# Specialty Doctor in Orthopaedics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-orthopaedics/92e8a2b7-b98c-4faf-ab50-8ae31e730cc6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-orthopaedics/92e8a2b7-b98c-4faf-ab50-8ae31e730cc6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kingston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term 12 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10.75 sessions per week (PAs per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-23T07:40:59.403Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/KingstonuponThames/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Orthopaedics/Orthopaedics-v8261656 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8261656?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This newly created post offers an exciting opportunity to work with the Orthopaedics Service as a Specialty Doctor. Kingston and Richmond FT Hospital serves a local population with a high degree of frailty, so this post offers an opportunity to participate in developing the management of patients with fractured neck of femur and other fragility fractures in South West London. The Trauma and Orthopaedic admissions unit has 36 beds and is well supported by an integrated multidisciplinary team, led by two Orthogeriatric Consultants who are responsible for assessing and managing the majority of unscheduled emergency elderly care orthopaedic admissions to the unit throughout the week. Our ward based clinical team is well established and prides itself in being patient focused. We are looking to attract enthusiastic, high calibre candidates who are passionate about delivering first-class compassionate care. With training and skills across orthogeriatric medicine, an interest in falls prevention and bone health this role would be an exciting opportunity to mobilise change and improve patient’s clinical outcomes. ### Main duties of the job Our working model for the Orthogeriatric Consultants delivers alternating trauma ‘take’ weeks, with the vision to provide fragility community outreach and outpatient clinics to support discharge planning for some of our must vulnerable patients. The Orthogeriatric team work closely with the Orthopaedic Surgeons, Anaesthetic Consultants and the wider Care of the Elderly team, with combined Risk & Governance structures to promote shared learning. This post includes 1:4 weekend cover, hours outlined as per the job description. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the full job description attached for further info of duties and responsibilities. Interview date TBC ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Teaching / supporting trainees and other members of the MDT - Experience in clinical supervision ### Qualifications **Essential** - Shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council - Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies **Desirable** - Appropriate Higher Degree (e.g. MD, PhD, or equivalent) ### Management Skills **Essential** - Able to communicate at a strategic and operational level - Attended management training course - Evidence of effective leadership e.g. quality improvement projects, service improvement **Desirable** - Knowledge of finance/ budgets ## Documents - [draft jd (pdf, 504.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10575537) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.