Specialty Doctor for Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
The closing date is 04 April 2025
Job summary
Applications are invited for the post of Specialty Doctor in Trauma & Orthopaedics at the Whittington Health. This is to fill a new post.The post has been established to contribute to the delivery of high quality of care for Orthopaedic & spinal patients both during the day and out of hours.The post-holder will work under the remit of the collective consultant body across all subspecialties.The successful applicant will contribute towards the waiting list initiative through day-case surgery, emergency trauma surgery; outpatient clinics, including administrative duties, and is expected to support the resident doctors.The position will be for 12 months in the first instance
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the Job description and person specification where you can find a detailed job list.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job description and person specification where you can find a detailed job list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job description and person specification where you can find a detailed job list.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC registration
- Medical Degree
Eligibility
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
- Evidence of achievement of ST2,CT2 competences in a relevant specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST3/CT3 competences in a relevant specialty by the start date of the post.
Clinical skills
Essential
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job
- Clinical judgement: Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Practical skills: Shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job. Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job.
Desirable
- FRCS or equivalent
- On the specialist register
Specialty specific skills related to the post
Essential
- Oncology experience and general skills so able to demonstrate they can safely provide Middle Grade cover for the acute oncology service
- Ability to prescribe SACT
Desirable
- Previous experience at Middle Grade level
Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care
Essential
- Audit: Evidence of active participation in audit.
- Teaching: Evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job.
Desirable
- Research Skills: demonstrates understanding of the principles of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
- Teaching: Evidence of experience in teaching where required in the job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC registration
- Medical Degree
Eligibility
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
- Evidence of achievement of ST2,CT2 competences in a relevant specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST3/CT3 competences in a relevant specialty by the start date of the post.
Clinical skills
Essential
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job
- Clinical judgement: Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Practical skills: Shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job. Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job.
Desirable
- FRCS or equivalent
- On the specialist register
Specialty specific skills related to the post
Essential
- Oncology experience and general skills so able to demonstrate they can safely provide Middle Grade cover for the acute oncology service
- Ability to prescribe SACT
Desirable
- Previous experience at Middle Grade level
Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care
Essential
- Audit: Evidence of active participation in audit.
- Teaching: Evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job.
Desirable
- Research Skills: demonstrates understanding of the principles of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
- Teaching: Evidence of experience in teaching where required in the job.
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).
