Trust F3 Doctor in Trauma and Orthopaedics

Job summary

Are you considering a career in Trauma and Orthopaedics but aren't sure of your next steps after completing your F2 year?

Why not join us at Yeovil Hospital?

We have one Trust Foundation Year 3 posts available from 1st February 2024, fixed term for 6 months, until 6th August 2024.

Foundation Year 3 is a trust initiative designed to help enhance the knowledge and skills of Doctors who have completed F1 & F2 and are interested in a career in Trauma and Orthopaedics.

These posts offer excellent opportunities to enhance your CV in preparation for commencing specialty training. Although these are not UK training posts, the posts offer similar benefits as those for recognised Deanery training posts.

Successful post holders will have access to study leave, teaching, educational and clinical supervisors and the opportunity to take part in Quality Improvement Projects. There will also be access to e-portfolio to document work based assessments and reflect learning.

Main duties of the job

Orthopaedics

• The post holder will be responsible for the admission, clerking and day-to-day care of patients on the two Orthopaedic wards and any outlying wards as required.
• You will attend daily trauma meetings, ward rounds, clinics and operating sessions as required.
• A dedicated education week is scheduled to provide protected time for theatre and clinic activities.
• The post will take part in the Hospital@Night rotation covering both Orthopaedics and General Surgery.

General Roles and Responsibilities:

• To participate in audits and current research projects. These are available through individual Consultants.
• To attend the active postgraduate programme with weekly lectures, radiology, medical and pathology meetings and medical unit presentations.
• To participate in the teaching of Foundation Doctors at the bedside as well as to Medical Students.
• During the term of the appointment the post holder might be required to attend other Hospitals within the Trust if so requested by the supervising consultant.
• To maintain a good working relationship with existing staff members in the hospital.
• To perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultant in conjunction, where practicable, with their colleagues both senior and junior.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone.

Yeovil District Hospital and Musgrove Park Hospital (Somerset NHS Foundation Trust) are currently in the process of merging to become one single Trust, offering combined health care service to the population of Somerset. Our aim is to offer harmonious patient and workforce experiences across both sites, offering the same standard of care to our patients.