Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Specialising in Soft Tissue Knee

Job overview

UHNM is looking to recruit a substantive Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics, specialising in soft tissue knee and knee surgery. In conjunction with consultant colleagues the post holder will provide a soft tissue knee service at UHNM responding to local and network referrals. The post holder will also be expected to provide specialist trauma knee work as well as the provision of soft tissue knee elective work.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant should demonstrate that they have had dedicated training in knee surgery. The post holder will take responsibility for the inpatient and outpatient care of trauma and orthopaedic patients which will include caring for knee patients as well as the provision of specialist emergency trauma and elective orthopaedic care to our patients. The successful applicant will be expected to work across both our sites at Royal Stoke and County Hospital and contribute to an on-call rota for general trauma, we are expecting to move into a specialist on call system in the future.

UHNM Trauma Directorate works closely with the prestigious Keele Medical School and there will be an opportunity for the post-holder to contribute to medical student teaching. We also have a vast network of allied health professionals

The post holder will be expected to take an appropriate share in the management and administrative workload of the Department.  All Consultants are involved in planning and development of the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A detailed job description and main responsibilities are within the attached job description attached under supporting documents