Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Lower Limb

Applications are invited for a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Lower Limb Arthroplasty based at Barnsley Hospital. The Orthopaedic department currently has twelve substantive consultants an. The service provides a comprehensive Elective and Trauma service to a population of approx 225,000. The department also has one part time consultant providing specialist paediatric services from Sheffield Childrens Hospital. The Trust has 47 inpatient orthopaedic beds, 28 trauma and 16 elective, three laminar flow theatres dedicated to Orthopaedics with a fourth laminar flow available for emergency work and a dedicated day surgery unit. There is also exciting work on going for an additional laminar flow theatre.

At Barnsley we are in partnership with local Trusts; Doncaster and Rotherham to utilise the Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre. This comprises of two orthopaedic theatres with a dedicated green pathway aimed to provide high levels of productivity and efficiency.

Orthopaedic surgery is a high priority within the Barnsley Health Community as over half of the over 55 population has a musculo-skeletal problem. The development of services will continue in coming years. The intention of the Trust is to increase investment in orthopaedics to continue to support the reductions in patient access times to continue to meet Government targets, and to ensure that patients have access to the latest developments in this increasing area of orthopaedic surgery.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate, working in the Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, will be expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and to take note of standing orders, strategic and financial instructions, and amendments to protocols as notified. Additionally, there is an expectation that the appointment would undertake elective theatre sessions will be at Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre or within Barnsley Hospital.

The detailed job plan will be agreed with the successful candidate on appointment. The successful applicant will be contracted to 10 PA s per week on average. It is anticipated that the split of programmed activities will be 8.5 direct clinical care and 1.5 supportingprofessional activities to ensure GMC revalidation. Additional PAs can be negotiated and agreed with the Divisional Director and Clinical Lead to reflect additional management and professional responsibilities.

It is anticipated that following consultation with him/her the work programme of the postholder may change as services develop in line with the needs of the Trust. Additional PA s are negotiable but the successful candidate will not be expected to commit to working more than 10 Programmed Activities on average per week.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by our local communities.

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of the journey to sustainability and growth.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles only will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.