Job summary
Main area: Trauma Orthopaedics
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract: Secondment: 6 months
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on call)
Job ref: 326-7396290-SR
Employer: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: East Surrey Hospital
Town: Redhill
Salary: £61,542 - £99,216 per annum (depending on experience)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/09/2025 23:59
Specialty Doctor in Trauma and Orthopaedics
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
* Full time (40 hours per week)
* 6 Month Secondment
* Salary dependant on experience
The Trauma & Orthopaedic department are looking for an experienced Specialty Doctor to join their team at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. The post holder will join an extensive team of Consultant, speciality and Trust doctors in the Orthopaedic department. The work will involve working with the consultants in a variety of sub-specialities on a rotational basis managing the inpatient and emergency trauma workload. Contribution to the on-call rota would be 1 in 8, week days and weekends. The department offers plenty of scope for teaching, research, and audit, as per the applicant's interests and needs. There will be adequate support towards furthering educational and career needs of the successful candidate. The department has supported several doctors through their successful career advancement and there is scope of internal development and progression. Predominantly based at East Surrey Hospital, however, the successful candidate will be required to work across all hospital sites, which include services at Crawley and Horsham. This is an accommodating, helpful and progressive Orthopaedic department which is a part of a successful and progressive Trust. Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a suitable number of appropriate candidates have been received. Interviews will then be arranged accordingly.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals. Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon - covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital. We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.
Additional information
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions. Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we're delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital. Read our plan here.
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Working for our organisation
We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.
Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon - covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment., Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.
Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.
Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we're delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital. Read our plan here.
+ Full time (40 hours per week)
+ 6 Month Secondment
+ Salary dependant on experience
The Trauma & Orthopaedic department are looking for an experienced Specialty Doctor to join their team at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
The post holder will join an extensive team of Consultant, speciality and Trust doctors in the Orthopaedic department. The work will involve working with the consultants in a variety of sub-specialities on a rotational basis managing the inpatient and emergency trauma workload. Contribution to the on-call rota would be 1 in 8, week days and weekends.
The department offers plenty of scope for teaching, research, and audit, as per the applicant's interests and needs. There will be adequate support towards furthering educational and career needs of the successful candidate. The department has supported several doctors through their successful career advancement and there is scope of internal development and progression.
Predominantly based at East Surrey Hospital, however, the successful candidate will be required to work across all hospital sites, which include services at Crawley and Horsham.
This is an accommodating, helpful and progressive Orthopaedic department which is a part of a successful and progressive Trust.
Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a suitable number of appropriate candidates have been received. Interviews will then be arranged accordingly.
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