Locum Consultant in Trauma

The Orthopaedic Department at Wirral University Teaching Hospital are advertising for a 12 month locum consultant post with specialist interest in Hip & Knee Surgery.

This is for 12 months in the first instance with potential for progression into a substantive post in due course.

The role would involve both Elective & Trauma commitments at the Arrowe Park & Clatterbridge sites and would include an on-call commitment. The Clatterbridge site has developed significantly in the last 2 years with 4 new Laminar Flow theatres as part of the development of the Cheshire & Merseyside Surgical Centre.

Clinical Duties

Teaching

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Proposed Job Plan

The role will comprise of;
- 0.5 pa on call (1 in 24 On Call), sharing an on-call slot with a substantive consultant.
- 1.5 spa
- 6.5 pa dpc
- 1 Admin and WR pa

6.5PA DPC would include at least
- 1 Trauma List - 1.25 PA
- 1 Full Day Elective List - 2.5PA
- 1 Fracture Clinic - 1 PA
- 1 Elective Clinic - 1 PA

The monthly audit programme is deemed to be equivalent to 0.5 SPA averaged over the year.
The post holder will undergo annual appraisal.
The post will be supported by appropriate clinical staff.

Job plans will be reviewed annually, following an appraisal meeting. There will be an annual appraisal, job planning and objective setting with the Clinical Director and evidence from this will be submitted for revalidation. The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a Consultants typical working pattern, duties, objectives and responsibilities for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of a Consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education, managerial responsibilities and external commitments.

On appointment of the post holder, the Clinical Director will commence discussions to finalise the job plan which will become operational on appointment. The job plan is an indicative plan of the duties the post holder is likely to be asked to undertake. Flexibility is a key element of this post and the post holder must be willing to adapt the job plan on an ad hoc basis to meet service and patient needs.