Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12-month fixed term Orthopaedic Consultant specifically for Trauma. The candidate will be someone who is highly skilled with fellowship experience in lower limb trauma, but competency in basic upper limb trauma is also desirable. It's likely this term would be extended, potentially to become a substantive post.
This position is to support with the expansion of services and planned opening of the Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre, which will allow extra capacity for trauma services to trauma patients admitted to MTW with additional support to the Kent and Medway System.
This post forms part of the recruitment programme for the new Kent and Medway Orthopaedic theatre complex at Maidstone Hospital.Over the next few months, the Trust will be recruiting to over200 new posts to support the Centre.
The new facility will consist of three open plan laminar flow theatres, a 14-bed inpatient ward and a 10-bed day case ward, recovery, x-ray and therapy space, all within a 'super-green' building.
Once complete,the theatres willexpand orthopaedic surgical capacity at MTW and provide increased capacity across Kent, Medway and East Sussex. This willplay an important part in elective recovery and the reduction of patient waiting times across the region. Currently, the build is on track for the opening at the end of March 2024
Main duties of the job
The post holder will complement the existing Trauma team at MTW, providing a general trauma service. The post will be across both sites. The majority of trauma surgery is based at Tunbridge Wells hospital with elective and day surgery performed on the Maidstone site once every fortnight. The trauma team will consist of two trauma consultants, trauma fellow and hip fracture fellow.
About us
The Trust provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 480,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population. Around 120,000 new patients present each year to the A&E departments. Its major hospitals are the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital.
The Trust's Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust Chairman is Mr David Highton, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Sara Mumford. The Chief Operating Officer is Mr Sean Briggs. The Clinical Director for Trauma & Orthopaedics is Mr Lee David and the General Manager is Mr Daniel Lyons
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
- To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
- To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to contribute to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
- To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
- To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
- To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
- To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.
- To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.
- To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.
- To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
- To provide cover for colleagues during annual and study leave and other absences as far as is practicable and clinically safe.
- To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.
- To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.
- To undertake an annual appraisal leading to a personal development plan as outlined in the Trust Appraisal Policy. You must collect and maintain sufficient evidence to support the appraisal process and your GMC revalidation. The appraisal will inform the study leave and job planning processes.
- To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.
- You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.
- Specialty out-patients clinics as appropriate for the post-holders special interests.
- Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
- To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
- To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to contribute to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
- To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
- To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
- To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
- To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.
- To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.
- To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.
- To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
- To provide cover for colleagues during annual and study leave and other absences as far as is practicable and clinically safe.
- To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.
- To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.
- To undertake an annual appraisal leading to a personal development plan as outlined in the Trust Appraisal Policy. You must collect and maintain sufficient evidence to support the appraisal process and your GMC revalidation. The appraisal will inform the study leave and job planning processes.
- To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.
- You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.
- Specialty out-patients clinics as appropriate for the post-holders special interests.
- Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS (or equivalent)
- Registered with GMC
- Possession or within 6 months of CCT
Desirable
- Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
- Other degrees, e.g. BSc, MSc MD
Audit
Essential
- Understand the principles of audit
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in audit projects
Research
Essential
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
Desirable
- Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS (or equivalent)
- Registered with GMC
- Possession or within 6 months of CCT
Desirable
- Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
- Other degrees, e.g. BSc, MSc MD
Audit
Essential
- Understand the principles of audit
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in audit projects
Research
Essential
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
Desirable
- Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
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).
