Locum Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Blackburn, BB2 3HH |
| Cwmni: | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7441623/435-MQ100-25 |
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We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant on a full time basis for a period of 12 months initially. This post is within the directorate of Trauma and Orthopaedics and a subspeciality interest in foot and ankle surgery is required.The postholder must be fellowship trained and comfortable dealing with all aspects of elective orthopaedics and trauma.
We expect this person to help deliver and network the orthopaedic service within Lancashire. The successful applicant will complement the team of established consultants and wider MDT within the directorate.
The post is subject to the Trust’s terms and conditions of service. The post will have sessions at both Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital.
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of 566,000 in the Pennine Lancashire area. Services are provided from our two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital and from our community rehabilitation wards at Pendle Community Hospital, Accrington Victoria Hospital and Clitheroe Community Hospital.
We treat almost 700,000 patients every year in our hospitals and community settings, using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.
The Emergency Department at Blackburn is the only ED for East Lancashire and is a Trauma Unit in the Lancashire Trauma Network working closely with the Trauma Centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. The ED is supported by Urgent Care Centres at Blackburn and Burnley and a Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington. We have day and night Air Ambulance helicopter landing facilities.
The department of Orthopaedics provides a general Orthopaedic and acute trauma service to the population of East Lancashire. The trauma service is Consultant led, with 24 trauma lists per week (4 Monday to Friday and 2 per day Saturday and Sunday). All the Consultants provide a general Orthopaedic service and in addition they have a sub-specialty interest.
Operative facilities are provided across the Trust at Burnley General Teaching Hospital and Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.
Outpatient clinics are based at Burnley General Teaching Hospital and Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. Peripheral Orthopaedic clinics are held in Rossendale, Pendle, Clitheroe and Accrington.
The post holder will have responsibility for the training and supervision of junior medical staff who work with them. The post holder will also be responsible for supervising the education of medical students attached to the department.
The post holder will be expected to keep up to date with developments within the specialty.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025