Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Sarcoma

The RNOH Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service and UCLH comprise the London Sarcoma Service (LSS), providing sarcoma care to a population of over 20 million and regarded as the largest such service in Europe. The successful applicant will work collaboratively within the LSS multidisciplinary team to provide highly specialised surgical care to patients of all ages with musculoskeletal tumours, including primary and metastatic bone tumours and soft tissue sarcomas. There may be an opportunity to pursue primary and revision arthroplasty. In addition, the successful applicant will undertake audit and quality improvement work to develop the service. There are opportunities to develop research and teaching initiatives with UCL and other academic partners., The appointee will:
+ Be appointed to a full time 10 PA job plan, with activities including ward rounds, theatre and clinic sessions, planning meetings, MDTs and patient related administration.
+ Provide in-patient and out-patient medical, surgical and rehabilitation care.
+ Contribute to audit, teaching, research and service development
+ Have clinical interests which complement those of the existing consultant team, for example in developing a service for patients with metastatic bone disease. An interest in arthroplasty may be possible for appropriately trained candidates.
+ Work with some flexibility to accommodate patients who are urgent or require procedures involving other surgeons or in other hospitals.
The new Consultant is expected to have a varied range of clinical interests to compliment the skills of the existing consultant team in the department, the development of which will be supported., RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art
inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk, + The postholder will be expected to maintain high clinical standards and undertake any reasonable clinical responsibility related to the care of patients in the Service, including attendance at weekly and monthly MDT meetings and cover for colleagues on leave and other authorised absences as appropriate.
+ The postholder will be expected to be actively involved in managing their team and the wider service. They will be expected to take an active and engaged role in departmental and academic responsibilities as agreed and subject to job planning review.
· The postholder will have access to a computer and shared office space with another Consultant/Senior Manager. Secretarial and clerical support to provide diary management, telephone enquiries/theatre scheduling is shared amongst the consultant body with a designated secretary and scheduler for each consultant.
+ The postholder will engage fully and proactively in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit.
+ The postholder will be expected to engage in continuing professional development.
+ A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer prior to starting. Job plans cover all aspects of professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities, and external responsibilities. The job plan will be reviewed after six months and thereafter annually.
+ The postholder will participate in the Service on-call rota, currently a 1 in 6 frequency., The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
RNOH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of RNOH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

We are looking for applicants who have relevant experience including relevant Fellowship training, good communication and team working skills and experience in multidisciplinary team working. A successful applicant will be enthusiastic and able to contribute to the further development of the service.
You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold a full License to Practice and be on the specialist register, or within six months of attaining CCT or equivalent at interview stage.
Interview date: 17^th October 2024

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers - North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients
+ Rated Good by the CQC
+ Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
+ Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
+ Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
+ Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site - improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK's leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
+ In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
+ Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH's journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:
+ Patients first, always
+ Excellence, in all we do
+ Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
+ Equality, for all
Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon., The RNOH operates a Smoke-Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.