Foot Ankle & Trauma Consultant with special interest in Diabetic Feet
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Overview
Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.
Responsibilities
* Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, through all parts of the Department assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload.
* The Consultant team will provide comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department. Provide consultant cover in ward rounds, multidisciplinary team meetings, clinics, theatre time, Consultant cover time required, Consultants will be expected to review all potential admissions and develop rapid assessment triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved.
* Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, ensuring safe handover as appropriate. Engage with care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request from consultant colleagues in other specialties.
* Engage with medical, nursing, management and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve the patient experience; ensure the highest quality clinical care.
* Actively participate in and support other staff with education, research, audit and clinical governance activities involving a multi-disciplinary workforce across the department. Participate in the professional training of the staff in the department, both medical and non-medical, and contribute to teaching sessions for other hospital staff as well as undergraduate and postgraduate staff, including supervision of junior medical staff.
* Undertake any other duties appropriate for a consultant. There is a possibility for extension of the locum job and conversion into a substantive post.
* Learning, Development and Research: The Trust encourages and supports consultants with a special interest to develop their interest.
* Participate in clinical audit activities of the department and hospitals, ensuring record-keeping is effective. Undertake research and develop special interests within the limits of clinical and service workload.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Consulting
Industries
* Business Consulting and Services
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