Specialty Registrar (ST3+)- Trauma and Orthopaedics

There is a vacancy for 1 SAS Dr (ST6+) and 2 x Senior Registrar (ST3+ level) post within Trauma and Orthopaedics. These are whole-time appointments with on-call commitments on the middle grade rota.

The post is based at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital. Day time commitments would give the applicant a broad exposure to trauma and elective orthopaedics.

The postholders will be attached to the trauma and orthopaedic consultant teams, rotating as necessary and carrying out duties for any of the departments 17 consultant surgeons.

Main duties of the job

Assessment and management of patients presenting acutely to the specialty and referred to the specialty.

Participation in the middle grade on call rota and to provide cover in exceptional circumstances for colleagues' absence.

Attend clinics, assess patients and formulate treatment decisions seeking advice from the consultant as appropriate.

Attending operating sessions with the consultant and assist or perform operations as appropriate.

The Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust provides acute hospital services for an area in South West Kent and parts of East Sussex. The main acute hospitals are the Tunbridge Wells Hospital and the Maidstone Hospital.

The department of surgery moved from Kent and Sussex Hospital into the new Tunbridge Wells hospital at Pembury in September 2011, when emergency surgery was rationalised with the reconfiguration process. All emergency surgery cases are admitted to Tunbridge Wells Hospital. Day case is provided on both sites as well as rehabilitation beds on both sites.