Locum Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedics - Upper Limb, Hand and Wrist
Posted 2 days 4 hours ago by Kings College Hospital
Main area Trauma & Orthopaedics Grade Locum Consultant Contract 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours per week) Job ref 213-MED-PRUH-
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type: NHS Site: Princess Royal University Hospital Town: Orpington Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum, excl. London Zone Allowance. Salary period: Yearly Closing 05/04/:59
Job overviewThe Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics at the Princess Royal University Hospital, a division of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, is looking for an enthusiastic and committed Trauma & Orthopaedic Upper Limb Surgeon with a specialist interest in shoulder and elbow surgery.
The appointed Locum Trauma & Orthopaedic surgeon will join a friendly and supportive team of 12 Consultants and 3 Associate Specialists that works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary teams at the Princess Royal University Hospital and Denmark Hill.
There may also be opportunities for cross-site working between Denmark Hill site and the South sites, subject to agreement and needs. The team is currently supported by 12 Specialist Registrars/ Senior Clinical Fellows (Reg level); 16 Junior Clinical Fellows/ Core Surgical Trainees/ MTI and cover both the PRUH and Orpington sites; a Specialist Nurse for Trauma and a Specialist Nurse for Hip Fractures.
Main duties of the jobThe post holder will work at the PRUH site supporting delivery of care within the PRUH Trauma & Orthopaedic department. The PRUH Orthopaedic Unit has a 1:8 weekday and 1:12 weekend Trauma on-call rota. The postholder will be expected to have a strong and developed interest in upper limb surgery.
The Trauma in-patients are based in a purpose-designed 28 bed ward for Hip fracture patients and other Surgical wards for overflow. There is a full component of nursing and physiotherapy, 24/7 for hip and other fragility fractures. There is a dedicated Children's ward at the PRUH. ITU facilities are available at the PRUH or Denmark Hill.
The Orpington Elective Orthopaedic hospital is an elective centre with four laminar flow theatres, an admissions lounge and two wards of 19 and 28 beds.
There is a dedicated Day Surgery Unit at the PRUH, with 6 theatres, Mon-Fri and some Sat working, with approximately 12 Trauma & Orthopaedic lists per week, shared with other specialties. The unit is equipped to do U/Limb, Lower Limb and some types of Foot & Ankle day surgery, elective and trauma cases.
Working for our organisationKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum - and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.
Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King's College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.
We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recognised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Key duties and responsibilities- Provide high quality care service to patients, including all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties.
- Share responsibility for 24/7 cover for the Unit on a rota basis, including covering colleagues' leave and short term sickness.
- Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners.
- Carry out teaching, examination and accreditation duties.
- Contribute to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
- Attend outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals.
- Contribute to the Care Group's research interests within the Trust's R&D framework.
- Contribute to audit programmes, Morbidity & Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
- Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group's Business Plan.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
- Work with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure productivity of staff and enhance job satisfaction.
- Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with departmental managers.
- Comply with Trust infection prevention and control policies.
- Prepare for and undertake protective interventions consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.
- Contribute to Consultant led 7 day services if future developments arise.
- FRCS (Ortho)
- MD
- Full registration with GMC.
- Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
- Wide experience in all aspects of Orthopaedic Surgery, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application.
- Specialist training in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery.
- Specialist fellow training in Wrist and Hand elective and trauma fellowship.
- Experience in Consultant Post in Upper Limb Surgery.
- Experience in management of complex Upper Limb trauma.
- Experience in management of Trauma in the elderly and fragility fractures in particular.
- Experience in day to day organisation of orthopaedic and trauma services in a busy teaching hospital.
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.
- Familiar with current structure of the UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi disciplinary teams.
- Management course and/or qualification.
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
- Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
- Audit publications.
- Experience of clinical research.
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Orthopaedics.
- Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and exam preparation.
- Teaching skills course/qualification.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.