Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic Fellow

2 weeks ago


Reading, United Kingdom Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are recruiting for a full time, fixed term Paediatric Trauma & Orthopaedic Fellow to join the Trauma and Orthopaedic department. This is an opportunity for a trainee to gain experience in all aspects of this subspecialty and to be involved in ongoing audit and research projects.

This post will run from September 2024 to March 2025 with the option to extend to September 2025 by mutual agreement.

The Fellow will work with Mr. Davies and Mr Elkhouly as well as Nurse Consultant Angie Lee. The team is completed by clinical nurse specialists Nina Baker and Sarah Perris

There are other paediatric elective lists running every week. As part of the Fellowship there will be exposure to ring fixators for trauma and deformity correction. It is envisaged that at the end of the Fellowship he/she will be capable of managing acute and elective paediatric orthopaedic treatment.

The role is essential to providing support and guidance to junior members of the surgical team and plays a leadership role in reviewing and improving patient pathways both for inpatients and for patients attending clinic.

**Provisional Timetable**:
Day

AM

PM

Monday

Theatre

Theatre

Tuesday

Fracture clinic

Clinic / Admin / Research

Wednesday

Elective Clinic

Referrals / Off

Thursday

Theatre

Fracture Clinic / Theatre

Friday

Theatre / clinic

Clinic / Theatre

The Trauma & Orthopaedic Department at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive Trauma & Orthopaedic service in all aspects of emergency and elective surgery both for adults and children.

We offer a wide variety of routine and complex orthopaedic procedures for fractures and musculoskeletal problems across the following subspecialties:

- Hip & knee
- Foot & ankle
- Hand & wrist
- Shoulder & elbow
- Spine
- Paediatric Orthopaedics and Trauma
- Adult Trauma
- Deformity correction

We form part of the Thames Valley Trauma Network and work in partnership with neighbouring Trusts across the Thames Valley to provide the best possible standard of care to our patients. Patients that require polytrauma and sarcoma care may be treated at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre or the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford which is the regional specialist-commissioned Orthopaedic and Major Trauma provider. We sit geographically in the centre of ROSPOG network and regularly contribute to its meetings with clinical cases, audits and research being presented. We are the network centre for the management of severe slipped upper femoral epiphysis.

We are a training department, welcoming and investing in student nurses, therapists, junior doctors and regularly host work experience students across all specialisms and offer five highly respected and sought after fellowships, as well as offering training opportunities across all clinical and administrative disciplines.

We are recruiting for a full time, fixed term Paediatric Trauma & Orthopaedic Fellow to join the Trauma and Orthopaedic department. This is an opportunity for a trainee to gain experience in all aspects of this subspecialty and to be involved in ongoing audit and research projects.

This post will run from August 2023 to Feb 2024 with the option to extend to August 2024 by mutual agreement.

The Fellow will work with Mr. Davies and Mr Elkhouly as well as Nurse Consultant Angie Lee. The team is completed by clinical nurse specialists Nina Baker and Tinaya Wright.

There are other paediatric elective lists running every week. As part of the Fellowship there will be exposure to ring fixators for trauma and deformity correction. It is envisaged that at the end of the Fellowship he/she will be capable of managing acute and elective paediatric orthopaedic treatment.

The role is essential to providing support and guidance to junior members of the surgical team and plays a leadership role in reviewing and improving patient pathways both for inpatients and for patients attending clinic.


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