Consultant Orthogeriatrician

Job responsibilities

For full details of the advert please see the full job description and person specification attached.

clincial

Essential

• MRCP, FRCP or equivalent
• licence to Practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
• Excellent clinical skills Knows limits of own competence Is safe, knowledgeable and evidence of continuous learning

Desirable

• Higher degree (PhD; MD) or Mphil

Ability to contribute to teaching

Essential

• Lecturing, small group teaching and one-to-one supervision
• Able to give honest and constructive feedback. Create a supportive learning environment. Encourages trainees to be curious.

Desirable

• Distance learning or other modern learning methods

Research/Audit experience:

Essential

• Experience of undertaking audits and presenting their findings
• Ability to critically review research
• Highly self-motivated, flexible, and able to organise time and workload in demanding NHS and academic environments
• Imaginative, creative and inquisitive

Desirable

• An acknowledged expert for research in a particular aspect of healthcare education/clinical practice
• Post-MD/PhD research experience
• Experience within a research team
• A portfolio of original articles in major peer- reviewed journals

Skills

Essential

• Projects Gives clear information Clear about direction of travel Listens and acts on what she/he hears Accepts others' views Keeps others on board Delegates appropriately
• People Drives standards Has realistic expectations of others Deals with performance issues fairly, but clearly Calm in a conflict or crisis Willing to face difficult issues Seeks and acts on feedback
• Negotiations Manages boundaries appropriately Shows loyalty to the team Influences and negotiates effectively Willing to change opinion

Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team

Essential

• Recruit and Train Values different professional contributions. Supports decisions once agreed. Involves others in decision making. Makes solution focused decisions.
• Motivate Adapts leadership style to the situation Shows concern for individuals Recognises the work-life balance Encourages others to question and challenge Shows an interest in how others do things Willing to try to new activities or approaches

Desirable

• Previous experience of conducting appraisal and/or disciplinary interviews

Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent knowledge base and clinical experience in acute medicine. Relevant experienceinorganisationand undertaking clinical audit/appraisal. Appreciation and understanding of the role of management in the modern NHS. Excellent IT skills relevant to medicine.

Communication

Essential

• Express complex ideas easily and simply in reports, paper and letters. Communicate comprehensible within the health and educational community; users and carers.
• Be self-motivated, with evidence of ability to work independently Reflects on own behaviour Plans and prioritises Deals with emails effectively and knows how to store and retrieve information

Desirable

• Translate health, educational and research concepts into terms understood by non-research professional people

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).