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Job summary

Main area
Spinal
Grade
MN37
Contract
6 months (fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
392-MS039-STD
Employer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
RNOH
Town
Stamore
Salary
£37,068 - £57,570 +£2,132 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/07/2024 23:59

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Spinal Trust Doctor

MN37

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. 

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field.  We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients

  • Rated Good by the CQC
  • Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
  • Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
  • Recognised as a centre of excellence,  leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
  • Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
  • In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
  • Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

  • Patients first, always
  • Excellence, in all we do
  • Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
  • Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

Job overview

 Start October 2024  - 6 months

The spinal trust doctor role within the unit is split between outpatient clinics, operating theatre and supervising in-patient care. Spinal trust doctor will be exposed to a wide variety of spinal cases with an emphasis on complex and tertiary cases both in the outpatient and operating theatre setting.

The Service incorporates the Integrated Back Unit, the Spinal Deformity Unit and the Spinal Injury Unit. The Service has a long history dating back to 1954 and takes a wide range of patients of all ages. It is arguably the largest Unit of its kind within Europe, specialising in treating patients with a complex spinal conditions both congenital and acquired. The service has expanded considerably over recent years and provides unrivalled opportunities for research and development.  It is well supported by junior medical staff and spinal fellows and also has an information technology facility, which allows both audit and clinical research to be undertaken.

The clinical service is run by a well organised, multi-disciplinary team, including 14 Spinal surgeons, 5 specialist nurses.

 Teaching is inherent to the Trust’s work and the specialist training provided across a range of disciplines is in great demand both in this country and abroad. 

Main duties of the job

Postgraduate qualifications

Full registration with GMC FRCS

NTN in relevant surgical specialty Within 12 months of CCT date.

Experience in spinal surgery at registrar level. Already developed an interest in complex spinal surgery, some experience in spinal trauma surgery is also preferable. Research with higher degree ideally in relevant specialty, experience of MDT working 

Evidence of good written and verbal communication skills, an understanding of the major risk factors for spinal surgery at a population level and at the level of the individual. Awareness of specific needs of spinal injury and spinal deformity patients and their carers, issues relating to service provision for spinal surgery patients in hospital and the community

Ability and enthusiasm to teach medical undergraduates and Allied Health Professionals Personal participation in audit

Working for our organisation

  • RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The spinal trust doctor role within the unit is split between outpatient clinics, operating theatre and supervising in-patient care. Spinal trust doctor will be exposed to a wide variety of spinal cases with an emphasis on complex and tertiary cases both in the outpatient and operating theatre setting. The successful candidate would be expected to be involved with the departmental research, audit and teaching projects and submit at least one project for peer review.

Person specification

Postgraduate qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with GMC FRCS NTN in relevant surgical specialty Within 12 months of CCT date

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in spinal surgery at registrar level. Already developed an interest in complex spinal surgery. Some experience in spinal trauma surgery is also preferable.
Desirable criteria
  • Research with higher degree ideally in relevant specialty Experience of MDT working

Knowledge/ skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of good written and verbal communication skills. An understanding of the major risk factors for spinal surgery at a population level and at the level of the individual
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of specific needs of spinal injury and spinal deformity patients and their carers, issues relating to service provision for spinal surgery patients in hospital and the community Ability and enthusiasm to teach medical undergraduates and Allied Health Professionals Personal participation in audit

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkBronze Trailblazer by Race Equality MattersDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldAccredited Menopause Friendly EmployerRoyal College of Anaesthetists AccreditedCareLeaver Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sandra Moore
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0203 947 0622
Additional information

Monday -Friday   08:00 - 16:00

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