Overview
The Trust wishes to appoint a Locum Orthopaedic consultant to accommodate demand in the sub specialty Soft Tissue Knee Surgery. The appointee will join the 3 current soft tissue knee consultants, providing elective and trauma services.
The Humber Health Partnership provides services to Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire and acts as a tertiary referral centre for complex cases such as foot and ankle, spine, paediatrics, non-unions and pelvic injuries.
The Department seeks to attract consultants with a specialist interest in soft tissue knee surgery.
Job Details
This is a full time post with a basic job plan of 10Pas with the option to increase to 12Pas.
It is mandatory that SPA time is taken within office hours and takes place within 30 mins of the base hospital in the event that emergency cover is required. The weekly job plan does require an element of flexibility according to speciality service need.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate would not join the on call rota but would be expected to contribute to the weekday office hour's trauma clinics and trauma theatre.
Qualifications
It is anticipated that the successful candidate would be comfortable to manage acute and chronic soft tissue knee conditions such as multi-ligament injuries, meniscal tears, isolated ligament injuries and patellofemoral instability. The successful candidate would also have an interest in the management and preservation of young adult knee degenerative conditions i.e. cartilage procedures and osteotomy.
Some of these cases are tertiary referrals from neighbouring NHS trust hospitals.
The successful candidate would join 3 other surgeons who currently undertake knee and soft tissue knee surgery.
About the Trust
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
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