Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Full time

This post will be for a consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics, with expertise in complex trauma and hip and knee surgery. The post will be for 10 PAs. On-call cover will be based at University Hospital Lewisham covering a 1 in 9 on-call rota for weekends and non-resident nights. Daytime elective work can be scheduled at both hospital sites.

Proven competency in trauma and lower limb surgery will be required. This post is important to the Trust to ensure the continuation of our excellent and busy Orthopaedic Service and support the 18-weeks target.

The appointment will be made in accordance with the 2003 Consultant Terms and Conditions of Service. The post holder will be expected to provide regular trauma sessions and to participate in clinical governance and teaching activity. Opportunities for getting involved in NHS leadership will also be made available.

This post will be for a consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics, with expertise in complex trauma and hip and knee surgery. The post will be for 10 PAs. On-call cover will be based at University Hospital Lewisham covering a 1 in 9 on-call rota for weekends and non-resident nights. Daytime elective work can be scheduled at both hospital sites.

Proven competency in trauma and lower limb surgery will be required. This post is important to the Trust to ensure the continuation of our excellent and busy Orthopaedic Service and support the 18-weeks target.

The appointment will be made in accordance with the 2003 Consultant Terms and Conditions of Service. The post holder will be expected to provide regular trauma sessions and to participate in clinical governance and teaching activity. Opportunities for getting involved in NHS leadership will also be made available.

Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust (UHL) merged with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Woolwich in October 2013. The Orthopaedic department runs separate on-call rotas and Trauma services for each hospital, but operates as a single department across both hospital sites.

The directorate provides an extensive orthopaedic and trauma service for the reception, assessment, examination and treatment of people with abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system or who have sustained a recent injury. Emergency services are currently provided at both QEH and UHL. In addition, elective day case and inpatient elective services are provided at UHL, day case only elective services are provided at QEH. Trauma theatre lists and fracture clinics are held at both hospital sites, with elective outpatients also provided at both UHL and QEH.

A virtual fracture clinic runs in conjunction with face-to-face clinics. Cross-site review of patients waiting on our trauma dashboards takes place daily. There are daily joint trauma meetings to assure all emergency patients are treated in a timely fashion. The post holder will be expected to operate on both sites depending on the needs of the service, and this applies to both elective and emergency activities.

The directorate organises trauma on CEPOD principles with most trauma performed on a daily dedicated trauma lists under consultant supervision.

1. Clinical Responsibilities
- The Consultant will be required to assist management and its agents during investigations into claims alleging medical negligence and where requested, to provide related factual statements
- The post holder will participate in the Consultant led trauma service to maintain a high quality trauma service with Consultant involvement in early operative work and fracture clinic supervision. The appointee would be encouraged to further develop and update skills in the acute management of complex fractures and the management of a lower limb service
- The post holder will be required to adopt a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge in partnership with other consultant colleagues
- He/she will be expected to fully participate in the teaching activities of the Directorate
- For the purpose of management and use of resources, he/she will be accountable to the Clinical Director of Orthopaedics and work closely with the Service Manager
- He/she will share in the Directorates’ management and administrative responsibilities
- The post holder undertakes, exceptionally, to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances
- The appointee will be responsible for the professional supervision and management of junior staff and participate in their appointment with other Consultants
- The appointee will be expected to participate in postgraduate teaching of medical staff and undergraduates attached to the Trust and in the training of all grades of staff
- The appointee will participate on a regular basis in the process of Clinical Audit within the department and take on the audit role for the department. The appointee will be expected to attend department and divisional clinical governance meetings as requested
- He/she will be required to maintain an “on-cal

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