Consultant Orthopaedic - Lower Limb Arthroplasty & Trauma Surgery | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 26 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 March 2026 |
| Location: | St Leonards, TN37 7RD |
| Company: | ESHT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7408082/374-CQEB-2115 |
Summary
Applications are invited for this full time Lower Limb and Revision Hip Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics. This post is to join the existing Consultant Orthopaedic team based across two DGH sites at Hastings and Eastbourne.
The East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) provides a comprehensive service in orthopaedic specialties for the surrounding districts of Hastings and Eastbourne. The post is required to support the surgical needs of the elective and trauma patients and supporting/lead the multidisciplinary team based on the trauma wards to enhance the quality and recovery of patients following trauma episodes.
The Eastbourne and Hastings Hospitals have an integrated Trust for the past 13 years. In line with reconfiguration of our service, orthopaedic trauma has been centralised on the Hastings site with elective surgery continuing on both sites.
The orthopaedic department has long standing links with both GKT Medical School in London and Brighton Medical School and we receive regular medical students within the Orthopaedic department from both of these institutions.
• KEY SPECIALTY RESPONSIBILITIES/INFORMATION:
• Surgical care of Trauma & Orthopaedic patients.
• Pre-op, perioperative and post-operative care of trauma and orthopaedic patients.
• Maintaining the highest clinical standards in the management of patients on the trauma, elective, outpatient units and other clinical areas, as required.
• To share with colleagues’ responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Trauma & Orthopaedic patients within our unit, in line with national and local clinical guidelines.
• Teaching and training of junior staff, medical students and Allied Health Professional
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME)
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trusts matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit
• To attend meetings as appropriate.
• Fulfil duties of weekly timetables, including out of hours and weekend duties in-line with the Consultant of the Week (7 days) and on call night rota.
• The post holder will be expected to record their findings and investigate appropriately, optimising their patients prior to their orthopaedic surgery or other treatment and maintain the patients’ surgical care during their inpatient episodes.
• The post holder will be required to attend the 8am daily Trauma meeting when on duty and may be required to present patients as needed.
• The post offers excellent experience in all aspect of Trauma & Orthopaedic care.
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
This is a permanent post for a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Department of Orthopaedics in East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. The post-holder will be part of the development of a multi-disciplinary team approach to care within the speciality.
The post holder will be part of the multi-disciplinary team approach to care within the specialty of Trauma and Orthopaedics. The unit is internationally and nationally recognised. Professor Briggs’ Getting Right First-Time programme has been established in our department. We have recently hosted two large Acute/Foundation Trusts’ Trauma & Orthopaedic teams on the recommendation of Professor Briggs to work closely with us to develop and improve their pathways of care
As a teaching hospital we support the Trainees for the Southeast Thames rotation, incorporating the ‘firm’ approach to services, with Specialist Registrars working specifically with one or two consultants, but all medical personnel support the service when the patient flow demands. We are fortunate to receive Core Trainees, Foundation year I and II trainees and have established junior medical trust doctors. The Trauma & Orthopaedic department have self-contained specific outpatient services, with highly trained Orthopaedic Practitioners in purpose build casting departments. There is a team of Orthopaedic Care Practitioners who support the Consultant body and are involved in service provision. Inpatient trauma services are centralised to the Conquest site with Elective inpatient beds/wards on both acute sites. The post holder, with support, will continue to develop the role of Orthopaedic surgery in the Trust and STP wide.
Our Trauma Services at Conquest are also supported by two Ortho-geriatric Consultants, a junior medical Ortho-geriatric doctor, the orthopaedic junior doctors and foundation doctors.
The appointee should have a special interest in Revision Lower Limb Arthroplasty & Trauma.
The appointee will be required to work cross-site between the District General Hospital, Eastbourne and the Conquest Hospital, Hastings as well as at alternative satellite services within our identified CCGs. If required to travel cross site on the same day, appropriate travel time will be incorporated including mileage claim.
The Orthopaedic Department at East Sussex Healthcare is a busy department, which is friendly and supportive. We treat in excess of 600 hip fracture patients per year. We perform 4 all day elective operating lists per day, 1 all day trauma operating list and day surgery services.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
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