Job overview
This new appointment is part of a plan to improve elective waiting times for orthopaedic patients including but not exclusive to lower limb arthroplasty. The post holder will also be responsible for independent trauma clinics and theatre lists
The role will include pre-operative assessment, liaison with anaesthetic staff, post-operative care and peri-operative decision making. The post-holder will be expected to run independent elective and trauma operating lists and clinics and is expected to attend departmental MDT meetings to ensure governance of all trauma and arthroplasty cases. There is no requirement to be part of the consultant on-call service, but acting at the level of consultant to cover trauma clinics and theatre lists is necessary, with the occasional need to support the Consultant of the Week ward activities.
The successful applicant will be expected to partake in CPD activities within T&O. They will require experience as a Clinical and Educational Supervisor for all levels of training doctors both deanery and trust grade. We have a successful CESR programme within the department and the Specialist Doctor would be asked to support these trainees.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will be expected to:
1. Deliver quality trauma and elective care and an efficient service, to continually improve practice.
2. Continue to enhance and develop the T&O service.
3. Work to strengthen links with GP’s and neighbouring Trusts
4. Help meet NHFD target for delivering best practice care in Fractured Neck of Femur patients
5. Drive down elective waiting lists and be part of the new elective arthroplasty hub.
6. Initiate and take part in regular clinical audit
7. Have an active role in research
8. Support the organisational aim of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, making a positive contribution to the management and financial strategies
The background to the appointment is one of:
9. A desire to build on our reputation for good comprehensive quality care.
10. A realistic approach to cost control
11. A determination to meet or exceed the standards of the Patients’ Charter, the NHS Plan, NICE Guidelines and CHI recommendations
12. A determination to be a successful provider in collaboration with others where relevant, of a range
of appropriate services to the local community
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for more details.
13. Deliver quality trauma and elective care and an efficient service, to continually improve practice.
14. Continue to enhance and develop the T&O service.
15. Work to strengthen links with GP’s and neighbouring Trusts
16. Help meet NHFD target for delivering best practice care in Fractured Neck of Femur patients
17. Drive down elective waiting lists and be part of the new elective arthroplasty hub.
18. Initiate and take part in regular clinical audit
19. Have an active role in research
20. Support the organisational aim of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, making a positive contribution to the management and financial strategies
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
21. Qualifying Degree
22. MRCS/FRCS
Desirable criteria
23. ATLS or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
24. 6 years of T&O practice and 12 years since primary medical qualification
25. Independent practice with Lower Limb Arthroplasty
26. Autonomous decision making in Trauma and elective clinics
27. Independent practice with a variety of trauma cases
28. Can demonstrate when to escalate concerns/ask for help
Desirable criteria
29. Ability to lead MDT meetings if required
30. Experience in managing virtual fracture clinics
Teaching
Essential criteria
31. Trained as educational/clinical supervisor
Desirable criteria
32. Experience in research and audit