Consultant T&O -Sub Specialisation in Elbow, Hand and Wrist surgery

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT) is a dynamic and transforming Trust, wishing to appoint one trained Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedics Surgeon to be involved in our continuous mission: to deliver the highest standards of care through our Trauma and Orthopaedics service. We are looking for a candidate with sub-specialisation in knee arthroplasty and knee revision surgery.

Our service delivery includes the provision of care across Darent Valley Hospital (DVH) in Dartford, Queen Mary's Hospital (QMH), Sidcup, Erith and District Hospital, Bexley and Gravesham Community Hospital in Gravesend, as well as a number of community locations across our population.

Main duties of the job

This is aconsultant post to support general expansion, repatriation of patients from London to the Trust including theactivities from Queen MarySidcup from October 2013. Thispost is committed to providing an Orthopaedic and Trauma service with sub-specialisation in upper limb surgery with an interest in Elbow, Hand and Wrist surgery. This postwill be full time on the new consultant contract. The successful candidate must be on the GMC Specialist Register.

Currently the directorate consists of 12 Consultants (8 Lower Limb and 4 Upper Limb). This post is being advertised to meet the increasing workload, enhance new developments and support the current Orthopaedic service both at DVH and QMS sites. The successful candidate will also undertake general trauma service and participate in the on-call rota (1 in8 weekday and 1 in 11 weekend). There will bea requirement for the candidateto operate and provide OPD service.

The department is committed to training of our junior doctors by providing daily trauma teaching session and a weekly education session. There is a monthly audit meeting for presentation of audits and research by the junior doctors.

Dartford has joined with Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells and Medway NHS Foundation Trusts to form the West Kent Urology Cancer Centre (WKUCC) based at Medway Maritime Hospital. There is a weekly joint cancer MDM at Dartford using video conferencing to ensure that the National Peer Review guidelines are met.