Locum Consultant with a specialist interest in General Trauma

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in Liverpool seeks a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics. The role involves providing clinical care, participating in ward rounds, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Applicants must hold Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent. This is a full-time position with a salary range of £109,725 to £145,478 per year.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Medical Council with a licence to practise.
• Fellowship trained in LRS.
• Broad based clinical experience in trauma and elective orthopaedics.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care for major trauma and elective orthopaedics.
• Participate in ward rounds and outpatient clinics.
• Collaborate with existing surgeons for training and skill enhancement.

Skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams

Effective teaching skills

Excellent clinical skills

Education

Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent

On the Specialist Register

Job description

Job Summary

The person appointed will be based across all three sites and will be a member of the Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate, joining the existing consultants and multidisciplinary team in providing excellent major trauma, trauma and elective orthopaedics.

Applicants are required to hold Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent qualifications, to be fully registered with the General Medical Council with licence to practise and listed on the Specialist Register or to be registered within six months of the date of appointment.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will have a special interest that complements the department and aids in the recovery plan electively as well as trauma care. Participation in major trauma and general trauma is mandated. The appointee will be responsible for clinical care of patients: undertaking ward rounds (a consultant of the week model), operating sessions, and outpatient clinics. Anticipated collaboration with existing surgeons and visiting other surgical centres of excellence for further training and skill enhancement. Post‑operative care of the patients will be covered by on‑call consultant colleagues during out of hours and/or the weekend.

About the Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 November 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100 % single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Details

Posted on 21 November 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 per year

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 6 months

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: 287‑ASUR‑204‑25‑A

Job location: University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities (Essential)

• Ability to work sensitively within teams, to motivate and inspire a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload and to delegate responsibly and supervise staff.
• Effective teaching skills.
• Ability to innovate, to lead change and to manage a changing environment.
• Excellent clinical skills in the assessment and appropriate investigation, treatment and disposal of a broad range of orthopaedic and trauma presentations/conditions.

Knowledge & Research (Essential)

• Working knowledge of research methodologies and direct involvement in the management of basic science and clinical research projects.
• Working knowledge of audit process.
• Thorough knowledge of orthopaedic & trauma surgery.

Desirable (Skills & Abilities / Knowledge)

• Research/publications in orthopaedic & trauma, LRS.
• Postgraduate research‑based degree.
• Knowledge and principles of resource and budget management.
• Understanding the importance of clinicians in management.
• Awareness of core values of the NHS in its modern structure.

Education & Training (Essential)

• On the Specialist Register.
• Specialist fellowship training in LRS.

Education & Training (Desirable)

• Management training of various types.

Experience (Essential)

• Broad based clinical experience in the management of general trauma, LRS including arthroscopic and arthroplasty surgery.
• Broad based clinical experience of LRS.
• Fellowship trained LRS.
• Demonstrate operative experience in management of general trauma.
• Application/acknowledgement of evidence‑based practice.
• Participate in major trauma and general on‑call rota.

Experience (Desirable)

• Skills to enhance the existing trauma and elective orthopaedic service.

Other Requirements (Essential)

• High moral and professional ethical standards.
• Involvement in postgraduate teaching.

Other Requirements (Desirable)

• Involvement in the organisation and running of a postgraduate degree programme.
• Experience in the design and management of a research project.
• Experience in the principles and practice of consent for research.
• Experience in obtaining ethical approval for research studies.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current skilled‑worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled‑worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Employer name: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL

Employer website: https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/