Job summary
Applicants are invited for a Consultant Hip surgeon with a special interest in revision surgery and peri-prosthetic fractures. This post is to replace a substantive consultant who is leaving the trust. The post is a 12-month fixed term appointment.
The Department would like to appoint a surgeon who has a broad ability in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery but with a special interest and expertise in Primary and Revision hip arthroplasty, and ideally periprosthetic fracture management.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.
Main duties of the job
Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the provision of Trauma and Orthopaedic services
To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department
Teaching and training of junior staff, medical students, para-medical practitioners.
To participate actively in both Departmental and Trust Clinical Governance and Audit.
To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME), appraisal and revalidation.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC and licence to practise.
- FRCS orth. or Success in appropriate overseas Specialty examination
Desirable
- ATLS Provider
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery and hold a licence to practise or be eligible for entry on the Register (within six months of completion of Certificate of Completion of Training) at time of interview
Clinical Expertise
Essential
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- A wide experience of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
- Expertise in most if not all aspects of hip surgery.
Desirable
- Six years supervised training in an appropriate SpR level training programme
- Fellowship level experience in hip surgery
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
- Ability to organise and manage out patient priorities, waiting lists and operating lists
- Ability to manage and lead surgical firm
- Experience of audit management
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
- mandatory deanery requirement of clinical supervisor training ( or an undertaking to complete this after appointment )
Desirable
- Willingness to take on managerial tasks.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior doctors (FY1, FY2, ST1/2 and SpRs).
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Desirable
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
Research Experince
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Desirable
- Intention to initiate and lead research programmes.
Other Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work in a team
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
- oApplicant to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by the following:- PLAB 2
Desirable
- Has ability to travel to rural locations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC and licence to practise.
- FRCS orth. or Success in appropriate overseas Specialty examination
Desirable
- ATLS Provider
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery and hold a licence to practise or be eligible for entry on the Register (within six months of completion of Certificate of Completion of Training) at time of interview
Clinical Expertise
Essential
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- A wide experience of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
- Expertise in most if not all aspects of hip surgery.
Desirable
- Six years supervised training in an appropriate SpR level training programme
- Fellowship level experience in hip surgery
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
- Ability to organise and manage out patient priorities, waiting lists and operating lists
- Ability to manage and lead surgical firm
- Experience of audit management
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
- mandatory deanery requirement of clinical supervisor training ( or an undertaking to complete this after appointment )
Desirable
- Willingness to take on managerial tasks.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior doctors (FY1, FY2, ST1/2 and SpRs).
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Desirable
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
Research Experince
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Desirable
- Intention to initiate and lead research programmes.
Other Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work in a team
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
- oApplicant to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by the following:- PLAB 2
Desirable
- Has ability to travel to rural locations
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
