LED (ST3+ equivalent) in Trauma and Orthopaedics - Torquay, United Kingdom - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Specialty Registrar to join our innovative Trauma & Orthopaedics team, to commence for 16 months from April up until August 2025.

The post is 1in 8 on call covering Trauma & Orthopaedics Surgery. This is an excellent opportunity to gain useful clinical experience in this specialty.

For informal enquiry please contact Mr Ben Bradley, Consultant on

Main duties of the job

The applicant will be expected to take part in the standard registrar on-call rota (1 in 8). Given the anticipated stage of training, the successful applicant will not be expected to operate independently for the majority of procedures but will be able to take part in supervised elective and trauma lists.

The timetable is to be designed with the new appointee to fulfil their training needs. There will be opportunities to work in fracture and elective clinics. It is anticipated that this post will allow the applicant to proceed to successful selection for national specialist registrar training.

About us

The trauma and orthopaedic directorate sits within the Planned Care Integrated Service Organisation at Torbay Hospital. A comprehensive outpatient service is provided to all South Devon patients, both for trauma and elective orthopaedics. Fracture clinics are held at Torbay Hospital each weekday morning. Elective outpatient clinics currently take place at Torbay and Newton Abbot Hospitals. There is a Hydrotherapy pool and Rheumatology service at Torbay Hospital.

Two high dependency beds are supported on the elective orthopaedic ward.

The Directorate has two inpatient wards - Ainslie (26 trauma beds) and Ella Rowcroft (19 elective beds). We additionally undertake a high proportion of day case orthopaedic surgery, including selected joint replacement procedures, and have established a national reputation for excellence in this field.

There are four HEPA filtered Laminar flow theatres for trauma and orthopaedic surgery.

Admissions Officers co-ordinate all elective cases and input all operating lists (fracture and elective) onto the Hospital's Theatre system. Trauma Co-ordinators assist surgeons with the compilation of fracture lists and co-ordination of their operative stay, and also manage a "fast track" system for patients with fractured neck of femur. In addition these patients are supported by Consultant Orthogeriatricians, with a Physician's Assistant.

Job responsibilities

Teaching Commitments

As a teaching hospital teaching of medical students, junior doctors, nurses and physiotherapists will be required.

Time will be made available to allow research. It is expected that the post holder will complete a research and audit project for presentation at a local meeting and this may lead to national presentations or publications.

Clinical Governance and Risk Management

The Trust believes everyone has a role to play in improving and contributing to the quality of care provided to our clients. You are expected to take a proactive role in supporting the Trusts clinical governance agenda by:

All clinical staff making entries into health or social care records are required to follow the Trust standards of record keeping.

Code of Conduct

You are required to work in accordance with the code of conduct for your professional body.

Confidentiality and Information Governance

You must ensure that you adhere to the relevant Trust guidance in relation to Confidentiality and Information Governance, which includes the collection and sharing of information in relation to staff, patients, relatives, partner organisations and third parties. The Trust has created guidance which satisfies that requirements of the relevant Acts of Parliament, including the Data Protection Act (1998), Freedom of Information Act and Access to Health Records Act as well as Department of Health guidance.

Conflict of Interests

You may not without the consent of the Trust engage in any outside employment and in accordance with the Trusts Conflict of Interest Policy you must declare to your manager all private interests which could potentially result in personal gain as a consequence of your employment position in the Trust.

In addition, the NHS Code of Conduct and Standards of Business Conduct for NHS Staff requires you to declare all situations where they or a close relative or associate has a controlling interest in a business (such as a private company, public organisation, other NHS or voluntary organisation) or in any activity which may compete for any NHS contracts to supply goods or services to the Trust. You must therefore register such interests with the Trust, either on appointment or subsequently, whenever such interests are gained. You should not engage in such interests without the written consent of the Trust, which will not be unreasonably withheld. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are not placed in a position which may give rise to a conflict of interests between any work that you undertake in relation to private patients and their NHS duties.