Senior Locally Employed Doctor Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedics

Job overview

Applications are invited for the above posts for a period of 12 months to support the Paediatric Orthopaedic services at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is a Major Trauma Centre for North West region. The department provides Secondary Trauma Services to the local area and Tertiary Children’s Trauma for the Greater Manchester area. Tertiary Paediatric Orthopaedic Services include those for children with neuro-muscular problems, limb length discrepancy and congenital hip and foot problems. Currently there are ten Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultants, twelve middle grade staff including Specialty Trainees from North West Deanery and Specialty Doctors/Clinical Fellows (including this post). There is a Specialist Nurse for patients with an external fixator and an Extended Scope Practitioner in Physiotherapy.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of this role would be to provide a clinical service in Trauma and Orthopaedics and Spinal surgery including fracture clinics, elective clinics, trauma lists, elective lists, ward supervision and on call duties. You will be expected to take part in departmental audits and programmed teaching. You should be fully registered with the General Medical Council and have significant postgraduate work experience working in an acute setting (or equivalent gained on part-time or flexible basis), in a specialty training programme in orthopaedic surgery or as a fixed term specialty trainee in orthopaedic surgery.  A post-graduate qualification relevant to Orthopaedic Surgery is essential. The post conforms to nationally agreed terms and conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.