Orthopaedic Consultant, Remote Opportunity

Medefer Ltd; City Of London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks an Orthopaedic Consultant for a fully remote position. Responsibilities include providing virtual specialist care, triaging referrals, and creating management plans. The ideal candidate must have experience in an NHS post and be on the Specialist Register. This role offers flexibility in hours and allows you to work as needed while supporting the NHS.

Qualifications

• Consultant with at least 12 months experience working within a substantive NHS post in Orthopaedics.
• Must provide current documents in accordance with clinical competence requirements.
• Interested in digital health and innovative ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Provide virtual specialist care to patients within your specialty.
• Review and triage referrals.
• Create comprehensive clinical management plans.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Time management

Conflict resolution

Attention to detail

Innovative thinking

Education

Registered with the GMC with an active licence to practice

On the Specialist Register

Job description

Orthopaedic Consultant, Remote Opportunity

Our Consultants are responsible for providing virtual specialist care to our patients; reviewing and triaging referrals and providing advice and guidance back to GPs, arranging and following up on investigations and writing onward referrals to hospital departments where necessary.

You can work as many hours as you would like each week, with no minimum or maximum expectation, and you can decide the days and times you wish to work, whether that be evenings, weekends, or weekdays (providing patient cases are available).

This is a fully remote role, and due to the nature of the role you must have a private and secure space from which to work with reliable internet access.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

Provide virtual specialist care to patients within your speciality.

Review and triage referrals.

Provide advice and guidance back to GPs, requesting and following up on investigations, and writing onward referrals to hospital departments where necessary.

Recommend patients for telephone clerking assessments (by registrars and advanced nurse practitioners).

Follow up on the results of investigations with patients, GPs and hospital departments.

Create an appropriate and comprehensive clinical management plan including prescribing.

Document patient information and plans of care via Medefers Secure IT platform.

Complete patient outcome data fields to enable tracking and feedback to NHS England.

About us

About Medefer

We work alongside the NHS to provide a virtual outpatient service and deliver better, faster care for patients. Our vision is to completely reframe the way that healthcare is delivered, because every patient deserves the best possible healthcare.

There really isn’t a much better purpose, and we can and do make a difference for patients every single day. People who are sick, worried, or in pain desperately want to have a doctor review their symptoms and get them on the path to health again, or even just put their mind at rest. Medefer makes that happen. WE make that happen. We are included in the NHS Increasing Capacity Framework, and we are CQC regulated.

We are unique in what we do.

Job responsibilities

Join us in our mission to transform patient care and be part of a dynamic and innovative team. We pride ourselves on a supportive, collaborative and inclusive culture and any individual working with Medefer will have the opportunity to work alongside a team of intelligent, driven and compassionate people who care deeply about transforming the way healthcare is delivered.

The Contractor role of Consultant is responsible for providing virtual specialist care to our patients, reviewing and triaging referrals and providing advice and guidance back to GPs, arranging and following up on investigations and writing onward referrals to hospital departments where necessary.

This role is on a Contractor arrangement either on an individual self-employed basis or working via your own personal services company, enabling you to work privately to supplement your NHS income and at the same time, be part of a team working to support transformation in the NHS.

As a Consultant, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new model of digital patient care, and able to work flexibly, for as many hours during any week as you may wish (providing patient cases are available).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide virtual specialist care to patients within your specialty.

Review and triage referrals.

Provide advice and guidance back to GPs, requesting and following up on investigations, and writing onward referrals to hospital departments where necessary.

Recommend patients for telephone clerking assessments (by registrars and advanced nurse practitioners).

Follow up on the results of investigations with patients, GPs and hospital departments.

Create an appropriate and comprehensive clinical management plan including prescribing.

Document patient information and plans of care via Medefers Secure IT platform.

Complete patient outcome data fields to enable tracking and feedback to NHS England.

Respond to complaints and concerns/significant events as necessary.

Engage in appraisal and revalidation processes. Medefer will provide appraisal and designated body services to those with connections to it, if required.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

Orthopaedic Consultant with at least 12 months working within a substantive NHS post.

Currently working within an NHS role.

Must be on the Specialist Register and able to provide up to date documents in accordance with clinical compliance requirements.

Must be actively participating in annual appraisals, quality reviews and audits.

Interested in digital health / clinical informatics / new ways of working.

Excellent time management, planning and prioritising skills.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.

Experience in conflict resolution, and able to collaborate with others confidently.

Innovative and imaginative, a creative thinker, able to consider existing situations and problems to deliver innovative solutions.

Excellent attention to detail, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently and accurately.

Medefer fully complies with the Equality Act 2010. We are an equal opportunities employer, value diversity and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

This job description is non-contractual and the postholder will be expected to perform additional duties and tasks that may be assigned by management from time to time to suit business needs.

Medefer contact details are provided for the specific purpose to support potential candidates and are not to be used to market services. The named individual has not consented to unsolicited marketing emails. Direct marketing means the communication, by whatever means, of marketing material which is directed at individuals. Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) apply to unsolicited emails, for which the individual has not provided consent. Medefer takes the privacy of individuals very seriously and failure to abide by this notice will result in action taken.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• About You:
• You will be:
• A Consultant with at least 12 months experience working within a substantive NHS post in Orthopaedics.
• Registered with the GMC with an active licence to practice.
• On the Specialist Register and be able to provide current documents in accordance with clinical competence requirements.
• Have an interest in digital health, clinical informatics and in new ways of working.
• Have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Possess excellent time management, planning, and prioritising skills.
• Be detail oriented, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently, and accurately.

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.

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working