Job summary
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You will be working on a level equivalent to a Trust Speciality Registrar depending on your seniority and experience. You will be an integral part of a team and will be working for a consultant.
You will form part of the middle grade on call rota.
This post is initially for 6 months, with the view to extend.
Main duties of the job
You will attend your consultants' elective theatre lists and clinics. You will also be rostered for fracture clinics and regular trauma lists. Depending on your team allocation, you may be expected to travel between hospital sites to attend peripheral clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Newbury, Bracknell Healthspace or Townlands Hospital, Henley
About us
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. The Ophthalmic service has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for over 1,000,000 patients across Berkshire. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer and may form the central hospital for one of the country's new medical schools.
The Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, is situated at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, with some clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Bracknell Healthspace and Townlands Hospital. The Department provides the Trauma Service for a catchment area with a population of 500,000. Accordingly, about half the work of the department is trauma surgery.
This Department has at present 97 beds for inpatients. There is a ring fenced ward for elective orthopaedic surgery.
There are close links with the Department of Rheumatology and three consultant Orthogeriatricians. A PACS radiology system has been in place since 2002.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will attend your consultants elective theatre lists and clinics. You will also be rostered for fracture clinics and regular trauma lists. Depending on your team allocation, you may be expected to travel between hospital sites to attend peripheral clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Newbury, Bracknell Healthspace or Townlands Hospital, Henley
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will attend your consultants elective theatre lists and clinics. You will also be rostered for fracture clinics and regular trauma lists. Depending on your team allocation, you may be expected to travel between hospital sites to attend peripheral clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Newbury, Bracknell Healthspace or Townlands Hospital, Henley
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practice.
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Expected to have gained MRCS
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practiceCapacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need
- Demonstrates appropriate technical competence & evidence of development of excellent diagnostic skills & judgement?validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
Desirable
- Attendance at relevant courses, e.g., ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCrISP or equivalent
Academic Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management & evidence-based practice
- Understanding of research basic research principles, methodology & ethics, with potential to contribute to research
- Evidence of contributing to teaching & learning of others
Desirable
- Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements.
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Evidence of participation in risk management and/or clinical/laboratory research
Eligibility
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice
- Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1 competences in this specialty by time of appointment
- At least 12 months' experience in Surgical Specialties (not including Foundation modules) by time of appointment
- Must have worked in an NHS hospital for a minimum of 12 months at CT3 level or above.
Language Skills
Essential
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English.
- Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English or: have achieved the following scores in the academic international English Language Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application.
- If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence
Career Progression
Essential
- Ability to provide a complete employment history
- Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
- Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
Probity
Essential
- Takes responsibility for own actions, demonstrates respect for the rights of all
- Demonstrates awareness of ethical principles, safety, confidentiality & consent
- Aware of importance of being the patients' advocate, clinical governance & responsibilities of an NHS employee
Commitment to Specialty
Essential
- Shows realistic insight into surgery (& subspecialty if appropriate) and the demands of a surgical lifestyle
- Demonstrates knowledge of training programme & commitment to own development
- Shows critical & enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
- Commitment to self-directed learning & reflective/analytical approach to Practice
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practice.
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Expected to have gained MRCS
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practiceCapacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need
- Demonstrates appropriate technical competence & evidence of development of excellent diagnostic skills & judgement?validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
Desirable
- Attendance at relevant courses, e.g., ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCrISP or equivalent
Academic Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management & evidence-based practice
- Understanding of research basic research principles, methodology & ethics, with potential to contribute to research
- Evidence of contributing to teaching & learning of others
Desirable
- Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements.
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Evidence of participation in risk management and/or clinical/laboratory research
Eligibility
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice
- Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1 competences in this specialty by time of appointment
- At least 12 months' experience in Surgical Specialties (not including Foundation modules) by time of appointment
- Must have worked in an NHS hospital for a minimum of 12 months at CT3 level or above.
Language Skills
Essential
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English.
- Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English or: have achieved the following scores in the academic international English Language Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application.
- If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence
Career Progression
Essential
- Ability to provide a complete employment history
- Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
- Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
Probity
Essential
- Takes responsibility for own actions, demonstrates respect for the rights of all
- Demonstrates awareness of ethical principles, safety, confidentiality & consent
- Aware of importance of being the patients' advocate, clinical governance & responsibilities of an NHS employee
Commitment to Specialty
Essential
- Shows realistic insight into surgery (& subspecialty if appropriate) and the demands of a surgical lifestyle
- Demonstrates knowledge of training programme & commitment to own development
- Shows critical & enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
- Commitment to self-directed learning & reflective/analytical approach to Practice
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
