Locum Trauma Consultant with an interest in Knee or Upper Limb Trauma

NHS; Poole; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics for a 12-month fixed term position. The role involves trauma surgery and contributing to the general orthopaedic rota within University Hospitals Dorset, renowned for managing a high volume of fragility fractures. Applicants must be fellowship trained in trauma surgery and meet GMC registration standards, with a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Expertise in trauma and fragility fractures.
• Fellowship trained in trauma surgery.
• On the GMC Specialist Register.

Responsibilities

• Join the general orthopaedic on-call rota.
• Work flexibly across all sites within UHD.
• Manage and lead orthopaedic surgical teams.

Skills

Good communication

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Ability to prioritise workload

Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team

Driving flexibility to meet targets

Education

Medical degree

Completion of foundation training

Registration on the GMC Specialist Register for Orthopaedics

Job description

Job summary

This post is offered on the new consultant contract terms and conditions of service on a fixed term basis.

The successful candidate will join our existing team of 23 consultants, and it is hoped they will be able to start as soon as possible. This is a full-time fixed term position with ten programmed activities. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across all sites within UHD and be part of the general orthopaedic on call rota with a commitment of 1:12.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate expertise in trauma and fragility knee or upper limb fractures, will be fellowship trained in trauma surgery and be on the specialist register.

This is a fixed term position for 12 months.

Informal enquiries are welcome.

For further information or to arrange a visit please contact: Nikki Kelsall, Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics via email [e-mail] or Mike Kent, Deputy Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics via email [e-mail]

Closing date: 06/07/2025

Interview date: 21/7/2025

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics (with a specialist interest in knee or upper limb trauma) to join the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD).

This post is a purely trauma position, fixed term for 12 months, with the anticipation of a substantive consultant post in the next 12 months with a profile to suit the needs of the department.

Trauma and Orthopaedics at UHD is a large and well-established service with cross site working. Currently, trauma and paediatric surgery are undertaken on the Poole site, which is the largest fragility fracture centre in Europe with over 1200 patients attending per year requiring surgery and a trauma bed base of over 100 beds. Elective orthopaedics is currently undertaken at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital with a dedicated ring-fenced orthopaedic facility.

As a major part of the formation of UHD in 2020, an extensive clinical service review and reconfiguration is underway. Royal Bournemouth Hospital will become the acute site and Poole Hospital will become the planned care site, with a planned launch in early 2026. As such UHD will be the largest single site Elective Surgical Hub in the UK.

Key to the success and future of the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate are the close working relationships with the Dorset Integrated Care System, the UHD Strategy and Transformation Directorate and the Institute of Orthopaedic Research at Bournemouth University.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Details Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

153-M3690

Job locations

Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals UHD

Poole

BH15 2JB

Job description Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Job description Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification Skills, Knowledge, and Aptitude / Expereince/Interpersonal skills/Qualifications & Training/Other Essential

• Good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload and use initiative
• Meet the requirements of the GMC's Good Medical Practice
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, and national levels.
• Willingness to accept the need to implement trust, directorate, and departmental priorities.
• Can demonstrate successful completion of foundation competencies.
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialty service.
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities, surgical waiting lists and operating lists
• Ability to teach and communicate clinical and operative skills
• To supervise Junior and Middle Grade staff postgraduate learning programmes
• Drive and flexibility required to meet patient targets around waiting times and quality of care.
• Honesty and reliability
• Approachable manner.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
• Medical degree.
• Eligibility or valid/relevant GMC Registration.
• On the GMC Specialist Register for Orthopaedics and have their CCT/CCST or will receive it within six months of the date of interview.
• Basic Medical Qualification.
• Completion of foundation training.
• Ability to take full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in both emergency and elective aspects of Orthopaedic Surgery.
• Commitment to continual medical education.
• ALS and ATLS.
• Able to speak English as necessary for the role.

Desirable

• Computer/IT Research skills.
• Evidence of Audit Management
• First name publications in refereed journals.
• Evidence of audits completed.
• Research in progress.
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
• Evidence of the ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems.
• Evidence of involvement in audit & research projects.
• Preferably six months experience in surgical speciality
• Expertise and experience in trauma work and fragility fractures.
• Ability to manage and lead an Orthopaedic Surgical Firm.
• Ability to manage and lead a sub-specialist team in Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate when appropriate.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Specific training in communication skills.
• PhD.
• Indication of career path within surgical specialty.
• To have undertaken a fellowship or specialist year 5/6 training in trauma
• Indication of desire to take MRCS Part 1
• Compliant with all Mandatory Training
• Ability to travel across sites if required

Otherr Essential

• oALS and ATLS. oAble to speak English as necessary for the role.

Person Specification Skills, Knowledge, and Aptitude / Expereince/Interpersonal skills/Qualifications & Training/Other Essential

• Good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload and use initiative
• Meet the requirements of the GMC's Good Medical Practice
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, and national levels.
• Willingness to accept the need to implement trust, directorate, and departmental priorities.
• Can demonstrate successful completion of foundation competencies.
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialty service.
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities, surgical waiting lists and operating lists
• Ability to teach and communicate clinical and operative skills
• To supervise Junior and Middle Grade staff postgraduate learning programmes
• Drive and flexibility required to meet patient targets around waiting times and quality of care.
• Honesty and reliability
• Approachable manner.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
• Medical degree.
• Eligibility or valid/relevant GMC Registration.
• On the GMC Specialist Register for Orthopaedics and have their CCT/CCST or will receive it within six months of the date of interview.
• Basic Medical Qualification.
• Completion of foundation training.
• Ability to take full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in both emergency and elective aspects of Orthopaedic Surgery.
• Commitment to continual medical education.
• ALS and ATLS.
• Able to speak English as necessary for the role.

Desirable

• Computer/IT Research skills.
• Evidence of Audit Management
• First name publications in refereed journals.
• Evidence of audits completed.
• Research in progress.
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
• Evidence of the ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems.
• Evidence of involvement in audit & research projects.
• Preferably six months experience in surgical speciality
• Expertise and experience in trauma work and fragility fractures.
• Ability to manage and lead an Orthopaedic Surgical Firm.
• Ability to manage and lead a sub-specialist team in Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate when appropriate.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Specific training in communication skills.
• PhD.
• Indication of career path within surgical specialty.
• To have undertaken a fellowship or specialist year 5/6 training in trauma
• Indication of desire to take MRCS Part 1
• Compliant with all Mandatory Training
• Ability to travel across sites if required

Otherr Essential

• oALS and ATLS. oAble to speak English as necessary for the role.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals UHD

Poole

BH15 2JB

Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals UHD

Poole

BH15 2JB

Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)