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A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant in Orthopaedic and Trauma specializing in knee surgery. The role involves providing high-quality patient care, participating in research, and teaching, within a dynamic and supportive team. Ideal candidates must possess extensive clinical experience and relevant qualifications, including FRCS in Orthopaedics. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of London's forefront medical teams, contributing to advanced surgical practices and patient care.
Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 04 July 2025
The Department of Orthopaedics is seeking a (10 PA) consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team. This is a substantive position,with a sub special interest in the knee surgery, arthroplasty, revision knee arthroplasty and periprosthetic fracture.
The Orthopaedic Department is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and is looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team, and help keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
The post holder would be joining a large lower limb arthroplasty service consisting of nine consultants and a trauma service of 10 consultants. On the St Thomas' site, the consultant would work with the Orthopaedic Trauma Team to deliver acute fracture care both virtually, face to face and trauma operating. On the Guy's site, the consultant will deliver elective arthroplasty, revision arthroplasty, osteotomy, amputation and periprosthetic fracture care. Also working along side colleagues from SE London, at King's College Hospital, Princess Royal University Hospital, Queen Elizabeth, Woolwich and Lewisham Hospital
Orthopaedic Arthroplasty Unit:
We deliver the full spectrum of hip and knee surgery, with an active soft tissue knee unit undertaking ACL, PCL surgery, meniscal repair, meniscal transplantation and ligament reconstruction. The Arthroplasty and joint Preservation unit offers the full spectrum of tibial, femoral osteotomy, unicondylar, patella femoral total knee, revision knee, arthrodesis and amputation. We are the regional revision knee unit and the centre for complex co morbid patients, sickle cell, haemophilia, and renal dialysis patients.
Mentoring with a senior Consultant in terms of joint clinics and operating is offered.
Key Focuses for the Directorate:
Directorate Structure:
Diane Back - Clinical Director of Surgical Directorate
Arfan Malhi / James Bliss - Clinical Leads for Orthopaedics
Raghbir Khakha - Clinical Lead for Orthopaedic Trauma
Margaret Medlyn - Head of Nursing
Departmental Meetings and Audits:
The post-holder will be accountable to the Medical Director of Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.
Performance Management
To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
£105,504 to £139,882 a yearper annum excl. London Zone