Trauma & Orthopaedic Consultant Specialism of Paediatric Orthopaedics Before you apply -Turn on alerts for jobs like this!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant to join the expanding Trauma and Orthopaedic Service at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital. The post holder will complement the existing team of Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultants at MTW, providing general Orthopaedic trauma service as well as sub specialising in paediatric orthopaedic surgery. A special interest in the management of developmental dysplasia of the hip and hip preservation surgery is desirable. The post holder must have completed a Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship. The paediatric orthopaedic service at MTW has expanded continually since 2002 with patients referred from neighbouring trusts as well as locally. This tertiary referral service continues to expand with some 40% of referrals are from out of area. There are satellite services to surrounding areas as part of a paediatric orthopaedic network. There are currently Ponseti and one stop DDH clinics at both sites in addition to multidisciplinary clinics for neuromuscular disorders and an upper limb cerebral palsy service. Outpatient services are provided on both the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells site. Paediatric orthopaedic day case surgery takes place at both Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone, and inpatient surgery at Tunbridge Wells. This is an RCS Approved Post Main duties of the job The post is for paediatric orthopaedic surgery. There will be an expectation to perform elective and trauma surgery, and provide specialist expertise in paediatric trauma. Fracture and elective clinics are held in Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and peripheral hospitals. Day surgery lists and inpatient elective lists currently occur in Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone, and trauma lists at Tunbridge Wells. The successful candidate will join the General Trauma and Orthopaedic On-call rota., To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.2. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.3. To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to contribute to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.4. To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.5. To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.6. To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.7. To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.8. To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.9. To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.10. To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.11. To provide cover for colleagues during annual and study leave and other absences as far as is practicable and clinically safe.12. To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.13. To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.14. To undertake an annual appraisal leading to a personal development plan as outlined in the Trust Appraisal Policy. You must collect and maintain sufficient evidence to support the appraisal process and your GMC revalidation. The appraisal will inform the study leave and job planning processes.15. To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.16. You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.17. Specialty out-patients clinics as appropriate for the post-holders special interests.18. Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.

• oMB BS (or equivalent) oRegistered with GMC oPossession of CCT oCESR/equivalence oCompletion of a post-CCT Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship, oAn understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
Desirable
• oEvidence of personal research projects and their presentation oPublications in peer-reviewed journals
• oPublications in peer-reviewed journals
Personal skills Essential
• oEvidence of leadership
• oOrganisational ability
• oAble to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations
• oAble to get on with other members of the multi-disciplinary team
• oCredibility and integrity
• oA sympathetic approach to patients and relatives
• oAbility to establish good professional relationships with others
Desirable
• oCritical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
• oTo have undertaken a postgraduate communication skills course
• oAn understanding of corpocracy in the NHS
Audit Essential
• Understand the principles of audit
Desirable
• Evidence of participation in audit projects
Management Essential
• oEvidence of organisational ability
Desirable
• oAttended a National Health Service Management Course appropriate to Consultant duties.
Motivation Essential
• Punctuality, reliability, enthusiasm
• Initiative
  
  The Trust provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 480,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population. Maidstone Hospital has a stand alone Orthopaedic Theatre with a 12 bedded Orthopaedic ward attached. There is a day surgery unit and elective and fracture clinics run daily.The Tunbridge Wells Hospital is located in Pembury adjacent to the A21. It is the first NHS hospital where all main wards are comprised entirely of single rooms with en suite bathrooms. The hospital is a Trauma Unit in the South East London, Kent & Medway Trauma Network, and has a close working relationship with King's College Hospital which is the major trauma centre for the network. There are 2 dedicated elective Orthopaedic theatres, a trauma theatre which runs 8.30 am to 6 pm seven days a week, and every weekday morning there is an additional Consultant delivered specialist trauma list.Members
of the department are heavily involved in the regional orthopaedic teaching programme and in the running of local ATLS courses