Trust Doctor (CT1/2 Equivalent) in Trauma & Orthopaedics
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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Job overview
Full-time including participation in a full shift rota system working 1 in 10.
The successful trainee is expected to provide day to day care for in-patients on the wards, HDU and ITU. They should see all their patients prior to surgery and, whenever possible, should be in theatre to assist and be taught. In out-patients, they will see new patients under the supervision of a consultant and will be expected to present cases to the consultant and discuss future management.
Main duties of the job
Duties include day to day care of patients on the Surgical/Orthopaedics Wards, attendance at ward rounds, operating lists and general out-patient clinics and the responsibility for the Consultants' patients on the wards. A full shift system in general surgery is worked.
The postholder will primarily work along the F2 doctors reviewing the patients on the trauma orthopaedic ward, the children's ward and other orthopaedic beds. The postholder will also arrange the admissions and initial management of emergency admissions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full-time including participation in a full shift rota system working 1 in 10.
Duties include day to day care of patients on the Surgical/Orthopaedics Wards, attendance at ward rounds, operating lists and general out-patient clinics and the responsibility for the Consultants' patients on the wards. A full shift system in general surgery is worked.
The postholder will primarily work along the F2 doctors reviewing the patients on the trauma orthopaedic ward, the children's ward and other orthopaedic beds. The postholder will also arrange the admissions and initial management of emergency admissions.
The eight Orthopaedic Consultants at Worthing hold Out-Patients and Fracture Clinics and admit trauma patients to Worthing and elective and rehabilitation patients. Consultants hold daily Fracture Clinics and there are Plaster Room facilities and technicians and full x-ray facilities and secretarial support at both hospitals. The CT and MRI Scanners are at Worthing Hospital. The department is computerised using PACS radiology.