Trauma and Orthopaedics Consultant - Knee Surgery

Job summary

Join the expanding Trauma & Orthopaedics team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust as a Consultant specialising in Knee Surgery. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of one of the UK most ambitious and rapidly developing orthopaedic departments, with a growing regional and national reputation for innovation, quality improvement and clinical excellence. Based across Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals, the service combines high-volume elective practice with exposure to a major trauma centre and one of the busiest orthopaedic services in England.

The successful candidate will join a friendly, cohesive and forward-thinking consultant team with opportunities to further develop specialist soft tissue knee surgery services alongside a secondary interest in lower limb arthroplasty. Solihull Hospital has recently expanded into a dedicated GIRFT-accredited surgical hub with three elective orthopaedic theatres and a successful day-case arthroplasty programme, while Heartlands Hospital hosts Europe largest fragility fracture service and a busy ambulatory knee injury pathway.

This post offers excellent opportunities to contribute to teaching, research and service development within a University Teaching Hospital environment, working closely with the University of Birmingham and regional training programmes.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals who are committed to delivering outstanding patient care, reducing waiting times and helping shape the future of orthopaedic services across UHB.

The successful candidate will provide specialist elective knee surgery services with a focus on soft tissue knee procedures, alongside supporting lower limb arthroplasty activity within the department. The post holder will contribute to reducing inpatient and outpatient waiting lists and play a key role in the continued expansion and development of the Trusts orthopaedic services.

The role includes participation in the departments 1:16 Trauma & Orthopaedic on-call rota, supporting the full range of adult and paediatric trauma, major trauma referrals, in-house emergencies and ambulatory trauma services across UHB sites. Candidates will be expected to work flexibly across Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals as part of their agreed job plan.

The successful applicant will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues including anaesthetists, radiologists, physiotherapists and specialist nursing teams to deliver high-quality patient-centred care. They will also contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service innovation within a department recognised for its ambitious development programme.

Job responsibilities

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.