Job summary
Job Overview-
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at University Hospitals of Leicester with a special interested in Hand Surgery.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, forward thinking substantive Consultant in Hand Surgery. The post is with UHL and community partners.
You will perform a wide range of Hand surgery but subspecialty .We are a forward thinking team with drive and desire to provide the best clinical care for patients and families from our locality and beyond and you will join and existing MDT of 4 surgeons and extended scope physiotherapist and secretarial and administration staff, as well as registrars and a foundation year doctors.
This post is substantive and applicants should be on the GMC specialist register or, within 3 months of the interview date, have a certificate of completion of specialist training. Applicants must have FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent and would ideally have appropriate subspecialty fellowship training.
The successful appointee will be expected to participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and clinical audit. The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust consists of three acute teaching hospitals serving the whole population of Leicestershire. It is fully committed to Continuing Medical Education for consultants.
Main duties of the job
- Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
- To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
- To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
- Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
- Supervise and train junior medical staff.
- To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
- Teaching, research and administration.
- To proactively develop the service.
- To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
About us
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.
Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide 'Caring at its best' and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we're here to do. They are:
- We focus on what matters most
- We treat others how we would like to be treated
- We are passionate and creative in our work
- We do what we say we are going to do
- We are one team and we are best when we work together
Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that 'Caring at its best' is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)
The detailed job description and main responsibilities are included as an attachment to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide elective orthopaedic surgery: hand surgery.
- To provide general trauma care and contribute to the 1 in 20 on-call rota.
- To support and take joint responsibility for the clinical work of other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- To supervise and teach undergraduates and post-graduate trainees and healthcare workers that rotate through the Department.
- To ensure that clinical practice is both effective and efficient and that appropriate monitoring of clinical care takes place by actively participating in audit.
- To work with the CMG management team to ensure that services are delivered efficiently and reflect best practice with processes and governance to match.
- To provide continuing responsibility for the care of the patients in their charge and for the proper organisation and functioning of their clinical practice.
- To take responsibility for ensuring that critical clinical incidents, as defined in the Trusts Critical Incident Policy, are reported in a timely manner.
- To undertake mandatory &statutory training as determined by the Trust and the CMG.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide elective orthopaedic surgery: hand surgery.
- To provide general trauma care and contribute to the 1 in 20 on-call rota.
- To support and take joint responsibility for the clinical work of other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- To supervise and teach undergraduates and post-graduate trainees and healthcare workers that rotate through the Department.
- To ensure that clinical practice is both effective and efficient and that appropriate monitoring of clinical care takes place by actively participating in audit.
- To work with the CMG management team to ensure that services are delivered efficiently and reflect best practice with processes and governance to match.
- To provide continuing responsibility for the care of the patients in their charge and for the proper organisation and functioning of their clinical practice.
- To take responsibility for ensuring that critical clinical incidents, as defined in the Trusts Critical Incident Policy, are reported in a timely manner.
- To undertake mandatory &statutory training as determined by the Trust and the CMG.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Recorded wrist fixations
- Recorded zone 1 tendon repairs
- recorded Dupuytrens releases
Teaching & Training
Essential
- Experience of Teaching, Course development and faculty (5)
Supporting Information
Essential
- Evidence of commitment to UHL Trust principle (5)
Desirable
Research and Audit
Essential
- research undertaken in the last 5 years (5)
- changes you've personally implemented in the past 5 years (5)
Qualifications
Essential
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Recorded wrist fixations
- Recorded zone 1 tendon repairs
- recorded Dupuytrens releases
Teaching & Training
Essential
- Experience of Teaching, Course development and faculty (5)
Supporting Information
Essential
- Evidence of commitment to UHL Trust principle (5)
Desirable
Research and Audit
Essential
- research undertaken in the last 5 years (5)
- changes you've personally implemented in the past 5 years (5)
Qualifications
Essential
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).
