Job Summary
This role is within the Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics at GWH. The successful candidate will specialise as an Orthopaedic paediatric consultant and form part of the adult on‑call Orthopaedic rota. You will join a team of seventeen consultant medical staff and help drive forward improvements in the service provided to our patients. As a senior member of the team you will participate in the delivery of training and supervision to junior colleagues. The Trust places high importance on staff wellbeing and offers a wide variety of support to maintain employee wellbeing. The Trust’s Health and Wellbeing team received a National Award in 2020 for their local work.
Main duties of the job
The duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.
Clinical Duties
* Multidisciplinary team working and regular MDT discussions with colleagues.
* Providing evidence‑based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
* Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support).
* Development of sub‑specialty interests that fit the Division needs and the Trust’s strategic direction.
* Teaching, examination and accreditation duties, contributing to undergraduate, post‑graduate and continuing medical education activity.
* Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
* Conducting suitable duties in emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
* On‑call commitments as confirmed during employment, subject to departmental needs.
* Liaising with strong regional links for paediatrics in Oxford and Bristol.
Job Description
Management and Leadership Responsibilities
All staff in each Division are managerially accountable through their Lead Clinician to the Associate Medical Director, who has overall responsibility for the services within the Division. Consultants are key members of the Division and are accountable and responsible for leading changes to improve the patient experience. The post holder will support the Clinical Lead in policy and strategy development, contribute to the leadership and development of services under the direction of the Clinical Lead and Associate Medical Director, and ensure effective communication and involvement of staff across the Division.
Work in partnership with colleagues in other Divisions within the Trust, assist in the cost‑effective utilisation of resources, including pay and non‑pay items such as equipment and drugs within budgets. Work within the Trust’s framework for Clinical Governance and Risk, develop clinical policies, adhere to standing orders, standing financial instructions and financial procedures. Undertake direct supervision of junior colleagues and AHPs, participate in departmental/trust‑wide teaching programmes, and undertake investigations and report writing for incidents and participate in clinical risk management.
Appointed candidates will embody the STAR values and use the principles of the NHS Constitution for England to guide decisions.
Clinical Governance and Audit
All consultants are expected to participate in clinical effectiveness activities, maintain and foster improvements in quality and standards of clinical services, and lead the safeguarding of high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.
* Production of a Division annual clinical governance plan.
* Production of a Division quality strategy.
* Production of a Division quarterly report to the Trust’s Clinical Governance and Risk Committee.
* Adoption of evidence‑based practice, including compliance with government guidance such as NICE.
* Establishment and implementation of a Division clinical audit programme.
* Completion of risk assessments as required and compliance with the Trust’s risk management policies and strategies, including controls assurance standards.
* Encouraging research and development.
* Ensuring, through the Divisional Director, that Division staff meet the education and training targets agreed within the Trust’s annual plan.
* Ensuring timely and effective complaints management, including implementing action plans relating to individual complaints.
* Contributing to workforce planning to ensure timely availability of appropriate clinical skills to maintain excellence in patient care.
Qualifications
Essential
* Fully registered with the GMC.
* CCT (or equivalent for non‑UK applicants) or be accredited (or equivalent) and be on the GMC Specialist Register in the specialty appropriate for this consultant post at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can hold or be within 6 months of their CCT at interview.
Experience
* Full paediatric fellowship training.
* Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT.
* Expertise in full range of Trauma & Orthopaedic conditions, including adult trauma.
* Sub‑speciality interest in all aspects of orthopaedic paediatric surgery.
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