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Consultant T&O - Brachial Plexus Surgeon

North Bristol NHS Trust

Bristol

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GBP 70,000 - 120,000

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2 days ago

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Job summary

North Bristol NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Brachial Plexus surgery. This position requires fellowship training and aims to integrate clinical research with practice while contributing to the specialist Brachial Plexus Team. The role is ideal for candidates looking to balance clinical work with research, within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

GMC registration and entry on the Specialist Register.
Minimum seven years postgraduate experience.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical care in trauma and orthopaedics with a focus on Brachial Plexus.
Participate in teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates.

Skills

Team Leadership

Effective Communication

Clinical Research

Education

Higher Trauma and Orthopaedic surgical qualification

Fellowship training in Brachial Plexus surgery

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Job Overview

The new Southwest Brachial Plexus Team (SWePT) is a new entity established at North Bristol NHS Trust and regionally commissioned by the Southwest NHS. This service will be centre for a hub and spoke model of highly specialist, clinical/academic, brachial plexus care for the region.

This post is within the Orthopaedic and Trauma directorate and will be working closely with wider surgical and allied health professionals. The clinical team will be made up of two consultant Surgeons and consultant Therapist with specified therapy, neurophysiology and administration colleagues, and will be based at Southmead Hospital.

As a specialist service SWePT is looking for a clinical-academic surgeon with fellowship training in brachial plexus surgical care, from any relevant surgical background. This role would suit an individual who is looking for a less than full time role to support work in other areas; such an individual may be engaged in formal funded research activity (ideally in the nerve compression/regeneration field) and be looking for a clinical commitment to integrate alongside their clinical academic practice.

The successful applicant will join as an equal consultant member of the SWePT service. This post is a permanent 4PA contract. The role will require an individual who is willing to working with and support the development of a regional service and advance its team-working, multidisciplinary ethos of clinical provision, audit and research identity.

Main duties of the job

Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics

(PART TIME, 4 PAs)

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) wishes to appoint a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in Brachial Plexus . The candidate should have fellowship experience in this field. This post is a part time 4 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.

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.

Working for our organisation

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.”.

As a motivated professional you will have a real passion for what you do and if the idea of working in a large specialist elective orthopaedic department appeals to you, then apply today.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics

(PART TIME, 4 PAs)

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) wishes to appoint a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in Brachial Plexus . The candidate should have fellowship experience in this field. This post is a part time 4 PA position.

Person specification

Medical History

Essential criteria

GMC registration

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Maintain Full registration with the GMC
Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via: -CCT or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview -CESR -European Community Rights Maintain - An appropriate higher Trauma and Orthopaedic surgical qualification. Must be on GMC Specialist Register at time of the appointment or, if a Specialist Registrar (SpR) in training, must be within six months of completion of CCT at time of interview. Specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date

Desirable criteria

Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS)

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
Post-CCT Fellowship/Consultant experience in major trauma
Minimum of seven years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Senior Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential.
Trauma Fellowship

Desirable criteria

Evidence of post fellowship experience

Research, Teaching, Publications

Essential criteria

Proven teaching ability
Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates.

Desirable criteria

Proven track record in research.
Willingness to undertake further research.
Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients.
Ability to teach effectively
Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals.
Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management.

Personal Requirements (eg. Communication Leadership Skills, Flexibility)

Essential criteria

Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships within a team.
Ability to inspire, motivate and develop junior medical staff.
Ability to work independently as well as part of the NMSK Directorate. To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole
Good written communication skills. Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on-call commitments.

Further Training, Management, Audit

Essential criteria

Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
Experience in audit project and written up
Knowledge of Contemporary NHS Management Issues
Knowledge of political context within which we operate.

Desirable criteria

Completion of a general management course or programme.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care

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