Trauma & Orthopaedic Locum Consultant (Upper Limb)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate is expected to work with the existing consultants and staff to ensure high quality comprehensive specialist orthopaedic care and lead a team to ensure effective treatment for patients in outpatient and inpatient setting. Dedicated regular theatre sessions will be part of the agreed job plan including rotation at the Elective Orthopaedic Centre.

The post holder will be expected to actively participate in regular departmental meetings, such as to Business meeting, Mortality and Morbidity, daily trauma meeting.

Key working relation relationships

The medical staffs in the Department are as follows:

• Mr Victor Babu Locum Consultant General Orthopaedics
• Mr Chris Huber Consultant General Orthopaedics Knee and Hip surgery
• Mr Arjuna Imbuldeniya Consultant Complex/Revision/Young adult Hip surgery
• Mr Oliver Chan Consultant Orthopaedics, Foot & Ankle Surgery
• Mr Hamed Zadeh Consultant Orthopaedics, Upper Limb & Paediatric Orthopaedics
• Mr Quen Tang Consultant Orthopaedics, Upper Limb
• Mr Gamal Morgan - associate specialist
• 8 Senior Middle Grade doctors including 3 Specialty Registrars (North West London Training Scheme)
• Mr Sivan Sivaloganathan (Consultant: Hip and Knee Surgery)
• Mr Karthig Rajakulendran (Consulant in Hip and Knee Surgery)
• 11 Junior Clinical Fellows including 2 Core Trainees (London Deanery Basic Surgical Training Programme)

There is a trauma co-ordinator and trauma nurse practitioner on each site. Each consultant reports

professionally and managerially to the Divisional Management team, via their Clinical Service Lead and

General Manager. You will be expected to agree annual objectives with your Clinical Service Lead and

General Manager to fit with the needs of the service, division and trust.

Provide a comprehensive upper limb outpatient and theatre service, as well as manage complex trauma of the upper limb outside the remit of a general trauma surgeon.

The appointee will take an active role in the MDT and be responsible for ensuring that peer review standards are attained within the department.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register OR eligible within 6 months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee via CCT or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview, CESR or European Community Rights E Hip surgery Fellowship
• FRCS(Orth) or appropriate specialist qualification
• Good understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.

Desirable

• An MD or equivalent higher postgraduate training

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Evidence of broad based training including experience in Trauma including the management of Fractured Neck of Femur
• Logbook evidence of experience in operating on all elective and traumatic hip conditions

Teaching and Training

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
• Medical Education or Adult Education Training
• A good understanding of the role of clinical management

Desirable

• Management Training Course

Research

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Experience of implementing evidenced based changes in practice

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Solid Understanding of the Clinical Governance Agenda
• IT proficiency including, email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Evidence of effective audit leading to change

Desirable

• Risk Management Course
• Experience at Consultant level

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

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Middlesex University Hospital

Twickenham Road

Isleworth

TW7 6AF

Employer's website

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)