Job summary
Working Full time : 10 Sessions per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated team player to join our well established Orthopaedic Department at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.The successful candidate will be a Full Time (10 PAs) appointment in Trauma and Orthopaedics with a specialist interest in primary elective hip and knee arthroplasties. The successful candidate will be expected to have Consultant level-expertise in general trauma surgery, plus a special interest in complex lower limb trauma such as fixation of peri-prosthetic fractures and management of peri-articular fractures of the knee.
The candidate will be expected to integrate within the team of 13 existing consultants in order to provide a complete Trauma and Orthopaedic service. The department is also undergoing an exciting service expansion at present. The post may require the appointee to work flexibly by working at the South of the Mersey Hub located at Clatterbridge Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be responsible for the care of patients referred by general practitioners, other hospital Consultants and other hospital departments and will undertake clinics, ward rounds and theatre lists. 'Programmed Activities' as appropriate.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oCCT/CCST in Orthopaedic surgery or equivalent and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT/CCST at the time of application.
- oOn Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within six months of anticipated CCT date on the date of Interview.
- oATLS or European Trauma Course
Desirable
- oBOA Future Leadership Programme
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- oSpecialist interest post CCT Lower limb arthroplasty fellowship of 12 months
- oExperience in daycase hip and knee arthroplasty surgeries
- oExperience and training in Adult and Paediatric Orthopaedic trauma.
- oExperience and demonstrate proficiencies in complex lower limb trauma, eg periprosthetic fracture, THR for fracture neck of femur, tibia plateau fracture, distal femur fracture and etc.
- oExperience /Interest in teaching
- oDemonstrate the use of Clinical Audit within the Service
- oDemonstrate use of Quality improvement in improvement of services
- oDemonstrate the use of research and evidence base to practice
Desirable
- oExperience in elective hip and knee at consultant level for 12 months
- oExperience in managing complex primary hip and knee arthroplasties
- oTeaching skills courses, PG Cert, MSc
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oAbility to integrate within, motivate and provide professional lead in multidisciplinary team
- oProven ability to lead a team, work as part of a team and demonstrate initiative
- oAbility to demonstrate clinical leadership
- oAbility to demonstrate clinical leadership
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, senior medical staff and other health professionals.
- oEvidence of continuing CPD.
- oHighly motivated individual.
Desirable
- oOrganisation of local / regional MDT.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oCCT/CCST in Orthopaedic surgery or equivalent and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT/CCST at the time of application.
- oOn Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within six months of anticipated CCT date on the date of Interview.
- oATLS or European Trauma Course
Desirable
- oBOA Future Leadership Programme
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- oSpecialist interest post CCT Lower limb arthroplasty fellowship of 12 months
- oExperience in daycase hip and knee arthroplasty surgeries
- oExperience and training in Adult and Paediatric Orthopaedic trauma.
- oExperience and demonstrate proficiencies in complex lower limb trauma, eg periprosthetic fracture, THR for fracture neck of femur, tibia plateau fracture, distal femur fracture and etc.
- oExperience /Interest in teaching
- oDemonstrate the use of Clinical Audit within the Service
- oDemonstrate use of Quality improvement in improvement of services
- oDemonstrate the use of research and evidence base to practice
Desirable
- oExperience in elective hip and knee at consultant level for 12 months
- oExperience in managing complex primary hip and knee arthroplasties
- oTeaching skills courses, PG Cert, MSc
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oAbility to integrate within, motivate and provide professional lead in multidisciplinary team
- oProven ability to lead a team, work as part of a team and demonstrate initiative
- oAbility to demonstrate clinical leadership
- oAbility to demonstrate clinical leadership
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, senior medical staff and other health professionals.
- oEvidence of continuing CPD.
- oHighly motivated individual.
Desirable
- oOrganisation of local / regional MDT.
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
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).
