Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Lower Limb & Hip/Knee

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Watford; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in lower limb, hip and knee arthroplasty. The role covers Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital, delivering elective and trauma orthopaedic services with a strong emphasis on education and service improvement.

You will lead outpatient clinics, take part in elective operating lists, trauma care, fracture clinics and ward rounds, while contributing to teaching

Qualifications

• Excellent lower limb orthopaedic expertise
• Strong leadership and communication abilities
• Commitment to teaching, education and quality improvement

Responsibilities

• Outpatient clinics, elective operating lists, trauma care
• Fracture clinics, ward rounds and MDT meetings
• Clinical administration, teaching, audit, research and service development activities
• Participation in the consultant trauma on-call rota and cross-site collaboration

Skills

Lower limb orthopaedic expertise

Leadership

Communication skills

Teaching

Job description

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in lower limb, hip and knee arthroplasty. The role covers Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital, delivering elective and trauma orthopaedic services with a strong emphasis on education and service improvement.

You will lead outpatient clinics, take part in elective operating lists, trauma care, fracture clinics and ward rounds, while contributing to teaching