Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics with - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Gloucester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We wish to appoint new Consultant colleague to join our expanding Trauma and Orthopaedic service at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT).

This is a post to augment our current service with a view to starting immediately (negotiable).

The appointee will complement and develop the lower limb surgery service including an enhanced recovery pathway for primary hip and knee arthroplasty.

As well as a commitment to developing the trauma service, the post holder will be expected to have further sub specialty skills in revision arthroplasty including management of periprosthetic fractures.

The post holder will work at both Gloucester Royal Hospital and at Cheltenham General Hospital to provide services across the county.

This is a full-time post, with a 10 PA job plan (negotiable to 12 PAs).

Core to this post is working in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.

So integral to the responsibilities of our posts are the following objectives:

To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's and Division's services plans
To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust

We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research.

You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.

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Job purpose

Core to this post is working in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.

So integral to the responsibilities of our posts are the following objectives:

To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's and Division's services plans
To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust

Clinical Responsibilities
We expect the post-holder to develop and lead a robust service in order to provide high quality care to frail older patients in a timely manner:

To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged within the specialty
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirement and within the parameters of the Trust's and Division's service plans
To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust

Specific Aims of the post

The appointment of the post has three main aims:

To join a team that provides comprehensive consultant-based patient-centred management
To participate in the Trauma Surgery oncall rota at Gloucester Royal Hospital
To strengthen and develop the Lower Limb service