Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon(Trauma & Lower Limb Arthroplasty)

The Trust is a forward-thinking hospital and has committed income to the funding of innovative service models across a number of specialities., The outpatient service for this service is a multidisciplinary clinic with input from physiotherapy, podiatry, radiology and Sports and Exercise Medicine Consultants and Registrars. This service has grown over the past 24 months and the work associated with these clinics has led to a greater demand for our services., The post will be based in the department of orthopaedics. There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care (including out of hours and on call work), and 2 PA's allocated for supporting professional activities (audit, admin, teaching and CPD). There will be an expected level of flexibility to provide some surgical services across the ICS sites including the Barts Health Orthopaedic Centre - Newham. The trust is committed to supporting its doctors towards Continuing Professional Development and the SPA sessions within the job plan reflect this potential. As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified surgeons for the post of Locum Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics. The post will be based primarily at Homerton University Hospital and the post-holder will have the following core responsibilities:

An interest in lower limb trauma and arthroplasty (hip & knee) .This will include management of complex lower limb trauma, peri-prosthetic fractures, hip and knee arthroplasty.

Be part of the trauma on-call consultant rota which includes leading trauma meetings, ward rounds and operating time. Candidates will be expected to have recognised experience and management of subspecialty trauma besides being capable of managing routine trauma.

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a medium sized local hospital providing acute and community health services for Hackney, The City and surrounding communities and provides a range of specialist services for a much wider population.

We provide general hospital and community services to Hackney and the City of London, and specialist care in obstetrics, neonatology, fetal medicine, fertility, bariatric surgery, and neuro rehabilitation across east London and beyond.

As a Foundation Trust, Homerton has greater freedom from the Department of Health to enable it to be more responsive to local healthcare needs and have greater accountability to the patients and public it serves.

The principal purpose of the Trust remains to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service in England, and has a duty to do this effectively, efficiently, and economically.

The Trust comprises of Homerton Hospital in Hackney and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home, situated in Shoreditch as well as Hackney and the City Community Health Services.

As one of London's designated peri-natal centres, Homerton provides a highly specialised range of obstetric and neonatal services. A major capital expansion programme is in hand to accommodate 6000 births per annum and provide 40 neonatal intensive care cots.