Senior Trauma Fellow | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 01 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,329 - £63,152 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | Telford, TF1 6TF |
| Company: | Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6229494/223-MJ81 |
Summary
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity to join our multidisciplinary Trauma and Orthopaedic team as a Senior Trauma Fellow (ST3-8 Equivalent). It is an opportunity to join a friendly and dynamic hospital team of experienced surgeons, doctors, nurses, and practitioners with an excellent reputation for providing an educational and supportive environment. The post-holder will be at based at either Royal Shrewsbury Hospital or Princess Royal Hospital and will have responsibilities for both sites. The post holder will not be part of the on-call team.
These posts are not nationally recognised for training but provide valuable access and support for onward application to various medical career paths.
Main Clinical duties will include:
• Participation in elective operating theatre lists. (Dependent upon site)
• Participation in trauma operating theatre lists.
• Elective and fracture clinic duties. (Dependent upon site)
• Supervision and support of foundation doctors.
• Ward round of inpatients.
• Review A&E referrals.
• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
We also provide services such as consultant-led outreach clinics at the Wrekin Community Clinic, Telford, the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen and the Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Whitchurch Community Hospitals.
The post-holder will be expected to support trauma theatres and fracture clinics at PRH and will not be part of the on call team. They will be expected to work from Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm.
The post is compliant with the terms and conditions of the 2016 Junior Doctor Contract, SAS Doctor contracts 2008 and 2021 and Working Time Regulations (WTR) and has been carefully designed to maximise training opportunities for doctors whilst maintaining a safe and efficient service.
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024