Locum Orthopaedic Consultant - interest in Trauma/Upper limb Surgery

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To provide support and delivery of orthopaedic trauma care for adult and paediatric patients in keeping with the requirements of the Major Trauma service.

2. To provide and support delivery of elective orthopaedic upper limb services in line with the departments status as a tertiary referral centre. This may also include a commitment to providing some elective paediatric orthopaedic services.

3. To work alongside the existing orthoplastics team to provide comprehensive integrated care for patients with combined complex orthopaedic and soft tissue injuries.

4. To be an integral part of the wider trauma team including general, vascular, neuro and cardiothoracic surgical teams.

5. To organise, guide and promote the dialogue and cooperate with any other subspeciality surgeon in the process of decision making and emergency surgery.

6. To be responsible for the day to day management of elective and trauma and limb reconstruction patients on the wards.

7. To contribute to Kings subspecialty training. The consultant will be expected to supervise, govern, cooperate with, instruct, teach doctors at SCF, SpR, JCF, SHO, F1/F2 level in their clinical work and audit activity of the unit. The Department is proactively involved with student teaching and regular student teaching is mandatory for the postholder.

8. To contribute to the on call rota on a regular basis (weekdays 1:3 and 1:12 weekends (Friday to Sunday).

9. The post holder is expected to attend relevant MDT meetings.

10. Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

11. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives.

12. Responsible for out-patient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed by the Liver, Renal & Surgery Divisional management team.

13. To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.

14. To contribute to the Audit Programme.

15. To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Divisions Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies.

16. To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for surgical services.

17. To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.

18. To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues.

19. To undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Clinical Director.

20. To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.

21. To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility.

22. To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registerable medical qualification
• FRCS Orth or equivalent

Desirable

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration

Essential

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment or on CESR Pathway

Training and Experience

Essential

• Experience of all aspects of orthopaedic major trauma surgery including completion of a subspecialty Fellowship in orthopaedic trauma surgery
• Demonstrable experience of complex upper or lower limb surgery including skills required to treat complex peri-articular fractures in the major trauma setting
• Demonstrable experience of managing emergency paediatric orthopaedic conditions

Desirable

• Experience as an Orthopaedic Consultant in a Major Trauma Centre

Administration

Essential

• Experience in day to day organisation of surgical services in a busy Teaching Hospital

Desirable

• Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

• Management course and/or qualification
• Evidence of previous experience of administrative leadership in a "Senior Registrar" type role

Audit

Essential

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects

Desirable

• Relevant research experience
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Research and Publications

Essential

• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and higher exam preparation teaching

Desirable

• Teaching skills course/qualification
• Formal post in teaching (minimum 3 months) such as an Anatomy Demonstrator post

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).