Role Summary
The Trust wishes to appoint a locum orthopaedic consultant to accommodate demand in the subspecialty of paediatric orthopaedics. This locum appointment has become available to bridge the gap between a current consultant leaving and a new substantive appointment being made.
Location and Services
The Department provides services to the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and acts as a tertiary referral centre for complex cases such as foot and ankle, spine, paediatrics, non‑unions and pelvic injuries from North Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Hull is a Major Trauma Centre within the Yorkshire Trauma Network.
Governance
There is a robust governance structure including bimonthly governance meetings and a morbidity and mortality meeting.
Responsibilities
* Confident with routine elective paediatric operations including epiphysiodesis/hemiepiphysiodesis.
* Perform foot deformity correction, hip reconstruction and open reductions (on a joint list with a consultant colleague).
* Attend fortnightly all‑day paediatric elective lists and monthly all‑day day case lists.
* Support complex cases with colleagues.
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