The appointee will engage in scheduled trauma and elective theatres, fracture clinics, and outpatient sessions, with on-call commitments. They will contribute to medical student training and participate in departmental meetings, audits, and governance. The position is based in various locations across the UCLH campus, including a dedicated elective surgical ward and orthopaedic theatres. This role presents an opportunity to join a highly regarded NHS trust, recognized for its supportive work environment and commitment to excellence in patient care.
We are looking for one enthusiastic, motivated and hardworking surgeons to join our department as members of our Trauma and Orthopaedic consultant team.
This will be a fixed term position for 18 months covering both trauma and elective orthopaedic surgery. The successful candidate will have a particular focus on hip and knee surgery.
This is a full-time post (10 PAs), with on call commitments and flexible operating PA's where the expectation is that for each PA 42 sessions are delivered over a 52-week year. These PA's will be picked up on an ad hoc basis from fallow theatre lists.
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The post will entail a major input into the care of trauma cases within the department and the elective surgery will focus on hip surgery including hip preservation and arthroplasty.
The post-holder will agree a detailed job plan including personal and professional objectives with the Clinical Director once in post, but the job plan will involve trauma theatre, elective theatre, fracture clinic and elective outpatient sessions.
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.
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
About us
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Trauma and Orthopaedics is delivered across the University College Hospital campus, the Grafton Way Building site and the Institute of Sports Exercise and Health.
Grafton Way Building has five orthopaedic theatres and a 32 bedded elective surgical ward, with access to ITU. It functions as the Southern Elective Orthopaedic Centre, where all adult elective orthopaedic inpatients from UCH and Whittington Health are managed as part of the NCL Orthopaedic Network Southern Partnership. All Trauma patients are managed within UCH, within a dedicated ward. The Division works closely with the Institute of Sports Exercise and Health to deliver world leading Sports and Exercise Medicine services.
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 recent NHS staff survey UCLH 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.
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