Trauma Fellow

Job description

Job responsibilities

INTRODUCTION

The post holder will be one of a team of 10 Middle Grades with sessions at both Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals.

Ashford & St. Peters Hospitals merged to form a single NHS Trust in 1998. Trauma is primarily carried out on the St. Peters site. The Ashford site has outpatients and a dedicated orthopaedic ward which is used for joint replacements and other elective surgery.

The postholder will participate in the on-call trauma rota.

ASHFORD & ST. PETERS HOSPITALS TRUST

The Trust was formed by the merger of the two hospitals in 1998. The Ashford/St. Peters Trust is the largest non-teaching Trust in the region and provides a full range of acute hospitals services. All surgical and trauma emergencies are admitted into St. Peters Accident and Emergency Department. There is a 9 bedded ITU service on the St. Peters site.

The two hospitals serve a population of around 450,000 from an area which includes Guildford, Woking, Chertsey, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge, Staines, Bedfont, Feltham, Spelthorne. There are 650 beds in a range of specialities, and a full imaging department with CT and MRI scanning and laboratory services. Both hospitals have a modern post graduate centre with full library services and the Trust runs an hourly transport between the two sites for staff.

THE DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMA

Since April 1998, the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma has operated jointly across the two sites. The Department has 21 consultants continuing the trend of increasing sub-specialisation, minimising the number of tertiary referrals and improving training opportunities.

The consultants working in the Department are as follows:

Mr T Antonios Trauma & Upper Limb

Mr C Busch Lower Limb

Mr O Garcia-Casas Spine

Mr R Gupta Upper Limb

Mr Z Harb Trauma, Foot & Ankle

Mr A Hassan Lower Limb

Prof M Imam Trauma & Upper Limb

Mr J Jacob Trauma & Lower Limb

Mr A Khaleel Trauma, Lower Limb, Foot & Ankle

Mr G Kiziridis Trauma, Foot & Ankle

Mr D Michael Lower Limb

Mr J Monk Lower Limb

Mr A Narvani Upper Limb

Mr V Prasad Trauma & Spine

Miss T Sarkhel Upper Limb

Mr A Sharma Trauma & Spine

Mr T Thangarajah Trauma & Upper Limb

Mr P Trikha Lower Limb

Mr E Tsialogiannis - Trauma & Lower Limb

Mr A Unnithan Trauma & Lower Limb

Mr A Vats Trauma & Lower Limb

Supporting the consultants are the following staff:

Associate Specialist

Podiatrist

Registrars x 10 (3 x Fellows)

1 x CT2

1 x CT1

5 x F2

5 x Trust Grade SHO

3 x F1

2 x GPST

1 x Plaster Technician

2 x Orthotic Technicians, Appliance Workshop

DUTIES OF THE POST

The post-holder will be required to be a non-resident on-call in rotation with the other SpRs.

Office accommodation and secretarial support is provided.

The Middle Grades in the department are expected to arrange and cover each others duties and on-call commitments during periods of absence.

The post-holder undertakes, exceptionally, to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.

The main duties and responsibilities of the appointee will be:

To work with the orthopaedic surgeons across both Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals to provide an efficient and effective orthopaedic service.

To provide inpatients, day case and outpatients care for the patients requiring elective emergency orthopaedic surgery, in accordance with the Trust contractual obligations.

To adopt a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and in partnership with other colleagues working in the speciality for the proper function of the department to which he/she is appointed.

To ensure that clinical audit was an ongoing programme and that agreed actions required as indicated from audit were implemented.

MAIN CONDITIONS OF SERVICES

The post is covered by the local Terms and Conditions of Service and Ashford & St. Peters Hospitals Policies. Where local terms and conditions do not exist, NHS Terms and Conditions of Hospital Medicine and Dental Staff (England and Wales) and the Whitley Council Conditions of Service will apply.

STUDY AND TRAINING

There is a well-stocked hospital library available on site in Ashfords new Education Centre and in the Orthopaedic Department. There are weekly clinical meetings in the Education Centre including clinical pathological demonstrations. Lunchtime lectures are given on alternate Tuesdays by hospital staff or invited speakers from other centres.

There is regular orthopaedic participation in other teaching courses held in the Post Graduate Centre at the invitation of the Clinical Tutor.

RESEARCH

Opportunities for postgraduate education for the post-holder includes departmental meetings, clinical meetings, college courses and meetings and joint meetings with surgical specialities. The Department holds regular audit meetings and in addition there are protected hospital half days for education on a regular basis.

RECREATION, TRANSPORT, ETC

In the immediate locality, there are leisure centres at Staines, Sunbury, Woking and Feltham, squash courts, in Egham and Feltham and many golf courses nearby. Windsor, Runnymede, Hampton Court, Wisley (RHS) Gardens, the Thames and other places of interest are within a 10 mile radius.

Central London is easily accessible with regular BR trains from Ashford and Woking to Waterloo and Piccadilly Line trains running from Hatton Cross Underground station. For motorway travel, M3, M4, and M25 are close.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oFull GMC Registration oFull MRCS oATLS

Desirable

• An additional higher qualification: FRCS (Orth) or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• oPrevious experience in Middle Grade Orthopaedics. oSignificant clinical experience (SPR level or above) including orthopaedic Surgery and Outpatients. oEvidence of continuing Medical education. oCapable of Independent operating

Desirable

• Experience in all aspects of Orthopaedics & Traumatology

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

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ashford & St Peters Hospital

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

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