Consultant - Orthogeriatrician

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a Consultant Ortho- Geriatrician who would work mainly at Watford General Hospital, West Hertfordshire NHS Hospitals’ Trust with 4 sessions a week at the Royal National Orthopaedic hospital providing a medical liaison service.

Post is on a fixed term basis until to cover Maternity Leave until end of November 2027.

The successful applicant will join an experienced substantive Ortho- Geriatrician and have full support of the departments across both sites. Watford General Hospital is a busy district general hospital, which is currently undergoing redevelopment with the aim of a brand new hospital in the next few years.

The applicant will provide care to patients admitted with neck of femur and non-neck of femur fractures as well as Silver Trauma.

We have embraced the new virtual way of working a virtual hospital for frailty led by two substantive frailty consultants allowing for accelerated discharge safely into the community. We work closely with our community colleagues to help with admission avoidance with regular rapid response sessions and community MDTs with frailty clinics within the local community. The post is based across trusts and is based on a ten session Programmed Activities (10 PA) contract. Additional responsibilities agreed with successful candidates will attract an additional responsibility allowance.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work alongside a substantive consultant Orthogeriatrician and provide care to those suffering neck of femur and non-neck of femur fractures, providing medical care, bone protection and falls work up whilst also providing similar medical liaison at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital for adults with a wide range of orthopaedic conditions including sarcoma and bone infection.

The successful candidate will be expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies relating to the provision of patient care. Consultants are also expected to work with service managers and clinical colleagues to manage their caseload flexibly and to ensure that clinical, national and local priorities, such as maximum waiting times for referral to treatment, are achieved.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties include performing a daily consultant ward round, leading MDT’s and educating resident doctors working 9am-5pm. There will be a geriatric on call commitment which will be a 1 week in 3 with TOIL or increase in PA given to compensate for this the hours of which are 1:00pm to 9:00pm. The ideal candidate would also be able to contribute to service development within their speciality interest.

Applicant requirements

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.