Locum Orthopaedic Paediatric Consultant
Posted 4 days 13 hours ago by NHS
We are looking for a passionate and committed Orthopaedic Paediatric Consultant to join the team at the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds.
The individual appointed to the post will have competed orthopaedic training. They will need to share desire to deliver highest standard care to patient.
Required for 1 day a week, to deliver operating lists and clinics preference would be a Tuesday but this could be flexed.
Please note that we are unable to support sponsorship roles on Bank as we are not able to guarantee hours.
Hourly Pay
Core hours - 7.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m. (Monday - Friday) - £100 ph
Unsocial hours -7.00 p.m. - 7.00 a.m. (including Bank Holidays and Weekends) - £120 ph
Main duties of the jobKey tasks:
To triage assess in clinic and make treatment plans for children referred with potential paediatric orthopaedic problems including CTEV, DDH
To make appropriate referrals and liaison with other specialities and departments as required
To fulfil administration requirements- responding to parent queries, investigation results etc
To perform appropriate surgery on those requiring surgery
To provide advice and support when required and available to adult orthopaedic surgeons.
About usat West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you for?
Job responsibilitiesDuties & responsibilities of the post
It is ideal that the candidate will have completed a defined period of structured training in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery and have gained a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within six months of doing so at the date of the Appointments Committee. The candidate should hold a FRCS (Tr and Orth) or an appropriate overseas specialist qualification.
Subspecialist Interest
The Department would like to appoint a surgeon who has a broad ability in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery but with a special interest and expertise in Peads.
Person Specification Qualifications- oFull GMC and licence to practise.
- oFRCS orth. or Success in appropriate overseas Specialty examination
- oEntry on GMC Specialist Register for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery and hold a licence to practise or be eligible for entry on the Register (within six months of completion of Certificate of Completion of Training) at time of interview.
- oATLS Provider
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£100 an hourper hour - please see further details in Job Overview