Post CCT Fellow Trauma & Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon

Post CCT Fellow Trauma & Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon

This post provides an excellent opportunity to join one the largest and most dynamic group of orthopaedic surgeons in Europe. Barts Bone & Joint Health is rapidly growing its international reputation and represents a strongly cohesive, progressive department that strives to provide world class care to our patients. On-call commitments will be included further details can be found in the attached JD & PS

The post will support the work of Barts Health Foot & Ankle Unit, and the existing four fellowship trained Foot & Ankle Surgeons. The successful candidate will be fellowship trained and is expected to have experience in managing the breadth of elective foot and ankle surgery. Experience of diabetic foot & ankle conditions and total ankle arthroplasty is also desirable. They will also have experience of working within the major trauma centre (MTC) setting. They will be expected to contribute to the major trauma on call rota at The Royal London Hospital, one of Europe's busiest trauma centres and the On Call Rota at Whipps Cross Hospital. The ideal candidate will have experience of managing complex foot and ankle trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction and general high energy trauma. They will also support the Foot & Ankle trauma work within the specialist fragility fracture service at Whipps Cross Hospital.

Main duties of the job

1. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care

2. Leadership, development and organisation on the services in his/her charge in line with the Trusts business plans. Liaison and communication with the lead clinician, General Manager, Service Manager, Clinical Leads and Directors for Orthopaedic Surgery across the Trust, and the Surgery Board Chair.

3. A major contribution to the department's on-going efforts to improve efficiency in both the delivery and the management of patient care including the 18-week referral to treatment standard, reducing length of stay, meeting BOAST guidelines and managing the ratio of new to follow up outpatient attendances in line with commissioner expectations.

4. With the agreement of the Clinical Lead and Clinical Network Director, development of his/her own interests and specialisms within the speciality, including active participation in research programmes.

5. Corporate and individual responsibility for the professional management of doctors in training including the approval and monitoring of on calls and locum appointments.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification Experience

• Completed post-graduate training in Trauma and Orthopaedics and on the GMC Specialist Register
• Fellowship training in Foot & Ankle Surgery
• Experience of diabetic foot & ankle work and total ankle arthroplasty at fellowship level
• Consultant level experience working in a major trauma centre

Skills

• Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to work under pressure
• Caring attitude to patients
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• Commitment to engage with Quality improvement processes and drive further development
• Take an active leadership role within the clinical environment
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
• Flexible approach to work and evidence of team working

Knowledge

• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on range of elective & emergency problems within specialty
• Able to take full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Engage fully with both NATSSIPS and LOCSSIPS as required and develop these as required.

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with current licence to practice
• The candidate should be on the GMC specialist register or within 6-months of obtaining this.
• Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
• Foot & Ankle Fellowship training
• Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare
• Higher level degree (MD or MSc equivalent)

Other

• Ability to advise on efficient & smooth running of a specialist service and to organise & manage outpatient priorities, surgical waiting & operating lists
• Experience of supervising doctors in training and in teaching clinical & operative skills
• Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems
• Publications in indexed journals
• Experience of audit management
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates

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.