Job summary
This is a fellowship suitable for a senior orthopaedic trainee with interest in pursuing a career in Hip , Pelvis and acetabulum surgery. The job offers a comprehensive tertiary MTC experience:
- High volume pelvic and acetabular trauma inuries often associated with high-energey polytrauma
- Weekly trustwide Pelvic MDT including T&O surgeons and members from the major trauma team
- Acute pelvic fracture clinic with majority of P&A patients seen jointly with consultant physiotherapist.
- One month poly trauma MDT clinic with head injury specialist, orthoplastic, general surgeons and rehabilitation team
- Hip and lower limb trauma surgery: Comprehensive exposure to femur, tibia, poly trauma, open fractures, periprosthetic femur fractures, periprosthetic acetabular fractures requiring fixation or replacement.
- Hip primary revision surgery at Trafford hospital
- Hip revision surgery jointly with hip arthroplasty surgeons (Mr Shah and Mr Mobeen).
- Acetabular acute and delayed reconstruction surgery
- Polytrauma experience and working closely with vascular, general surgeons, urology and emergency medicine teams
- Research activities including multiple NNIHR trials and other sponsored portfolio studies with T&O and the MTC team.
Main duties of the job
To provide a clinical service in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, working closely with the consultants, junior colleagues, clinical assistants, and the wider multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will be accountable to the Lead Clinician.
Practical experience offered includes working in a highly supported environment with consultant-led ward rounds on daily basis in each firm, supervised elective and trauma lists, and elective and fracture clinics. Depending on the fellow's experience, they may be offered independent clinics and theatre lists.
Daily trauma meetings allow discussion of trauma admissions, with formal teaching, and provide an excellent opportunity for the specialty doctor to further his/her knowledge of the management of trauma patients. In addition, the fellow will be expected to participate in and help in the organization of the Pelvic Trauma MDT and the Manchester Acetabulum and Pelvic Surgery (MAPS) regional MDT. They will be expected to participate in the on-going audit. The post holder is expected to be involved in the ongoing research activities and will be supported to complete research projects during this post.
Middle Grade and junior doctors are regularly involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with opportunities to teach the junior colleagues on a weekly timetable. The department also supports FRCS exam preparation and CESR application along with its required experience for the fellows.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualificati
Essential
- FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
Desirable
- Higher academic qualification (MD, MS, PhD)
Work Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices
- Minimum 6 years postgraduate experience including 4 years as an orthopaedic trainee in an approved training post, or equivalent.
- Clinical and operative experience in pelvic and hip surgery
Knowledge/Skils/Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of recent CME/ training progression for stage in career
- Ability to inspire, motivate and develop junior medical staff
- Ability to work independently as well as part of the MDT
Desirable
- Experience in audit including relevant to pelvis and hip surgery
- Experience in participating in and publishing of pelvis and hip surgery
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualificati
Essential
- FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
Desirable
- Higher academic qualification (MD, MS, PhD)
Work Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices
- Minimum 6 years postgraduate experience including 4 years as an orthopaedic trainee in an approved training post, or equivalent.
- Clinical and operative experience in pelvic and hip surgery
Knowledge/Skils/Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of recent CME/ training progression for stage in career
- Ability to inspire, motivate and develop junior medical staff
- Ability to work independently as well as part of the MDT
Desirable
- Experience in audit including relevant to pelvis and hip surgery
- Experience in participating in and publishing of pelvis and hip surgery
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).
