Locum Consultant in Hand & Wrist Surgery

Locum Consultant in Hand & Wrist Surgery

We are looking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Hand and Wrist surgery for a fixed term period of six months. The successful candidate will work within a team of four Consultants to provide elective hand and wrist surgery and to contribute to the planned trauma care of the population of Teesside, Hartlepool and Durham.

Main duties of the job

Act as a Consultant to join an establishment of 19 consultants within the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The post-holder will participate in the elective hand & wrist surgery service and will participate in a separate hand trauma rota providing clinical expertise for hand trauma, working along side the existing Hand & Wrist Consultants.

About us

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will be involved in cross-site working between the University Hospital of Hartlepool, University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton-on-Tees, Peterlee Community Hospital & Musculoskeletal Service, and the One Life Centre at Hartlepool, providing clinical expertise for elective hand surgery and also hand trauma. The Trust has an established separate on call arrangement for hand trauma, which works in conjunction with the core trauma team and Accident and Emergency to provide all aspects of hand trauma services for its population.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC registration
• FRCS (T&O) or post graduate diploma in hand surgery or within 6 months of CCT
• Fellowship trained in Hand & Wrist Surgery
• An additional higher qualification relevant to the specialty
• MD, PhD or equivalent

Experience

• Specialised technical skills in hand and wrist
• Comprehensive knowledge of hand trauma
• Trained at a minimum of 5 years as specialist registrar

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.

Consultant Hand Surgeon / Clinical Director

£113,565 to £150,569 a yearSalary is dependant on experience