Job Details
Mid Yorkshire Orthopaedic services serves a population of 500,000 in West Yorkshire, England. The department has subspecialties of lower limb arthroplasty surgery, soft tissue knee surgery, foot and ankle surgery, paediatric orthopaedics and upper limb surgery. Mid Yorkshire Hospitals also delivers a 24 hours consultant led trauma service, our multi-professional teams co-ordinate the care for patients with trauma injuries.
We are seeking a Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to join our team of 18 Orthopaedic Consultants providing a range of acute and elective services.
The post is predominantly focused on Upper Limb Surgery and the candidate should have a sub speciality interest in Hand and Wrist surgery, and ideally will have completed a one year fellowship scheme focusing on this sub-specialty. The candidate must also be able to demonstrate in depth training in trauma surgery.
The post will be mainly based at Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals however the appointed consultant must be willing to work at the other hospital site (Dewsbury Hospital).
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the post will include:
Treatment of hand and wrist conditions. This will include both elective and trauma conditions.
Successful candidate will be expected to take on complex wrist fracture referrals from other colleagues and continue on going care.
Delivery of care will be in the out-patient, theatre and ward based setting
Outpatients will be both elective and fracture clinics
1. Successful candidate will work in a trauma-team over a regular specified 36 hour period. The teams will cover each others on call commitments and back fill trauma lists / clinics when colleagues are on leave.
2. Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition.
3. Involve patients (and/or carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment.
4. Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with the GMCs guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to time.
Urgent and Emergency Care duties including out-of-hours on-call schedules will take due account of the provisions of working time regulations and safe working.
On-call duties are currently shared with 12 other colleagues on a 1:12 basis currently assessed as 1 PA.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is offered on a full time (10 PA) basis although less than full time applications will be considered.
Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites.
The main duties of the post will include:
Treatment of hand and wrist conditions. This will include both elective and trauma conditions.
Successful candidate will be expected to take on complex wrist fracture referrals from other colleagues and continue on going care.
Delivery of care will be in the out-patient, theatre and ward based setting
Outpatients will be both elective and fracture clinics
5. Successful candidate will work in a trauma-team over a regular specified 36 hour period. The teams will cover each others on call commitments and back fill trauma lists / clinics when colleagues are on leave.
6. Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition.
7. Involve patients (and/or carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment.
8. Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with the GMCs guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to time.
Urgent and Emergency Care duties including out-of-hours on-call schedules will take due account of the provisions of working time regulations and safe working.
On-call duties are currently shared with 12 other colleagues on a 1:12 basis currently assessed as 1 PA.
Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the Trust Framework, with at least a minimum of 1.5 SPAs included in the core 10PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changing requirements of the service.
Examples may include formal teaching responsibilities or departmental leadership roles
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
9. Medical Degree from recognised medical school
10. FRCS (Tr & Orth)
11. CCT recognition or within 6 months of gaining entry onto the Specialist Register
Desirable
12. Medical School Prizes
13. Audit or Case Presentations
14. Teaching qualification/ prize
Experience
Essential
15. Wide range of experience in orthopaedics
16. ATLS provider
17. Fully accredited by college and acceptable to college representative
18. Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of an Orthopaedic Service
19. To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Orthopaedic Service
20. Teaching and training of junior staff, medical students
21. To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit
22. To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME)
23. Equivalent two years within orthopaedics dealing with Hand and wrist and Upper limb
24. Logbook evidence of high volume general trauma as well as complex wrist trauma.
25. Upper limb with Hand and wrist Fellowship
26. Able to treat complex wrist fractures surgically
Desirable
27. Extensive Elective Experience in complex hand/wrist upper limb conditions
28. In depth experience in managing all facets upper limb trauma
29. Emphasis on Wrist Trauma, but also Shoulder and Elbow trauma as well as simple emergent general orthopaedic trauma, Hip fractures, long bone fractures, initial management of fractures dislocations of other joints.
30. Management & leadership experience
31. Evidence of involvement in teaching and training in Upper limb surgery
32. Interest in developing improving trauma and elective pathways
33. Evidence of personal contribution to service
34. development in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
35. Demonstrates awareness of the current UK Healthcare system and the need to develop services in line with current policy
36. Computer literate
37. Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.
38. Experience of working as a consultant, locum consultant is desirable.
GMC Registration
Essential
39. Please state GMC number
40. Full GMC Registration with licence to practise
41. Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCT