Fixed Term Consultant Trauma&Orthopaedics with SI in Revision Surgery
1 day ago
Nottingham
A 12-month fixed-term consultant post in Trauma & Orthopaedics at Lincoln County Hospital, with a special interest in lower limb revision surgery, for United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The work covers the general trauma and orthopaedic service alongside colleagues, a lower limb service, elective clinics, emergency on-call and teaching. It is a full-time replacement post on the new consultant contract, with a basic commitment of 10 PAs and a 1-in-14 on-call rota. Full GMC registration is required, and a CCT is preferred. • Provide the general trauma and orthopaedic service alongside colleagues, • Provide a sub-specialty lower limb orthopaedic service that complements the other consultants and the department's strategic direction, • Cover elective orthopaedic clinics at Lincoln County Hospital, • Take part in the consultant on-call rota for emergencies and provide prospective emergency cover for colleagues, • Carry out teaching, including postgraduate medical education and teaching junior doctors, • Contribute to the education of nursing staff, Advanced Care Practitioners, GPs and other clinical professionals, • Take responsibility for patients in their care, • Take part in departmental, regional and national audit programmes, including the monthly designated audit programme, • Be involved in research where appropriate, • Take part in managing the trauma and orthopaedic service, supporting team working, particularly in trauma management, • FRCS (Orth) or equivalent qualification, • Valid ATLS Provider status, • Two fellowships in lower limb arthroplasty, • Full GMC registration, • Entry on GMC Specialist Register via CCT or CESR(CP), with proposed date within 6 months of interview, • Extensive experience in all aspects of trauma orthopaedics and lower limb surgery, • Experience in revision hip surgery, • Evidence of teaching medical students or junior doctors, and organising teaching programmes, with ability to teach trainees, • Good communication and interpersonal skills, • Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care, • Evidence of effective leadership skills, • Research publications in peer-reviewed journals, • Interest in research and audit, with experience of audit and quality improvement, • Willingness to take on additional professional responsibilities locally, regionally or nationally, and enthusiasm to help develop orthopaedic services, • Commitment to maintaining own education to the minimum standard set by the Royal College of Surgeons, • Experience in day case arthroplasty, • Higher research degree (MD, MS, MSc or PhD), • Involvement in multicentre trials, • Quality improvement in lower limb arthroplasty, • Experience of service development, • Experience of providing FRCS teaching, • NHS pension with employer contributions, • Annual leave from 27 days, rising to 33 after 10 years, plus eight bank holidays (for Agenda for Change staff), • Flexible working and career breaks, including reduced hours, term-time working, job sharing and unpaid leave, • Basic relocation package, which may be offered under the Trust's policy, • Bank working at enhanced rates, paid weekly, • Family support, including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County and Pilgrim hospitals, and maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave, • Health, wellbeing, learning and development support, including counselling, physiotherapy, Lincolnshire Talent Academy and medical education, • Discounts, salary sacrifice schemes and staff recognition awards #J-18808-Ljbffr