Specialty doctor in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Trauma & Orthopaedic Directorate is a busy and progressive unit, expanding to meet the needs of the population. Further expansion is planned to enable capacity to meet increasing demand from the health community.

Theatres: The theatre suite comprises four laminar flow theatres and a day case procedure room.

Wards: There are currently fifty-six trauma beds across two wards, twelve ring-fenced elective orthopaedic beds, 4-day surgery beds and five childrens beds within the paediatric unit. There is booked access to a High Dependency Unit consisting of three beds, as well as booked access to the ICU consisting of three beds for elective cases.

Clinics: The Fracture and Out-patient Clinic is purpose built for the Orthopaedic department. It also houses the Plaster Room and minor operation procedure room.

Hospital Departments: The Orthopaedic service is supported by the various departments that make up a busy general hospital.

Radiology has a full complement of services e.g., MRI, CT, Nuclear Medicine as well as plain film imaging. A PACS and RADIN network is available to review images online around the trust.

Access to Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy service on site.

The successful candidate is responsible to one or more of the Orthopaedic Consultant teams and will rotate between those teams.

The duty rota consists of being on call 1:11.

Orthopaedic surgery is undertaken in a separate Manfield Theatre Suite comprising four laminar flow airflow theatres. Trauma surgery is undertaken in dedicated daily trauma lists within the Manfield suite. Out-patient clinics are undertaken in a separate Orthopaedic and Fracture Clinic suite.

The sixteen consultants are organised into four firms according to their sub-specialty interests:

Lower limb arthroplasty; foot and ankle surgery; upper limb surgery; and paediatric orthopaedics. Their overall supervision will be by one of the consultants who will assess their capabilities and monitor their progress.

They will work with one consultant but may be called upon to work with the other consultants to gain exposure to a variety of procedures. The unit undertakes approximately 1200 lower limb joint replacements per year as well asrevision procedures of both hip and knee. Exposure will be given to all forms of arthroplasty surgery, including resurfacing.

All candidates would be expected to show a dedication to orthopaedics.

The exact timetable will be subject to agreement between the hospital and the appointee.

Within the Department there are regular meetings, including Morbidity & Mortality, Radiology, Revision and Complex Case discussions.

As well as the seminars mentioned above there are facilities in the postgraduate medical centre with an extensive library, audio-visual aids, study rooms etc. The department itself has its own specialist library.

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive trauma & orthopaedic surgery services to support the consultant body. The candidate will be expected to develop a sub-speciality interest and to provide a general orthopaedic trauma service.

Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to MRSC level or equivalent level of medical education, training, or experience
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• Wide range of training in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Desirable

• Evidence of completed and presented audit experience
• MSc, MCh, or an equivalent appropriate higher surgical qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in Trauma & orthopaedics at Foundation and Registrar level in the UK, as evidenced on logbook and / or ISCP / other portfolios
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies (as evidenced by FPCC / alternative certificate) by time of appointment in line with the GMC standard in Good Medical Practice

Desirable

• Higher surgical training in Orthopaedics within a recognised programme

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary environment
• Ability to communicate well and work as a team with consultant colleagues and other professionals
• Willingness to be involved in service development
• Computer literacy in clinical systems

Key competencies/Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

• Enthusiastic and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients, and service users
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and staff
• Able to maintain good working relations with a broad range of colleagues with willingness to be flexible to meet the clinical demands of the service and recognise the needs of other colleagues
• Ability to lead where appropriate
• Reliability, punctuality, and effective, efficient time management
• Ability to travel as required

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Northampton General Hospital

Address

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Cliftonville

Northampton

NN1 5BD

Employer's website

https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)