Job summary
Employer heading
Trust House officer - Trauma & Orthopaedics
Medical & Dental
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
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Job overview
Job Title - Trust house officer in Trauma & Orthopaedics
Hours per week- 40 Hours Per Week
Fixed Term-fixed term post for 12 months
Salary-£25,494 - £28,676 Per Annum
Closing Date- 3rd July 2024
Interview Date-23rd July 2024
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Careers at George Eliot – ‘Where you make a difference’
Main duties of the job
Applications are welcomed for enthusiastic and well-motivated Trust Doctors (Trust house officer) in Trauma and Orthopaedics post based at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust to commence as soon as possible, subject to pre-employment checks.
The department consists of 9 consultants providing elective and emergency care. The Trust house officer workforce form an essential part of delivery of high quality care and augments the junior grade structure around both training and service needs for both tiers. The main responsibility of this post will be the best care for emergency patients.
Applicants must hold full GMC registration and should possess the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team, have good interpersonal skills, and have a caring attitude towards patients and evidence of good clinical practice.
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate employees who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities
Organising and assisting with ward work and preoperative clerking
Clerking of new patients and organising investigations
Routine ward duties and rounds with consultants and other medical staff.
To provide general surgical care for the Consultant’s patients in consultation with the consultants and other medical staff and provide care for all patients when on call.
Participate in appropriate pre-op assessment clinic.
Core responsibilities
Communicate and work collaboratively with all members of the surgical team
Communicate effectively and sensitively with patients and relatives about all aspects of their clinical care.
Always maintain patient confidentiality.
Maintain legible and accurate documentation in the clinical records.
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of Good Practical skills
- Full GMC Registration
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Able to make sound clinical judgements
- • Ability to exercise sound judgement when faced with conflicting pressures
- • Ability to work both autonomously and in a team
- Ability to organise and prioritize workload effectively
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential criteria
- Shall have obtained relevant experience and competencies
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Courses/ALS/ATLS
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Good communication skills
- Evidence of maintaining a portfolio of evidence of CPD
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 A Lakdawala
- Job title
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476351351
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