Description
Applications are invited for the post of an Upper Limb Senior Specialty Doctor (middle grade) for Trauma and Orthopaedics (T&O) department. This is not a registrar post, but a senior position for independent upper limb surgery. The successful candidate will be independently managing patient care in outpatient clinics, fracture clinics, virtual fracture clinics, triaging, and running elective upper limb and trauma theatres.
The main duties of the applicant include managing and treating T&O patients independently and under consultant supervision, leading and supporting other junior doctors. The Orthopaedic Department has centralised all Trauma Services at Queens Hospital in Romford, with Inpatient Elective activity being undertaken at King Georges Hospital in Goodmayes.
The salary range for this post is £63,696 to £102,689 per annum. This is a fixed-term post for 12 months, working full-time.
The person specification for this post includes:
- MBBS/MRCS/FRCS or equivalent medical qualification and GMC registered
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Experience at middle grade level or substantial experience with independent elective upper limb clinics and theatres experience
- Experience in Trauma services and virtual fracture clinics is desirable
- Experience of managing emergency surgical patients is desirable
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.