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Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic - Hand and Wrist, Doncaster
Client:
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Doncaster, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Consulting
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
3c0356aeef0e
Job Views:
81
Posted:
22.02.2025
Job Description:
Job overview
The Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics comprises an enthusiastic and highly motivated team of consultants, who provide a variety of subspecialties as well as a general orthopaedic and trauma service.
We pride ourselves on our consultant delivered acute trauma management and elective orthopaedics. We are due to open our new state of the art theatres in December 2023 which will allow us to expand to 20 orthopaedic consultants and enable us to further grow our elective theatre service to reach more patients and improve waiting times.
This expansion of our services creates the opportunity for a new hand and wrist surgeon to join the department. The job plan will include clinic and theatre sessions in Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Bassetlaw District General Hospital and Mexborough Montagu Hospital.
The post holder will have a dynamic personality, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, an interest in acute care, and the enthusiasm to further develop the hand and wrist service within the orthopaedic department.
Main duties of the job
* Maintain and support the continued development of the provision of elective and emergency orthopaedic surgery, working as a key member of the orthopaedic team.
* Provide a comprehensive service to manage hand and wrist pathology.
* Expand the current provision of hand and wrist elective activity.
* Participate regularly in clinical governance activities and teaching.
Working for our organisation
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas.
Hosting three main hospital sites, and a number of additional services, the trust is one of only five Teaching Hospitals in Yorkshire. The trust trains 25% of all medical students in the region and 30% of all other healthcare professional students.
A modern and forward-facing trust employing over 6,600 members of staff, the hospital provides a full range of local hospital services across Doncaster Royal Infirmary in Doncaster, Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop and Montagu Hospital in Mexborough.
In February 2020, the trust was rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, an accreditation which applies to the organisation’s four hospital sites.
Person specification
Qualifications
* FRCS (Tr & Orth) or equivalent
* You must be on the specialist register for Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of doctors must be eligible to be on the GMC specialist register (evidence required prior to commencement) to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee
* Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise
* ATLS Provider with current certificate
* Post Graduate Diploma in hand surgery (registered or completed)
* ATLS Trainer
Experience
* Sub-Specialty Fellowship level training in Upper limb surgery
* Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Trauma & Orthopaedics
* Ability to offer expert clinical opinions on range of problems within the specialty
* Wide based experience in Trauma & Orthopaedics
* Understanding current issues within Trauma & Orthopaedics and the future direction of the specialty
* Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
* Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
* Attendance at a recognised management course
Teaching and Training
* Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
* Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
* Training in clinical and educational supervision
* Attendance at a teaching course
* Formal qualification in teaching/education
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