational skills

Desirable

  • Higher Degree
  • Experience of managing emergency surgical patients
  • Ability to motivate and develop junior medical staff and ability to use own initiative
Person Specification

Essential & Desirable

Essential

  • MBBS/MRCS and GMC Registration
  • Excellent highly developed written and verbal skills with all grades of staff and patients
  • Good leadership and organisational skills

Desirable

  • Higher Degree
  • Experience of managing emergency surgical patients
  • Ability to motivate and develop junior medical staff and ability to use own initiative

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Queen's Hospital

Queen's Hospital

Romford

RM7 0AG


Employer's website

https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Queen's Hospital

Queen's Hospital

Romford

RM7 0AG


Employer's website

https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Karam Al-Tawil

karam.al-tawil@nhs.net

01708435000

Details

Date posted

31 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

Depending on experience PER ANNUM

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

162-0580-BS-YA

Job locations

Queen's Hospital

Queen's Hospital

Romford

RM7 0AG


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