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Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine

Job details
Posting date: 11 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £93,666 - £126,281 Per annum + London Weighting, pro-rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 11 May 2024
Location: London, NW1 2BU
Company: University College London Hospital
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6219016/309-UCLH-4218

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Summary

A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and hardworking physician to join our department as a member of our Sport and Exercise medicine consultant team.

This will be a substantive position working at the Institute of sport, exercise, and health (ISEH) providing proactive and reactive medical care to a diverse range of patients with sports injuries and those using physical activity for health improvement. Their role will involve preventing injuries, diagnosing, and managing musculoskeletal and medical conditions, supporting athletes, and contributing to the growth of sports medicine services at ISEH and UCLH.

There is the potential for the successful candidate to apply for Practicing Privileges with HCA International, and establish a private SEM practice at ISEH. This is a unique opportunity to consolidate a job plan into a single location that includes both NHS and private activity. Support will be provided by HCA to integrate the individual into the wider SEM community who operate across a number of central London facilities including the Princess Grace Hospital, The Wellington Hospital, The Lister Hospital and The London Bridge Hospital. Note: consultants must be recognised by the major PMIs including but not limited to BUPA, AXA, vitality, etc

This is a part time post (5 PAs). The post-holder will agree a detailed job plan including personal and professional objectives with the Clinical Director once in post.

Some of the main duties will include:
• Provide accurate diagnosis and care plans for patients with musculoskeletal injuries or illness who would like to exercise/compete, or for whom exercise would be beneficial.
• Active team member in UCLH specialist clinics
• Provide clinical oversight to patients who require conservative care
• Active leadership in developing and running multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings at ISEH, i.e. making their clinical expertise available to other clinicians and allied healthcare professionals in the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Participate in clinical audits to improve the quality of care provided to ISEH patients.
• Plan, support and deliver educational and professional development opportunities that will enhance the quality of clinical care

The appointee will be expected to fully contribute to the administrative, teaching and research activities within the department. All consultants represent the department on various committees within the trust as well as taking responsibility for particular delegated areas according to their interests and availability. The Clinical Director is responsible for delegating these responsibilities.

The appointee will contribute to the teaching of medical students and trainee Doctors and to participate in weekly postgraduate meetings of the Trauma & Orthopaedic Department as well as audit, governance and training meetings

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.  

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:  
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. 

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Background

The Trauma and Orthopaedic department offers comprehensive care for the whole spectrum of traumatic and non- traumatic orthopaedic conditions and works closely with Rheumatologists, Oncologists, and Radiologists and with the Accident and Emergency department. The orthopaedic surgical team operate out of 4 orthopaedic laminar flow theatres daily – in addition to other day case and main theatre space. Clinics are delivered in the main outpatient department in University College Hospital, with specialist clinics also running from the Institute of Sports Exercise and Health.



Academic Activities

The Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health is based on the Bloomsbury campus. The Institute of Orthopaedics is based at the Stanmore CAMPUS but is part of University College London. You will have access to their facilities and will be encouraged to take forward academic developments in your specialty.

Teaching at the undergraduate and post-graduate level will be an important commitment of the appointee in addition to the development of his/her own research programme. UCL Hospitals Orthopaedic department has an active programme of research involving junior medical staff. It participates in the post-graduate programme of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital that satisfies the academic syllabus for all London orthopaedic trainees. Teaching and research commitments will account for one session each week and will include the monthly

The Role and Responsibilities

The post-holder will be accountable to Mr Sam Oussedik, clinical lead for Orthopaedics

The post is in the Surgical Specialties Division, which sits within the Surgery & Cancer Board. The Divisional Clinical Director is Professor Fares Haddad.

The post is in the Surgical Specialties Division, which sits within the Surgery & Cancer Board. The Divisional Clinical Director is Professor Fares Haddad. The post-holder will be accountable to Mr Sam Oussedik, clinical lead for Orthopaedics.

Trauma and Orthopaedics is delivered across the University College Hospital campus, the Grafton Way Building site and the Institute of Sports Exercise and Health.

The ISEH is a collaboration between leading health, academic and sports organisations – UCLH, UCL, British Olympic Association, UK SPORTS Institute and private hospital group HCA - which have come together to provide patients with the level of care and expertise only previously available to elite sports men and women.



Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.


This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024

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