Job summary
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Subspecialty in Hands, using brachial block Anaesthesia.
Barts Health NHS Trust are looking for a substantive consultant 10 PA post to the Orthopaedic Department across three sites at Barts Health NHS Trust. This post will be focused on elective and trauma hand surgery using brachial block anaesthesia. The appointee will work closely with the established elective and trauma hand specialists in the Department.
Main duties of the job
The Royal London Hospital is the primary location with weekly clinic and operating. Experience working within an MTC environment and microsurgery will be essential as the role is also on the on-call for Orthopaedic surgery. The new appointee will be expected to function as an integral member of the trauma multi-disciplinary team based at based at Barts Health as well as the elective team. During the course of the pandemic, the team have been working at many sites both NHS and independent and the appointee may be expected to work on these sites to deliver care.
You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and preferably be on the Specialist Registrar or within 3 months of obtaining CCST.
About us
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifica-tions Higher degree
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via
- CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR or European Community Rights
- An appropriate higher orthopaedic surgical qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
- Fellowship training
- Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare; higher degree or masters equivalent in Education, Leadership or Management
Clinical Ex-pertise in Special-ty/Sub-Specialty
Essential
- Broad exposure to Orthopaedic sur-gery with recent UK experience and familiarity with UK hospitals
- Fellowships/ TIG Fellowship in Hand Surgery
- Fellowship in microsurgery.
- Experience operating using brachial block anaesthesia or other regional anaesthesia
- Experience of dealing with complex extremity trauma
- Experience in microsurgical recon-struction
- Experience in diagnosis and treatment of complex reconstruction conditions
Desirable
- Experience in peripheral nerve surgery
- Experience in paediatric hand surgery
- Experience in peripheral nerve surgery
Further train-ing, teaching, management and audit
Essential
- Evidence of recent relevant recent training demonstrating commitment to CPD
- Experience teaching and coaching junior team members in Orthopaedic surgery and trauma management
- Relevant full cycle audit or improve-ment experience
- Understanding of governance
Desirable
- Experience as a trainer in areas relat-ed to Orthopaedic and trauma man-agement
- Possession of a higher degree and evidence of engagement in relevant research and or formal educational roles
- Governance experience
- Leadership roles
Academic Achieve-ments Re-search / Pub-lications
Essential
- Relevant research
- Publication in peer reviewed journals
- Demonstrable willingness to under-take further research.
Desirable
- Evidence of research collaboration and grant awards
- Ability to supervise postgraduate re-search
Personal Skills and Qualities
Essential
- Self-Motivated
- Ability to work under pressure
- Team player
- Excellent verbal and written communi-cation skills.
- Presentation skills
- Ability to deal with busy multidiscipli-nary workloads in a major teaching hospital at consultant level.
- Exceptional bedside manner - specif-ically the ability to communicate ef-fectively with patients who are awake during surgery
- Proven leadership ability - in particu-lar, via forming effective working rela-tionships within MDT teams and thea-tre teams.
- Ability to build broad and effective networks across the Trust to develop patient care
- Ability to inspire, motivate and devel-op junior medical staff.
Desirable
- Flexible approach to work
Other general requirements
Essential
- Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on-call commitments.
Person Specification
Qualifica-tions Higher degree
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via
- CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR or European Community Rights
- An appropriate higher orthopaedic surgical qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
- Fellowship training
- Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare; higher degree or masters equivalent in Education, Leadership or Management
Clinical Ex-pertise in Special-ty/Sub-Specialty
Essential
- Broad exposure to Orthopaedic sur-gery with recent UK experience and familiarity with UK hospitals
- Fellowships/ TIG Fellowship in Hand Surgery
- Fellowship in microsurgery.
- Experience operating using brachial block anaesthesia or other regional anaesthesia
- Experience of dealing with complex extremity trauma
- Experience in microsurgical recon-struction
- Experience in diagnosis and treatment of complex reconstruction conditions
Desirable
- Experience in peripheral nerve surgery
- Experience in paediatric hand surgery
- Experience in peripheral nerve surgery
Further train-ing, teaching, management and audit
Essential
- Evidence of recent relevant recent training demonstrating commitment to CPD
- Experience teaching and coaching junior team members in Orthopaedic surgery and trauma management
- Relevant full cycle audit or improve-ment experience
- Understanding of governance
Desirable
- Experience as a trainer in areas relat-ed to Orthopaedic and trauma man-agement
- Possession of a higher degree and evidence of engagement in relevant research and or formal educational roles
- Governance experience
- Leadership roles
Academic Achieve-ments Re-search / Pub-lications
Essential
- Relevant research
- Publication in peer reviewed journals
- Demonstrable willingness to under-take further research.
Desirable
- Evidence of research collaboration and grant awards
- Ability to supervise postgraduate re-search
Personal Skills and Qualities
Essential
- Self-Motivated
- Ability to work under pressure
- Team player
- Excellent verbal and written communi-cation skills.
- Presentation skills
- Ability to deal with busy multidiscipli-nary workloads in a major teaching hospital at consultant level.
- Exceptional bedside manner - specif-ically the ability to communicate ef-fectively with patients who are awake during surgery
- Proven leadership ability - in particu-lar, via forming effective working rela-tionships within MDT teams and thea-tre teams.
- Ability to build broad and effective networks across the Trust to develop patient care
- Ability to inspire, motivate and devel-op junior medical staff.
Desirable
- Flexible approach to work
Other general requirements
Essential
- Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on-call commitments.
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.
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.
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).
