Job overview

Post CCT Foot & Ankle Fellowship 

Background :

 Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK with over 16,000 staff treating over 2.5 million people in East London and beyond. Barts Bone & Joint Health provides orthopaedic care across three sites; The Royal London Hospital - one of the busiest trauma centres in Europe, Barts Health Orthopaedic Centre – a dedicated, GIRFT accredited, elective orthopaedic unit in Newham and Whipps Cross Hospital – a specialist fragility fracture unit.

This fellowship is uniquely equipped to provide a full exposure to all aspects of F&A trauma and elective care. The Royal London Hospital provides Level 1 trauma experience with high volumes of complex F&A trauma, as well as the opportunity to maintain general trauma skills. We work closely with our Limb Reconstruction colleagues and orthoplastic teams to provide world class trauma care for the full spectrum of F&A trauma, including complex articular and open injuries. Whipps Cross is home to our dedicated fragility fracture service where there is exposure to complex fragility fractures, often in multiply co-morbid patients and thus providing a different breadth of exposure and decision-making.

Main duties of the job

1.    Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care

2.    Leadership, development and organisation on the services in his/her charge in line with the Trusts business plans. Liaison and communication with the lead clinician, General Manager, Service Manager, Clinical Leads and Directors for Orthopaedic  Surgery across the Trust, and the Surgery Board Chair.

3.    A major contribution to the department’s on-going efforts to improve efficiency in both the delivery and the management of patient care including the 18-week referral to treatment standard, reducing length of stay, meeting BOAST guidelines and managing the ratio of new to follow up outpatient attendances in line with commissioner expectations.

4.    With the agreement of the Clinical Lead and Clinical Network Director, development of his/her own interests and specialisms within the speciality, including active participation in research programmes.

5.    Corporate and individual responsibility for the professional management of doctors in training including the approval and monitoring of on calls and locum appointments.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.