Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics - Traumaplasty

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 October 2024

Job summary

The unit currently has the highest demand in the UK for hip fracture management and the departments ambitious vision is to expand the service to include the management of femoral fragility periprosthetic/interprosthetic fractures.

The successful candidate would class themself as a traumaplasty surgeon and must have experience in the fixation of peri/interprosthetic femoral fractures using modern MIPPO techniques. They are also expected to have experience in lower limb revision arthroplasty including proximal and distal femoral replacements. The successful candidates will also provide elective primary and revision lower limb arthroplasty activity.

The posts will support the departments needs as well as capabilities within the full range of general Trauma & Orthopaedic on-call work, including adult and paediatric trauma, outside referrals and in-house emergencies.

The trust is a Major Trauma Centre and is one of the busiest elective centres in England. The T&O department delivers services across multiple sites, so the applicant will be expected to work on different sites as part of their normal job plan.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be working alongside two other committed fragility fracture surgeons to develop the service in all areas. They will be supported to maintain an elective practice in either revision hip or knee arthroplasty if desired.

It is expected that they would have highly developed skills in both trauma and revision arthroplasty through the completion of post CCT/CESR fellowship training. They should be committed to and have a track record of team working for managing complex clinical problems.

A high level of proficiency in communication and the management of change is expected.

Our department wishes to become one of the leading centres for training promising young surgeons and an appetite for training and providing high quality education to the next generation of surgeons is desirable.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

304-KA-57157

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

SKILLS & ABILITY

* Supporting the Femoral Fracture Fragility service

* Supporting the Complex Arthroplasty Service

* Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and members of the clinical team.

* Ability to gain confidence and trust.

* Ability to cope with pressure.

* Ability to respond to change.

* Good written and oral English language skills.

Job description

Job responsibilities

SKILLS & ABILITY

* Supporting the Femoral Fracture Fragility service

* Supporting the Complex Arthroplasty Service

* Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and members of the clinical team.

* Ability to gain confidence and trust.

* Ability to cope with pressure.

* Ability to respond to change.

* Good written and oral English language skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC Registration
* CCT or equivalent
* Current ATLS or European Trauma
Course provider or instructor
* Orthopaedic on call service managing
complex trauma in both adults and
children

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC Registration
* CCT or equivalent
* Current ATLS or European Trauma
Course provider or instructor
* Orthopaedic on call service managing
complex trauma in both adults and
children

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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