Locum Consultant in Hand Surgery

Job summary

Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust or Trust Wide

Locum Consultant in Hand Surgery

Fixed Term - 12 months

Part-Time - 10 PAs

The hand Unit is seeking a Consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team. The department is currently looking to expand and develop its services to keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence and so are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team.

The GSTT hand and wrist service has evolved into a world class multidisciplinary Hand Unit. We are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement the team. The Department offers a wide range of services to patients in the hand and wrist unit. The consultant will help run and develop these services across the St Thomas' and Guy's hospital sites. The post-holder will undertake outpatient sessions and operating lists, attend MDT meetings and they will be expected to take an active role in the teaching programme of the wider department. This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class, innovative team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.

General enquiries, about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to:

Mr Matt James (Matt.James@gstt.nhs.uk)

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will provide a Hand Surgery service in conjunction with colleagues
• The post holder will have a specialist expertise in hand surgery
• The post holder will participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
• The post holder will work with the Hand Leads to improve service provision within the Hand and Wrist Unit.
• The post holder will take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
• The post holder will contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development, including support of satellite sites across London
• The post holder will assist in the future development of the Hand and Wrist Unit

Directorate Responsibilities:

• Providing clinical excellence for our patients, both elective and trauma pathways
• Achieving 18 weeks referral to treatment targets for both admitted and non-admitted pathways
• Reducing new to follow up ratios in outpatient clinics

About us

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,650 staff and have over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.3 billion.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Floor 3, Lambeth Wing

St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Rd

London

SE1 7EH

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Floor 3, Lambeth Wing

St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Rd

London

SE1 7EH

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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