This post will offer a great professional challenge, as we are looking to appoint a dedicated, visionary and enthusiastic individual to join committed, reputable teams to deliver high quality, compassionate care to trauma and orthopaedic patients at this exciting time. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our clinical care, leadership, quality improvement and innovation, pastoral development of a multi-professional team and – above all – on our team-working and cohesion. The successful applicant will participate in a 1:12 trauma rota, and will join a team of 22 consultants. This is a Orthopaedic Consultant post attracting 10 PAs. Elective surgery is carried out at Wycombe Hospital. There is a dedicated ward for elective orthopaedics in addition to a day surgery unit. The trauma service is based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The hospital has a designated Trauma Unit and provides acute surgical care to a population of 500,000. All trauma is centralised on the 'hot site' and this post will be working alongside a dedicated team of nurses, junior doctors, therapists and ortho-geriatricians to provide a first class, consultant led service. Two consultants manage the trauma service for a week rotating every 6 weeks, and this post will be working closely alongside a consultant colleague.
Applicants should possess FRCS (Tr & Orth) or equivalent, be registered with the General Medical Council and be eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register. The successful applicant could start asap.
Responsibilities
* Participate in a 1:12 trauma rota and work as part of a team of 22 consultants to deliver high quality trauma and orthopaedic care.
* Provide care at Wycombe Hospital for elective surgery and contribute to the dedicated orthopaedic ward and day surgery unit.
* Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including nurses, junior doctors, therapists and ortho-geriatricians to provide a first-class, consultant-led service.
* Work with the trauma service management, including rotation with a consultant colleague and integration with a control of trauma care at the designated unit.
Qualifications
* FRCS (Tr & Orth) or equivalent.
* General Medical Council (GMC) registration and eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register.
* The successful applicant could start asap.
* Trust policy: an offer as Locum Consultant can be given for a 6-month fixed term contract without CCT, with possible extension up to a total of 12 months.
What Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offers
* As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* Flexible and agile working alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
* Range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We are committed to promoting inclusion and ensuring all colleagues feel they belong.
* We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* We aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues are treated with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
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