Consultant Orthopaedics interest with spine

Locum Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics with a Special Interest in Spinal Surgery.
To cover 12 months Sabbatical leave.
Frimley Health is a leading innovative NHS Foundation Trust. It provides hospital services for 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. Services are delivered from three main hospital sites including Frimley Park Hospital near Camberley, Wexham Park, Slough and Heatherwood Hospital , Ascot .
We are looking to appoint a locum consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic with a special interest in Spinal Surgery to cover a sabbatical for 12 months to start July 2024
The post will be based, at Wexham Park Hospital near Slough with cross site work at our new Heatherwood Hospital - Elective Centre.
The job is full time, comprising of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) and will include on calls. based at Wexham Park Hospital. The Trauma and Orthopaedic department is a large, friendly, forward thinking team, who work closely with their nursing, AHP and management colleagues.
Main duties of the job
To provide a full trauma and Orthopaedic service with a special interest in Spinal surgery predominantly for the local catchment population based mainly at the Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals.
The appointee should demonstrate a major background training and continued interest in the management of trauma and be prepared to manage military patients with Orthopaedic problems in particular those of spines.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are expanding our spinal service this job is for a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics with a special interest in Spinal surgery. The job is a full-time post comprising of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs).
Supporting activities 1.5 PA
Direct clinical activities (including on-call) 8.5 PA
Further peripheral outpatient and other clinical sessions may be arranged later. A flexible arrangement of consultant timetables will allow appropriate responses to the development of new contracts including the provision of additional operating time.
The appointment will be subject to the terms and conditions of the new Consultant Contract.
The final job plan will be agreed between the successful applicant and the Chief of Service.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
Able to evaluate own clinical practice.
Able to demonstrate innovative thinking.
Good written and oral communication skills
Ability to organise and develop service provision.
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
FRCS or equivalent registration
Part III of the Orthopaedic Fellowship intercollegiate examination
Full GMC registration
Entry on Specialist Register (CCST or entry expected within 6 months of interview date
Desirable
Fellowship of the British Orthopaedic Association and membership of an appropriate interest group
Experience
Essential
A wide grounding during training of all aspects of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Specific training of more than one year in recognised unit providing specific training in Spinal surgery
Ability to teach clinical and operative skills.
Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates and operative skills to trainee specialists
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems.
Undertaken research with published papers in refereed journals
Desirable
A current practical involvement in general trauma management as it applies to Trauma & Orthopaedics.
Provider or instructor status as within the Royal College Advanced Trauma Life Support System.
Proof of having an active and continued knowledge of and experience in practical everyday management of a wide range of orthopaedic disorders.
Personal Qualities
Essential
Show a caring attitude to patients, staff and colleagues
Be able to work effectively in a team.
Have a commitment to working within Trust policies and procedures as guided by the Clinical Director
Have a commitment to Continuing Medical Education / Continuing Professional Development
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