Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedics - Specialist Interest in Knee

Job summary

The Trauma and Orthopaedics in North Bristol NHS Trust are located in the Brunel Building. The department is the Major Trauma Centre for the Severn network. The Avon Orthopaedic Centre (AOC) is the largest specialist elective orthopaedic centre in the Southwest. North Bristol is also the regional tertiary referral centre for complex spinal surgery.

The Trauma team work closely with the regional plastic surgery and regional vascular teams in the management of major trauma, and in addition have excellent outcomes with ambulatory and elderly trauma including hip fractures. With the vascular and medical teams it provides a tertiary level service in the management of the diabetic foot.

The elective Orthopaedic service is provided by a team of 38 substantive North Bristol Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Consultants, as part of a Bristol wide centralised orthopaedic service. Services include: Primary, revision and arthroscopic hip surgery, hip preserving surgery in adolescents and young adults, Knee joint replacement, revision and ligamentous reconstruction, routine and tertiary complex foot and ankle surgery including replacement. Local and tertiary shoulder, elbow and hand centre, and local and regional centre for complex spinal surgery including deformity.

Main duties of the job

Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics

(FULL TIME, 10 PAs)

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) wishes to appoint a fellowship trained Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in knee surgery. The candidate should have fellowship experience in this field. This post is a full time 10 PA position.

Individuals wishing to apply must be registered Medical Practitioners (with a licence to practice) and on the Specialist Register of the GMC or be eligible to be on the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee.

The successful candidate will be employed under Terms & Conditions of Service for Consultants (England) 2003. The Trust has teaching status and is linked with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.

If you are shortlisted we will contact you by email with details of your interview of which you will need to confirm your attendance. Therefore it is important that you check your online account regularly.

About us

The Avon Orthopaedic Centre (AOC) at NBT is the Major Trauma provider for the Severn region, the largest specialist elective orthopaedic centre in the Southwest. We have an international reputation for trauma, hip and knee surgery. With 39 surgeons and over 700 members of staff, we provide a complete Orthopaedic trauma service with over 600 severely injured patients each year as well as an extensive joint replacement service for both routine, complex and revision joint replacements.

We are based in the North of this buzzing and culturally rich city - if you move here it won't take you long to discover everything that it has to offer. Bristol City Centre is just 15 minutes away, and has a great array of shops, theatres and restaurants and has an array of annual festivals and events including the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and the Bristol Harbour Festival. For those who cycle, Bristol boasts excellent cycling facilities and was chosen as England's first cycling city in 2008 and was voted the European green capital in 2015. In 2017 Bristol was named 'best place to live in Britain' by the Times "the city is a worthy winner thanks to its ideal combination of extraordinary culture, impressive schools, buzzing culinary scene, exciting redevelopment and community spirit.".

As a motivated professional you will have a real passion for what you do and if the idea of working in a large specialist elective orthopaedic centre appeals to you, then apply today.