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Job overview

We are recruiting a Locum Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics with an interest in lower limb arthroplasty and complex and revision arthroplasty surgery for a 12-month fixed term period in Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen.  We are looking for a motivated and committed individual who will provide a high-quality arthroplasty service and join colleagues in a very dynamic and forward thinking Trauma & Orthopaedic team.

The successful candidate will need to be comfortable with consultant led and delivered general trauma provision in a district general hospital and take part in a 1 in 8 on-call rota.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

Have experience and knowledge of running and further developing an acute general orthopaedic and trauma service with a further interest in complex and primary revision lower limb and arthroplasty surgery.

Commit to delivering and developing a complex primary and revision lower limb arthroplasty service in conjunction with existing colleagues to ensure provision of the service as per direction of the health board and regional programme board in trauma and orthopaedics.

Share the responsibility for the acute care of Trauma and Orthopaedics Patients. 

Conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements within the parameters of the Division’s and Health Board’s agreed objectives.

Support the development and delivery of a subspecialty service in hospital and in the community.

Develop and deliver a comprehensive service in complex primary and revision lower limb arthroplasty surgery.

Take part in a whole Health Board multi-disciplinary approach to lower limb arthroplasty surgery.

Work with specialist physiotherapists, specialist nurses and physician colleagues within the orthogeriatric service to provide clinical care for patients with frailty and fragility fractures.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.