Job summary
Applicants are sought for a 6 month locum full time Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in Foot and Ankle Surgery.
The post would involve working at Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital and potentially East Riding Community Hospital and Goole Hospital.
The basic job plan would consist of 10Pas with the option to increase to 12 PAs.
The job plan would consist of elective clinics and elective theatre sessions.
There would be no on call commitment.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work directly for the foot and ankle orthopaedic department with no on call commitments.
Duties other than those clinical duties specified will be in accordance with the Job Plan agreed between the Appointee, the present Consultants and the Chief Executive. The Job Plan allows time for Administration, also for Teaching as required, within SPA Participation in audit/appraisal and CME is mandatory under clinical governance/GMC guidance. This is allowed for in the flexible SPA element of the job.
Secretarial support and appropriate office accommodation and IT facilities will be provided.
About us
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
1. Full Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential
2. MRCS(UK) or equivalent qualification
3. Valid ATLS certificate
Desirable
4. Postgraduate degree: MD, PhD
5. Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
6. Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute Orthopaedic conditions
7. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patien
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
8. Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
9. Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
10. Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
11. Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
12. Experience of supervising junior medical staff
13. Commiment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
14. Evidence of participation in audit
15. Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
16. Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
17. Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses
18. Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
19. Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
20. Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
21. Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
22. Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
23. Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines