# Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

**Company**: West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
**Location**: Watford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £113565.00 to £150569.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Join the Trauma and Orthopaedics team at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Lower Limb, Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.

The successful candidate will provide consultant-led trauma and elective orthopaedic care, with a specialist focus on lower limb surgery, including hip and knee arthroplasty.

Responsibilities include:

- Providing high-quality clinical care across Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital

- Undertaking outpatient clinics, elective operating lists, trauma surgery, fracture clinics and participation in the consultant on-call rota

- Contributing to the supervision, training and development of junior doctors

- Supporting clinical audit, governance, research and service improvement activities

- Working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and experience

The post holder will have core hours primarily Monday to Friday, with scheduled activities typically taking place between 8:00am and 7:30pm.

The role includes cross-site working, with appropriate travel time incorporated into the job plan, and participation in a 1 in 8 weekday and 1 in 12 weekend on-call rota.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking orthopaedic surgeon with excellent clinical and operative skills in lower limb surgery, strong leadership and communication abilities, and a commitment to teaching, innovation and quality improvement.

The successful candidate will be motivated, organised, adaptable and committed to delivering compassionate, professional and inclusive care in line with Trust values.

Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year PA

## Skills

### Required
- GMC registration
- Specialist Register
- intercollegiate speciality examination
- lower limb surgery
- hip and knee arthroplasty

### Nice to have
- Higher Academic Degree
- Worked at least five Years at specialist Registrar or equivalent

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