Consultant Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon

Job overview

Applications are invited for this substantive post as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in Shoulder & Elbow surgery.  The appointed candidate will become part of a large and talented Trauma & Orthopaedic department with a role based between the Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH) in Brighton and the Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment centre (SOTC) in Haywards Heath.

The appointed surgeon will have an elective and trauma practice primarily in shoulder and elbow surgery and an on-call commitment covering Orthopaedic Trauma on a 1:12 basis within the major trauma centre in Brighton.

The successful candidate will be supported to develop further skills and interest within shoulder and elbow surgery to support the growth of the Shoulder and Elbow unit and Orthopaedic department as a whole.

Main duties of the job

The clinical duties of the post include the following:

• Conduct shoulder and elbow elective clinics

• Conduct Shoulder and elbow fracture clinics

• Manage trauma lists and elective surgical theatre lists

• Be part of a 1:12 on call rota in the major trauma centre

• Perform ward rounds on a 1:12 on call basis

• Supervise fellows, trainees and medical students

• Actively contribute to the development of the department through management, education or research roles .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Shoulder & Elbow unit is a busy team managing all shoulder and elbow pathologies, with a high volume of both primary work and tertiary referrals.  We have access to all contemporary surgical technologies including robotics, 3D planning and custom implant design.  We are the South East England GIRFT hub for primary and revision elbow arthroplasty but also perform a high volume of primary and revision shoulder arthroplasty.

Within the Shoulder and elbow team we have post-CCT fellows, training registrars and run a timetabled MDT meeting every 4 weeks.

There is a busy trauma workload that is shared amongst the team equally and an expectation that the appointed surgeon can provide high quality care for specialist shoulder and elbow trauma.  Because of the high volume of complex elective and trauma work dealt with in our department, we encourage dual consultant operating, openness and discussion to help optimise outcomes for our patients.

The post holder will have the opportunity to build an elective practice that meets their interests, in conjunction with the other members of the Shoulder and Elbow team.  They will form part of the hand MDT group. Elective surgery will be undertaken at the SOTC.

The Job Plan contains 40 hours a week, separated into 10 x 4 hour segments known as a PA (Programmed Activity).  These 10 PAs will consist of 8 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) PAs for clinic and theatre lists, and 2 Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) PAs for administrative work, teaching and supervision roles.

On Call Commitment:

Part of a 1:12 on call rota in the major trauma centre.