Orthopaedic - Senior Clinical Fellow

Croydon Health Services NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and diverse healthcare team dedicated to providing exceptional surgical services in a thriving community. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals in a supportive environment, ensuring the highest standards of patient care. You'll participate in clinical duties, including ward rounds and surgeries, while also engaging in teaching and mentoring junior staff. With a strong emphasis on professional development and a commitment to diversity, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in healthcare.

Benefits

Parking

Gym

Health and Wellbeing Programme

On-site Nursery

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in surgical services.
• GMC registration is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Support trauma and on-call clinical workload.
• Conduct ward rounds and manage clinic lists.

Skills

GMC Registration

Clinical Experience

Surgical Skills

Teaching and Mentoring

Education

Medical Degree

Postgraduate Training

Job description

Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.

Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people's homes all across the borough.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action - our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon

Job overview

There are three strong departments of surgical services in the directorate, these are Orthopaedics, Urology and General Surgery. These posts will ensure delivery of education and service within the directorate. Three posts are available in Trauma and Orthopaedics. In Orthopaedics there are 15 Consultants, 13 registrars and a junior team teams composed of Core Surgical Trainees, FY2s and Trust grades SHOs. In addition, the Department is strongly supported by Consultant Ortho Geriatricians.

Main duties of the job

Partake in on call rotation on rota. Support trauma and on call clinical workload. Ready patients for surgery. Carry out ward rounds. Support SHO's and juniors on call. You will have your own clinic lists.

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. These include Croydon University Hospital, Purley War Memorial Hospital, The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath. A minor injuries unit in New Addington. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,500 staff provide services for a population of over 340,000 people with a high level of ethnic diversity. A recent public engagement programme called the Patient Revolution led to the development of a new vision and five promises to the people of Croydon. At Croydon Health Services we promise that we are always here for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is expected to supervise the work of the SHOs and FY1s and undertake regular ward rounds during the week along with the rest of the team. The general duties of the post include clinics (elective and fracture) and theatre lists (elective and trauma). There is a big emphasis on audit, research and teaching with numerous educational opportunities present in the department regularly. Participation in all these activities is encouraged and supported. Post holders who show appropriate progression may be able to extend their contract and rotate through the department firms.

Person specification

gmc registration

Essential criteria

• tbd

Professional registration

Essential criteria

• GMC Registration

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 3 yrs experience

We particularly welcome applications from black, asian and minority ethnic candidates as there is an under-representation at senior level within Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

We offer many flexible and part-time working opportunities and all of our substantive & Fixed Term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, including parking, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme. We value diversity and promote equality of opportunity.

DETAILS ON APPLICATION PROCESS

Please note that no job offer or volunteer placement will be made until satisfactory references have been received. You are asked to provide email addresses for all referees, and ensure their accuracy before submitting your application.

If you need to discuss any reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act, require the application form in a different format or would like advice in regard to the recruitment process, please email the South West London Recruitment Hub - [e-mail]

In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process, if applicable, should you be appointed.

WE COMMUNICATE TO ALL JOB APPLICANTS VIA THE E-MAIL ADDRESS WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION FORM. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU CHECK YOUR E-MAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

If you decide to apply for this post, but do not hear back from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 243.7KB)
• CHS DBS Policy Statement (PDF, 53.0KB)
• Map of Croydon University Hospital (PDF, 95.6KB)
• CHS Accomodation (PDF, 1.4MB)