Job summary
Employer heading
(INTERNAL ONLY) Speciality Doctor Trauma & Orthopaedics
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic department of 14 consultants who sub-specialise in Upper limb, Lower limb and Foot and Ankle.
Herefordshire is a beautiful county of rolling landscape and this job should provide you with a good work life balance.
This is primarily a service job but you will be encouraged and supported to take the FRCS (T &O) exam should you wish.
Main duties of the job
- Maintaining high quality clinical practices in
management of orthopaedic patient - You will participate fully in the out-patient, ward and theatre management of both elective and emergency admissions under the supervision of your named consultant.
- You will advise and supervise Junior Staff on clinical matters.
- You are second on-call. You will respond appropriately to referrals from your juniors
and other departments. You are not on the Trauma Team. - You will attend the Trauma Meeting most weekdays. Every day when on Trauma Week, on-call or the day after on-call. You will be expected to do regular ward rounds including the post on call ward round with the on call consultant.
- You will undertake relevant clinical administrative duties.
- You will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen
circumstances, at the request of the particular consultant, in consultation where
practicable with your colleagues both senior and junior.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Trauma week 1 in 9.
Week- Day on call -1 in 9 – from diary
Week End On call -1 in 9 – from diary
Trauma Meeting
Trauma week above is 1 in 9 whilst on-call is 1 in 9. Therefore, an additional 0.7 PA (equivalent) per week is available for cross cover, that is on average 2 clinics every 3 weeks.
Please see more details of the job description and duties above and attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the General Medical Council. Licence to Practise
- Basic Medical Qualifications
- FRCS (or equivalent)
- ATLS
- At least 4 years full time post graduate training, (or equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis), at least 2 of which are: In an Orthopaedics and Trauma Specialty Training Programme OR As a Fixed Term Specialty Trainee in Orthopaedics and Trauma OR Shall have equivalent experience and competencies
Desirable criteria
- Completion of AO Principles of Fracture Fixation Course
SPECIAL APTITUDES:
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills with colleagues and patients, both oral and written
Desirable criteria
- A commitment to Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery
Personal characteristics
Essential criteria
- Punctuality Ability to organise oneself to cope with the varied pressures of a very busy post Initiative, Empathy
Desirable criteria
- Demonstration of leadership qualities
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Darren Clark
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 354204
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