Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma & Orthopaedics
- Grade
- Medical Specialty Registrar
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (With a view to mutually agree to extend to 12 months)
- Hours
- 40 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 193-MS1166PCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £61,825 - £70,425 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
LAS Specialty Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics
Medical Specialty Registrar
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
We are recruiting for Trust Grade Registrar to join the Trauma & Orthopaedic department on a fixed term basis for 6 months with a view to extend to 12 months. There are multiple posts available to start as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
These are excellent opportunities for someone looking to gain more orthopaedic experience before applying for National ST selection in Trauma and Orthopaedics.
By the end of the year we would expect you to independently perform hip hemiarthroplasty, DHS, gamma nail of femur, ankle fixation, external fixation of tibia, MUA of common paediatric fractures, K wiring of wrists etc.
Depending on the allocation of your firms you will also gain experience of a variety of elective orthopaedic procedures. You will also become confident in the outpatient management of common fractures.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006.
The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital. The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be encouraged to deliver at least 1 audit project during the 12 months and you will be given the opportunity to join on-going departmental research projects.
You will be working on a level equivalent to Middle Grade.
You will be an integral part of a team working for a consultant. You will attend your consultants’ elective lists and elective clinics. You will also be rostered for fracture clinics and regular trauma lists.
You may be expected to travel between hospital sites to attend peripheral clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Newbury, Bracknell Healthspace and / or Townlands Hospital, Henley.
You will form part of the senior tier of on call duties joining a rota that is a resident on call rota.
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practice.
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Expected to have gained MRCS
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need
- Demonstrates appropriate technical competence & evidence of development of excellent diagnostic skills & judgementvalidated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at relevant courses, e.g., ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCrISP or equivalent
Research, Teaching and Audit
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management & evidence-based practice
- Understanding of research basic research principles, methodology & ethics, with potential to contribute to research
- Evidence of contributing to teaching & learning of others
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements.
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Evidence of participation in risk management and/or clinical/laboratory research
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice
- Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1 competences in this specialty by time of appointment
- At least 12 months’ experience in Surgical Specialties (not including Foundation modules) by time of appointment
Career Progression
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide a complete employment history
- Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
- Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
Commitment to Speciality
Essential criteria
- Shows realistic insight into surgery (& subspecialty if appropriate) and the demands of a surgical lifestyle
- Demonstrates knowledge of training programme & commitment to own development
- Shows critical & enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
- Commitment to self-directed learning & reflective/analytical approach to Practice
Desirable criteria
- Extracurricular activities / achievements relevant to surgery (and/or surgical subspecialty where relevant)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Amr Elkhouly
- Job title
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
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