Overview
This post is offered on the new consultant contract terms and conditions of service on a substantive basis. The successful candidate will join our existing team of 23 consultants. This is a full-time position with ten programmed activities. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across all sites within UHD and be part of the general orthopaedic on call rota with a commitment of 1:12. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics (with a specialist interest in hand and trauma) to join the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD).
About the service
Trauma and Orthopaedics at UHD is a large and well-established service with cross site working. Currently, trauma and paediatric surgery are undertaken on the Poole site, which is the largest fragility fracture centre in Europe with over 1200 patients attending per year requiring surgery and a trauma bed base of over 100 beds. Elective orthopaedics is currently undertaken at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital with a dedicated ring-fenced orthopaedic facility. As a major part of the formation of UHD in 2020, an extensive clinical service review and reconfiguration is underway. Royal Bournemouth Hospital will become the acute site and Poole Hospital will become the planned care site, with a planned launch in early 2026. UHD will be the largest single site Elective Surgical Hub in the UK.
Values and Collaboration
Key to the success and future of the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate are the close working relationships with the Dorset Integrated Care System, the UHD Strategy and Transformation Directorate and the Institute of Orthopaedic Research at Bournemouth University. Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
Responsibilities
* Work flexibly across all UHD sites and contribute to the general orthopaedic on-call rota (1:12).
* Provide expert hand surgery care and trauma-focused orthopaedic services as part of the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate.
* Join the existing team of consultants and participate in the service delivery and development of UHD.
* Engage in multidisciplinary collaboration and service reconfiguration plans as UHD evolves.
* Meet the required programmed activity level (ten programmed activities).
Qualifications
* Expertise in hand surgery.
* Fellowship training in trauma surgery.
* On the specialist register for trauma and orthopaedics.
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