Fixed Term Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery-Lower Limb Surgery

Job overview

The successful Consultant must have Orthopaedic trauma on call experience with a special interest in lower limb orthopaedic surgery. The appointee should have experience with total hip and knee replacements along with partial knee replacements. They will be responsible for 2-3 outpatient clinics, ward rounds and will be allocated 2 -3theatre sessions for planned orthopaedic cases per week.

The successful candidates will be expected to supply cover for his or her colleagues on a mutually agreed basis for annual leave and other authorised absence.  There is full middle grade and junior doctor cover at all times.

All consultants have continued responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper function of the department.  They are expected to undertake appropriate administrative and teaching duties.

All consultants at the James Paget University Hospital are required to engage in teaching, clinical audit and clinical governance activities.

Main duties of the job

There is an on-call commitment (category A) for providing an emergency service in Orthopaedics on a shared basis with other Consultants within the Department.

The on-call commitment is a 1:12 week on-call with prospective cover.

On-call week is from Friday –Friday. During the week you will chair the trauma meeting, conduct a post-take ward round, fracture clinic and trauma list each day.

During the weekend you will chair the trauma meeting, conduct a ward round and a trauma list. Currently, there is a dedicated trauma list on Saturday and Sunday morning.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• 1.     Provision with Consultant colleagues of a service to James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness and the proper functioning of the department; 2.     Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in Consultant on-call rota where applicable; 3.     Cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences; 4.     Any responsibility which relates to a special interest; 5.     Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff; 6.     Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and for contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally; 7.     Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD; 8.     Involvement in research; 9.     Managerial, including budgetary, responsibilities where appropriate; 10. Where it is agreed between the parties, work on behalf of James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust or services provided by the Trust for other agencies, e.g. the prison service. 11. Share the Orthopaedic workload with consultant colleagues. 12. Give a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialities in the Trust. 13. Liaise with medical staff in other specialities and participate in the regular clinical meetings and other post-graduate activities of the hospital. 14. Take part in the Royal College of Surgeons continuing medical education programme.  The Trust will provide study leave expenses in line with national terms and conditions of service. 15. Play a full part in the teaching and audit activities of the department. 16.     Deploy unallocated, flexible professional time on liaison, emergency work, travel, continuing clinical responsibility, teaching, research, medical audit, interdisciplinary meetings and continuing professional development.