Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma-Special Interest in Lower Limb

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join an established orthopaedic service within the major trauma centre at Salford Royal and the Northern Care Alliance for a 6 month period.

The weekly program is planned around an average of 10 sessions, which will include theatre, direct clinical care (DCC). The candidate will also work in an established elective/fracture lower limb clinic and undertake appropriate patient related administration. Delivery of DCC will be across the NCA footprint. Elective sessions will require some flexibility as part of the elective recovery plan. The post holder will participate as a member of a trauma team delivering care at Salford Royal managing both orthopaedic trauma, major trauma and acute patients.

Main duties of the job

Specialist Upper Limb

• The successful candidate will above all be a productive and cohesive member of the lower limb team able to provide ongoing patient care.
• The successful candidate will be expected to organise their own workload
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
• Contributing to undergraduate, post-graduate and continuing medical and multi professional education activity including teaching as necessary.
• Participation in clinical audit and research.
• Conducting appropriate duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
• Multidisciplinary teamwork is envisaged as a key component of the working of this Trust and will involve Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) discussion with other colleagues.
• Development of special interests that fit in with the Directorate needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
• Undertaking ward rounds as appropriate.
• Have an out of hours commitment to trauma patient management as part of an on-call rota
• Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk