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Locum Consultant Surgeon in T&O (with subspecialist knee interest)
| Posting date: | 30 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 March 2025 |
| Location: | London, E9 6SR |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6954272/293-Consultant-345 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking to recruit a surgeon to specialise in knee elective (arthroplasty and soft tissue surgery) as well as general and subspecialty orthopaedic trauma management.
Although this isalocumpostto covera one year sabbatical, there is a strong possibility that this will lead to a substantive post in the near future as we seek to expand the department in preparation for the New Elective Centre within the hospital.
The outpatient service for this service is a multidisciplinary clinic with input from physiotherapy, podiatry, radiology and sports and exercise medicine consultants and registrars. This service has grown over the past 24 months and the work associated with these clinics has led to a greater demand for our services.
This post will work with 10 other orthopaedic consultants and be part of the trauma and orthopaedic team at the Homerton Hospital. This post is part of the strategic plan to build on the success of our Trauma & Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine service.
Expertise is required within both trauma and elective orthopaedic surgery, and this will include training in all aspects of knee surgery.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people’s and children’s services across medical and surgical specialties.
The trust operates acute services from a single site: Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as ‘Outstanding’. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
The hospital has three day-surgery theatres and six main operating theatres for all types of general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, gynaecology, maxio-facial, urology, ENT, obesity, bariatrics and obstetrics. We also have a surgical treatment room within the main theatres complex.
The trust provides some highly specialised tertiary services, including bariatric surgery and the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. It is one of London’s designated perinatal centres and provides a range of highly specialised obstetric and neonatal intensive care services.
• Senior leadership in the supervision and provision of the management and care of both elective and emergency patients including all administrative duties associated with patient
• Provide a consultation service and advisory service to other clinical colleagues and healthcare professionals within the Trust and Primary
• Regular review and organisation of specialist lower limb trauma cases in collaboration within a multidisciplinary
• Regular participation in regional (ICS) multidisciplinary meetings to discuss and plan management of complex
• Working in close co-operation with the physio and sports and exercise medicine team to develop services and practices.
• Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical
• Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance and Risk
• The trust is committed to a strong, robust appraisal and revalidation system and provides appropriate support. The doctor is expected to participate in annual appraisal activity to satisfy the revalidation process. We aim to support doctors to help them navigate this vital aspect of their professional
• Participation in the trauma week on call rota. The candidate will follow the job plan of the consultant going on sabbatical. This is a 1:10 rota with prospective cover. The candidate will be expected to provide cover for colleagues in the event of unforeseen absence/sickness.
• To ensure that all junior medical staff receive a programme of high-quality appropriate training, with relevant support by actively participating in the structured weekly teaching
• To understand the importance, and assist in the achieving of, delivery and maintaining the 18 week referral to treatment
• To provide orthopaedic clinical advice and support to GPs and colleagues from other Homerton Hospital departments when
• Attend regular fracture clinics and orthopaedic clinics as per the job plan of the consultant colleague on sabbatical
• The trust is committed to supporting its doctors towards Continuing Professional Development and the SPA sessions within the job plan reflect this potential
Please view Job description and person specification for full details of the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Feb 2025
We are looking to recruit a surgeon to specialise in knee elective (arthroplasty and soft tissue surgery) as well as general and subspecialty orthopaedic trauma management.
Although this isalocumpostto covera one year sabbatical, there is a strong possibility that this will lead to a substantive post in the near future as we seek to expand the department in preparation for the New Elective Centre within the hospital.
The outpatient service for this service is a multidisciplinary clinic with input from physiotherapy, podiatry, radiology and sports and exercise medicine consultants and registrars. This service has grown over the past 24 months and the work associated with these clinics has led to a greater demand for our services.
This post will work with 10 other orthopaedic consultants and be part of the trauma and orthopaedic team at the Homerton Hospital. This post is part of the strategic plan to build on the success of our Trauma & Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine service.
Expertise is required within both trauma and elective orthopaedic surgery, and this will include training in all aspects of knee surgery.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people’s and children’s services across medical and surgical specialties.
The trust operates acute services from a single site: Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as ‘Outstanding’. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
The hospital has three day-surgery theatres and six main operating theatres for all types of general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, gynaecology, maxio-facial, urology, ENT, obesity, bariatrics and obstetrics. We also have a surgical treatment room within the main theatres complex.
The trust provides some highly specialised tertiary services, including bariatric surgery and the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. It is one of London’s designated perinatal centres and provides a range of highly specialised obstetric and neonatal intensive care services.
• Senior leadership in the supervision and provision of the management and care of both elective and emergency patients including all administrative duties associated with patient
• Provide a consultation service and advisory service to other clinical colleagues and healthcare professionals within the Trust and Primary
• Regular review and organisation of specialist lower limb trauma cases in collaboration within a multidisciplinary
• Regular participation in regional (ICS) multidisciplinary meetings to discuss and plan management of complex
• Working in close co-operation with the physio and sports and exercise medicine team to develop services and practices.
• Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical
• Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance and Risk
• The trust is committed to a strong, robust appraisal and revalidation system and provides appropriate support. The doctor is expected to participate in annual appraisal activity to satisfy the revalidation process. We aim to support doctors to help them navigate this vital aspect of their professional
• Participation in the trauma week on call rota. The candidate will follow the job plan of the consultant going on sabbatical. This is a 1:10 rota with prospective cover. The candidate will be expected to provide cover for colleagues in the event of unforeseen absence/sickness.
• To ensure that all junior medical staff receive a programme of high-quality appropriate training, with relevant support by actively participating in the structured weekly teaching
• To understand the importance, and assist in the achieving of, delivery and maintaining the 18 week referral to treatment
• To provide orthopaedic clinical advice and support to GPs and colleagues from other Homerton Hospital departments when
• Attend regular fracture clinics and orthopaedic clinics as per the job plan of the consultant colleague on sabbatical
• The trust is committed to supporting its doctors towards Continuing Professional Development and the SPA sessions within the job plan reflect this potential
Please view Job description and person specification for full details of the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Feb 2025
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