Main area: Trauma & Orthopaedics
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent (Based on 10 PA's)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (On-Call Pattern)
Job ref: 438-CA756
Employer: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: RPH
Town: Preston
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/03/2025 23:59
Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon with Special Interest in Knee Surgery
Job overview
LTHTR provides a wide range of emergency and elective Orthopaedic Services, including tertiary services and is the Major Trauma Centre, Regional Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre, and Neurosurgical centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria.
We are seeking a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon with a Special Interest in Knee Surgery to join the team on a permanent basis. You will join a thriving and fully integrated Orthopaedic Directorate comprising currently of 28 Consultants, with a vast amount of skill sets and experience.
The successful applicant would be expected to take part in developing and delivering the Orthopaedic knee service across the Trust and will be part of the On Call rota for Major Trauma (Currently 1:16 rota).
You must be registered with the GMC on the Specialist Register for Trauma and Orthopaedics (or within 6 months of gaining entry onto) and willing to participate in Teaching and Clinical Governance Provision.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will participate in the existing General Trauma and Orthopaedic on-call rota. As a Major Trauma Centre, Trauma Surgery at Royal Preston Hospital includes General and Major Trauma cases. Spinal Trauma is managed by the Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeons and Neurosurgeons.
Non-spinal Orthopaedic Surgeons are not on call for Spinal Surgery.
Due to the fortnightly departmental structure of fracture clinics, mutually cooperative arrangements are in place between Consultant colleagues to facilitate review of patients at one-week time intervals, if required.
This post is 10 PA’s and will have an elective and trauma component.
The successful candidate will be part of an established team, involved in MDT meetings. 1.5 SPA will be provided for revalidation; with job planning there will be opportunity to increase this SPA in line with local guidelines.
On Call will be provided as a 1:16 cover, providing a ‘hot week’ model 1:8. Elective work will be split between outpatient clinics on both sites and theatres on the Chorley site. Elective work will be five days a week, with on-call commitments spanning seven days a week.
The job plan will be discussed and finalized with the candidate on appointment.
Working for our organisation
This post will have equitable working conditions to their established Consultant colleagues and will involve clinical sessions in Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.
We aim to provide excellent care with compassion and believe that creating a positive working environment, where staff feel valued, supported and empowered, will enable us to achieve this aim for every patient, every time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
• What we can offer
• The Team
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
* MBBS or equivalent
* FRCS (Trauma & Ortho) or equivalent
Experience and Skills
* Minimum 12 months Knee Subspecialty training
* Wide range of experience in orthopaedic trauma (supporting evidence to be provided)
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining a UK CCT in Orthopaedics
* Evidence of suitable logbook experience in Knee Surgery and Trauma Surgery
* Valid ATLS/ ETC certificate or equivalent
* Minimum 12 months Knee post CCT fellowship
Management
* Evidence of Clinical Leadership
* Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
* Evidence of training in leadership
Research and Development
* Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications
* Relevant National or International Orthopaedic presentations
Personal
* Proven examples of effective communication skills.
* Works well within a multidisciplinary environment.
* Good organisation skills (with examples).
* Resident within 30 minutes travel time to Chorley/Preston.
* Car owner/Driver
Health
* Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice
Teaching and Training
* Evidence of teaching and training
* Evidence of training in Clinical and Educational Supervision
* Evidence of training in Medical Education
Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.
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