Overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. This post is designed to strengthen both the trauma and elective services, delivered across the RVI and Freeman hospitals. The successful candidate will join a team of 14 Consultants providing comprehensive orthopaedic trauma services at the Major Trauma Centre, at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, and will also have elective foot and ankle sessions at the Freeman Hospital. The Freeman Hospital provides a regional, specialist foot and ankle service, with access to its own gait analysis laboratory.
This post is designed to strengthen both the trauma and elective services, delivered across the RVI and Freeman hospitals. The successful candidate will join a team of 14 Consultants providing comprehensive orthopaedic trauma services at the Major Trauma Centre, at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, and will also have elective sessions at the Freeman Hospital.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
* Freeman Hospital
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
* Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
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· The successful candidate will join the existing orthopaedic trauma ‘on-call’ rota at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. This will involve making up a team of four Consultants, each doing one ‘on-call’ weekday (during which the team fracture clinics take place) every four weeks, followed by an all-day trauma list on the following day. In addition, the successful candidate will be ‘on-call’ for orthopaedic trauma one weekend in 14.
· The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a special interest in the use of circular frames within the field of orthopaedic trauma, to complement the existing surgeons within the team.
· The successful candidate will be required to provide an elective foot and ankle surgery service at Freeman Hospital.
· Participate in audit and clinical governance.
· Show a commitment to continuing professional development.
· Participate in annual appraisal (for revalidation) and in the annual job planning process.
· Work with and support all members of the clinical team in the Emergency Department, in out-patient and fracture clinics, in the operating theatres and on the wards.
This advert closes on Thursday 4 Sep 2025
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