Fellowship in Foot - Stevenage, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Description

Job overview

This is a prestigious Fellowship post available in Foot and Ankle Surgery. This is an excellent opportunity within the Foot and Ankle unit at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The Foot and Ankle unit has four full time specialist consultants, Mr Rupinderbir Singh Deol, Mr Karanjeev Singh Johal, Mr Simon Mordecai and Mr Atef Hakmi.

This is a 2 x fixed term appointments for 6 months based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage to commence from October 2024 and April 2025. The post is full time with no on call commitments. The post is not recognised for training and is designed to provide a platform for a post CCT surgeon to make the next step towards working as a Consultant.

The Fellow will be exposed to and expected to participate in all aspects of foot and ankle surgery work closely with all the supervising consultants. There are regular weekly elective and trauma lists as well as exposure and participation with the diabetic foot MDT service. There is scope for parallel and independent operating lists and clinics depending on the progress of the fellow over the year.

Main duties of the job

· Foot and Ankle elective and trauma operating and clinics.

· Co-ordinating Diabetic foot MDT ward round and clinic

· Supervising trainee doctors

· Helping to run the Foot and Ankle service.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
• FRCS/MRCS or equivalent
• Advanced Life Support Certificate or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Holds CCT and FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent.
• Additional qualification such as BSc,MD.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Demonstrate aptitude for practical skills e.g. hand-eye co-ordination, dexterity, visuospatial awareness
• Demonstrable interest in and comprehension of orthopaedics
• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems

Desirable criteria

• Experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Registrar level
• Documented sub-speciality interest
• Commitment to Foot and Ankle surgery
• NHS experience

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues

Desirable criteria

• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Experience in organising educational activities

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.