Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

West Herts Hospitals; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Lower Limb, Hip and Knee Arthroplasty to join the Trauma and Orthopaedics team across Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital. You will provide consultant-led care, supervise junior doctors, and contribute to audits and service improvements.

The role involves cross-site work, with training and development opportunities, and a commitment to high-quality patient

Qualifikationen

• Eligible for full GMC registration and onto the GMC Specialist Register within 6 months of appointment.
• Excellence in clinical skills with ability to apply a wide range of theoretical approaches.
• Higher Academic Degree required.
• At least five years at Specialist Registrar or equivalent.

Aufgaben

• Provide consultant-led trauma and elective orthopaedic care with a focus on lower limb surgery.
• Deliver outpatient clinics, elective lists, trauma care, fracture clinics and on-call duties across two sites.
• Support training and development of junior doctors and participate in audits, governance and research.
• Lead and collaborate within multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and experience.

Kenntnisse

Orthopaedic Surgery

Leadership

Teaching

GMC registration

Ausbildung

GMC registration eligible

Higher Academic Degree

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Join the Trauma and Orthopaedics team at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Lower Limb, Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-performing consultant team delivering both elective and trauma services across Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital. We are looking for a motivated and collaborative clinician with excellent lower limb orthopaedic expertise, a commitment to high-quality patient care, education, service improvement, and multidisciplinary working. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and enhancing lower limb services while supporting the training and development of junior medical staff. Working at West Herts offers the opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking organisation committed to innovation, clinical excellence, and compassionate care.

Core hours: The role includes planned clinical activities between approximately 8:00am and 7:30pm Monday to Friday across two hospital sites, with participation in a consultant on-call rota of 1 in 8 weekdays and 1 in 12 weekends. Cross-site working and travel between sites are required. Full details will be discussed at interview.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide consultant-led trauma and elective orthopaedic care, with a specialist focus on lower limb surgery, including hip and knee arthroplasty. Working as part of a team of 17 consultants, you will deliver high-quality clinical care across Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital, undertaking outpatient clinics, elective operating lists, trauma surgery, fracture clinics and participation in the consultant on-call rota.

You will contribute to the supervision, training and development of junior doctors, support clinical audit, governance, research and service improvement activities, and work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and experience.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking orthopaedic surgeon with excellent clinical and operative skills in lower limb surgery, strong leadership and communication abilities, and a commitment to teaching, innovation and quality improvement. The successful candidate will be motivated, organised, adaptable and committed to delivering compassionate, professional and inclusive care in line with Trust values

Working for our organisation

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide consultant-led trauma and elective orthopaedic services, with a specialist interest in lower limb surgery, across Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital.

Responsibilities include outpatient clinics, elective operating lists, trauma care, fracture clinics, ward rounds, multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical administration, teaching, audit, research and service development activities. The post holder will participate in the consultant trauma on-call rota and contribute to the delivery of a high-quality, patient-centred orthopaedic service.

Key working relationships include consultant colleagues, anaesthetic and surgical teams, junior doctors, specialist and advanced practitioners, trauma coordinators, nursing staff, service coordinators, service managers and administrative teams across both sites.

Core hours are primarily Monday to Friday, with scheduled activities typically taking place between 8:00am and 7:30pm. The role includes cross-site working, with appropriate travel time incorporated into the job plan, and participation in a 1 in 8 weekday and 1 in 12 weekend on-call rota.

Person specification

• Eligible for full GMC registration On GMC Specialist Register within 6 months of date of appointment. Success in intercollegiate speciality examination or overseas speciality examination.
• Excellence clinical skills Capacity to use and develop a wide range of theoretical approaches.
• Higher Academic Degree
• Worked at least five Years at specialist Registrar or equivalent

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Nuri Rahman Job title Deputy General Manager - Trauma and Orthopaedics Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07812438593 Additional information

Nuri Rahman

Deputy General Manager - Trauma and Orthopaedics

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