Specialty Doctor in Orthopaedics

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is recruiting a Specialty Doctor to join the Orthogeriatric service within Trauma and Orthopaedics. The post supports fracture care for frailty patients in SW London and involves working with an MDT led by Orthogeriatric Consultants.

The role includes weekend cover on a 1:4 basis, with a commitment to teaching, supervision, and service improvement, while offering opportunities for clinical and professional development.

Qualifications

• Must have full GMC registration and Licence to Practise.
• Completed at least four years of postgraduate training in a relevant specialty.
• Desirable higher degree (MD/PhD) or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to acute orthogeriatric care and management of frailty and fragility fractures.
• Work as part of an MDT with orthopaedic surgeons, anaesthetic and care of the elderly teams.
• Provide teaching and supervision to trainees and junior staff.

Skills

Teaching / supporting trainees

Clinical supervision

Leadership

Strategic & operational communication

Education

GMC registration & Licence to Practice

4 years postgraduate training in a relevant specialty or equivalent

MD / PhD (desirable)

Job description

Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people's homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an 'Outstanding' rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the \"Best in London\" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

• Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.


• Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.


• Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.


• Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.

Job overview

This newly created post offers an exciting opportunity to work with the Orthopaedics Service as a Specialty Doctor.

Kingston and Richmond FT Hospital serves a local population with a high degree of frailty, so this post offers an opportunity to participate in developing the management of patients with fractured neck of femur and other fragility fractures in South West London.

The Trauma and Orthopaedic admissions unit has 36 beds and is well supported by an integrated multidisciplinary team, led by two Orthogeriatric Consultants who are responsible for assessing and managing the majority of unscheduled emergency elderly care orthopaedic admissions to the unit throughout the week. Our ward based clinical team is well established and prides itself in being patient focused. We are looking to attract enthusiastic, high calibre candidates who are passionate about delivering first-class compassionate care. With training and skills across orthogeriatric medicine, an interest in falls prevention and bone health this role would be an exciting opportunity to mobilise change and improve patient's clinical outcomes.

Main duties of the job

Our working model for the Orthogeriatric Consultants delivers alternating trauma 'take' weeks, with the vision to provide fragility community outreach and outpatient clinics to support discharge planning for some of our must vulnerable patients.

The Orthogeriatric team work closely with the Orthopaedic Surgeons, Anaesthetic Consultants and the wider Care of the Elderly team, with combined Risk & Governance structures to promote shared learning.

This post includes 1:4 weekend cover, hours outlined as per the job description.

Working for our organisation

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly 'shoutouts' and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.

Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description attached for further info of duties and responsibilities. Interview date TBC

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Teaching / supporting trainees and other members of the MDT


• Experience in clinical supervision

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council


• Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies

Desirable criteria

• Appropriate Higher Degree (e.g. MD, PhD, or equivalent)

Management Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to communicate at a strategic and operational level


• Attended management training course


• Evidence of effective leadership e.g. quality improvement projects, service improvement

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of finance/ budgets

We support the NHS Flex for the Future pledge

We welcome conversations about flexible working from day one, including options such as adjusted hours, compressed hours and other arrangements. If flexibility matters to you, please talk to us - we'll be happy to explore what's possible for the role and the service.

References

You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Salary

For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same pay band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range.