Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Job description

Job responsibilities

A consultant has continuing clinical and professional responsibility for patients admitted under his or her care of, (for consultant in public health medicine) for a local population. It is also the duty of a consultant to:

• Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition
• Involve patients (and/or carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment
• Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with the GMCs guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Basic Medical Degree
• Full registration with GMC and Licence to Practice
• FRCS (Tr&Orth)
• On the GMC specialist register or within six months of being admitted to the register if currently in a training programme within the UK, i.e. within six months of expected CCT date at the date of AAC

Desirable

• Specialist qualifications (MSc/ MD / PhD) related to subspecialist interest

Experience

Essential

• Completed at least 1 year of fellowship subspecialist training in soft tissue knee surgery
• Experience in knee trauma surgery, including managing multi-ligament knee injuries.

Desirable

• Experience in joint preservation surgery (eg osteochondral allograft, meniscus transplant & knee osteotomy)
• Experience in managing early onset osteoarthritis of the knee (eg non-surgical, osteotomy, partial replacement)

Skills

Essential

• To have demonstrated competencies though out a wide range of knee surgery including cruciate and collateral ligament reconstruction, meniscus repair surgery, osteotomies around the knee and patellofemoral surgery.
• The ability to manage general orthopaedic trauma appropriate to a Trauma Unit.
• Can demonstrate ability to lead and manage people
• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving
• Proven organisational skills
• Experience and interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Basic skills in clinical audit Appreciation of benefits of clinical audit in improving clinical practice and the development of clinical guidelines

Knowledge

Desirable

• Specialist interest in soft tissue knee surgery.
• Attendance of relevant clinical courses / conferences.

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

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wrightington Hospital

Hall Lane, Appley Bridge

Wigan

WN6 9EP

Employer's website

http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)