Substantive Consultant T&O - Interest in Foot and Ankle | North Bristol NHS Trust

The Trauma and Orthopaedics in North Bristol NHS Trust are located in the Brunel Building. The department is the Major Trauma Centre for the Severn network. North Bristol Trust is the largest specialist elective orthopaedic centre in the Southwest.

The successful candidate will be employed under Terms & Conditions of Service for Consultants (England) 2003. The Trust has teaching status and is linked with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.

If you are shortlisted we will contact you by email with details of your interview of which you will need to confirm your attendance. Therefore it is important that you check your online account regularly.

We have an international reputation for trauma, hip, knee and foot and ankle surgery. With 38 surgeons and over 700 members of staff, we provide a complete Orthopaedic trauma service with over 600 severely injured patients each year as well as an extensive joint replacement service for both routine, complex and revision joint replacements.

We are based in the North of this buzzing and culturally rich city - if you move here it won't take you long to discover everything that it has to offer. Bristol City Centre is just 15 minutes away, and has a great array of shops, theatres and restaurants and has an array of annual festivals and events including the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and the Bristol Harbour Festival. For those who cycle, Bristol boasts excellent cycling facilities and was chosen as England's first cycling city in 2008 and was voted the European green capital in 2015. In 2017 Bristol was named 'best place to live in Britain' by the Times "the city is a worthy winner thanks to its ideal combination of extraordinary culture, impressive schools, buzzing culinary scene, exciting redevelopment and community spirit.".

The elective Orthopaedic service is provided by a team of 38 substantive North Bristol Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Consultants, as part of a Bristol wide centralised orthopaedic service. The successful applicant would join as an equal senior to all other consultants in the department and the trust. Services with in the department include: Primary, revision and arthroscopic hip surgery, hip preserving surgery in adolescents and young adults, Knee joint replacement, revision and ligamentous reconstruction, routine and tertiary complex foot and ankle surgery including replacement. Local and tertiary shoulder, elbow and hand centre, and local and regional centre for complex spinal surgery including deformity.

The successful applicant will join as a member of the Foot and Ankle service. They should be fellowship trained in foot & ankle surgery and major trauma. This should include all aspects of an elective foot and ankle practice including participation in the diabetic foot service. The role has no paediatric component.

Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics

(FULL TIME, 10 PAs)

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) wishes to appoint a fellowship trained Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in foot and ankle. The candidate should have fellowship experience in this field. This post is a full time 10 PA position.

Individuals wishing to apply must be registered Medical Practitioners (with a licence to practice) and on the Specialist Register of the GMC or be eligible to be on the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee., North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) wishes to appoint a fellowship trained Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in foot and ankle. The candidate should have fellowship experience in this field. This post is a full time 10 PA position.