Locum Consultant in T&O Knee Arthroplasty and Soft Tissue Knee Surgery

NHS; Telford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital trust in Telford is seeking a full-time locum consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics. The role involves providing surgical services for knee degeneration and participating in an on-call rota. Applicants should have relevant qualifications, including GMC registration and subspecialty expertise in lower limb surgery. This position offers a collaborative working environment with teaching opportunities for medical staff and students.

Qualifications

• Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Subspecialty expertise in lower limb surgery.
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialty surgical service for adult patients with knee disorders.
• Participate in a 1:10 on-call emergency rota for trauma.
• Involve in teaching medical staff and students.

Skills

Expert clinical opinion on musculoskeletal disorders

Teaching clinical skills

NHS management experience

Education

MBBS, MBChB or equivalent qualification

Post-graduate thesis

Job description

Overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SATH) is looking for a full-time locum consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics who will be predominantly based at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Telford with responsibilities at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), Shrewsbury. The appointee will join an existing team of full-time Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons and provide a specialty surgical service for adult patients with knee degeneration and soft tissue conditions and injuries, with a specialist interest in knee soft tissue and reconstruction surgery. The appointee will also participate in a 1:10 on-call emergency rota for adult and paediatric patients with musculo-skeletal trauma. The closing date is 22 October 2025

Main duties of the job

Main clinical duties include:

• To provide a specialty surgical service for adult patients with hip and knee disorders requiring hip and knee arthroplasty and revision surgery.
• To participate in a 1:10 on-call emergency rota for adults and paediatric patients with musculo-skeletal trauma which includes weekends. The Trust has specialist spinal and paediatric links with Oswestry and Stoke.
• To undertake trauma theatre sessions (weekdays) where required, in addition to the 1:10 on-call emergency rota.
• To be involved in teaching of medical staff and medical students from Keele University.
• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

About us

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) - all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes' drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

Job responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant's professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part-time post) as:

7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, patient related admin and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.

2.5 PA of Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.

Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with other consultant colleagues.

In line with HTP and the trusts long terms plans trauma service will be reconfigured to one site, job plans will be subject to change when trauma is reconfigured to the RSH site, this will all be done with consultation and consideration of the individual consultants.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
• Post-graduate thesis

Entry Criteria

• Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems, both emergency and elective, within specialty, and in particular with musculoskeletal disorders of the lower limb
• Subspecialty expertise in lower limb Surgery
• Ability to teach clinical skills, teach and lecture on speciality
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Willingness to actively participate in postgraduate training on a regular basis and to support in particular SpR core training.
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: -Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) -Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
• Experience in clinical undergraduate/postgraduate teaching
• Experience in NHS management
• Ability to supervise post-graduate research
• Publications in refereed journals

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.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust