Locum consultant orthopeadic interest in foot and ankle

Locum consultant orthopaedic surgeon post with a foot and ankle interest, covering maternity leave for 12 months at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. The core is elective assessment and surgery for a broad range of foot and ankle conditions, alongside general trauma work. Inpatient, day case and outpatient activity sit alongside a trauma on-call rota, with trauma cover mainly at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Applicants need GMC registration and FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent, with CCT/CESR or within six months of interview.

What the job involves

• Deliver elective foot and ankle services, including assessment and surgical management of a broad range of conditions
• Undertake consultant-led inpatient, day case and outpatient activity
• Manage inpatients and outpatients under the care of the named consultant
• Hold outpatient clinics and run elective operating lists
• Contribute to the general trauma and orthopaedic service and on-call rota
• Attend trauma operating lists and trauma meetings, and assess and manage acute trauma patients
• Deliver consultant-level elective hip care across Trust sites
• Work with trauma and infection colleagues as required
• Work in multidisciplinary teams to support elective recovery and service development
• Supervise and teach junior medical staff, allied health professionals and medical students
• Support ongoing delivery and development of the foot and ankle service
• Take part in clinical governance, including audit, quality improvement and appraisal

What's required Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent
• FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent
• CCT/CESR in trauma and orthopaedics, or within 6 months of interview

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration

Experience

• Considerable clinical experience in general trauma and orthopaedic surgery
• Significant experience in foot and ankle surgery
• Significant experience in elective hip conditions, including primary hip arthroplasty
• Experience in complex hip reconstruction and revision hip arthroplasty
• Experience in hip trauma, including neck of femur, peri-prosthetic and acetabular or pelvic fractures
• Experience of service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement in a trauma and orthopaedic service

Skills & knowledge

• Working effectively in a multidisciplinary team and supervising juniors
• Organising, prioritising and managing clinical workload
• Teaching, appraising and assessing undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
• Commitment to clinical audit and quality improvement
• Demonstrating the Trust's values and behaviours
• Reliable, flexible, good team player and good communicator

Nice to have

• Fellowship-level training in foot and ankle surgery
• Fellowship training in hip arthroplasty and revision surgery
• Higher degree such as MSc or MD
• Management training on an accredited course
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Experience managing complex revision hip cases and peri-prosthetic joint infection
• Experience contributing to regional or tertiary complex hip reconstruction services
• Experience teaching and supervising junior medical staff and allied health professionals