LAS Specialty Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based NHS Trust is recruiting for a LAS Specialty Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics. You will join a team to gain valuable orthopaedic experience, performing various surgical procedures, and engaging in audits and research. Applicants must have a medical qualification and registration with the GMC, along with surgical exposure and relevant courses. This is a unique opportunity to advance your career in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practice.
• Expected to have gained MRCS.
• At least 12 months' experience in Surgical Specialties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver at least 1 audit project during the year.
• Work closely with consultants in elective lists.
• Participate in departmental research projects.

Skills

Clinical knowledge and judgement

Technical competence

Diagnostic skills

Research principles

Audit participation

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Full registration with the GMC

Evidence of MRCS

Job description

LAS Specialty Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics

We are recruiting for a Trust Grade Registrar to join the Trauma & Orthopaedic department on a fixed term basis for 6 months, with a view to extend to 12 months.

Main duties of the job

These are excellent opportunities for someone looking to gain more orthopaedic experience before applying for National ST selection in Trauma and Orthopaedics.

By the end of the year we would expect you to independently perform hip hemiarthroplasty, DHS, gamma nail of femur, ankle fixation, external fixation of tibia, MUA of common paediatric fractures, K wiring of wrists etc.

Depending on the allocation of your firms you will also gain experience of a variety of elective orthopaedic procedures. You will also become confident in the outpatient management of common fractures.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006.

The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital. The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.

Job responsibilities

You will be encouraged to deliver at least 1 audit project during the 12 months and you will be given the opportunity to join on-going departmental research projects.

You will be working on a level equivalent to Middle Grade.

You will be an integral part of a team working for a consultant. You will attend your consultants elective lists and elective clinics. You will also be rostered for fracture clinics and regular trauma lists.

You may be expected to travel between hospital sites to attend peripheral clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Newbury, Bracknell Healthspace and / or Townlands Hospital, Henley.

You will form part of the senior tier of on call duties joining a resident on call rota.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practice.
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Expected to have gained MRCS

Clinical Skills

• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need
• Demonstrates appropriate technical competence & evidence of development of excellent diagnostic skills & judgement?validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
• Attendance at relevant courses, e.g., ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCrISP or equivalent

Research, Teaching and Audit

• Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management & evidence-based practice
• Understanding of research basic research principles, methodology & ethics, with potential to contribute to research
• Evidence of contributing to teaching & learning of others
• Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements.
• Evidence of active participation in audit
• Evidence of participation in risk management and/or clinical/laboratory research
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice
• Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1 competences in this specialty by time of appointment
• At least 12 months' experience in Surgical Specialties (not including Foundation modules) by time of appointment
• Ability to provide a complete employment history
• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
• Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training

Commitment to Speciality

• Shows realistic insight into surgery (& subspecialty if appropriate) and the demands of a surgical lifestyle
• Demonstrates knowledge of training programme & commitment to own development
• Shows critical & enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
• Commitment to self-directed learning & reflective/analytical approach to Practice
• Extracurricular activities / achievements relevant to surgery (and/or surgical subspecialty where relevant)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.