Specialty Doctor - Trauma & Orthopaedics

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough (ME); On-site; USD 87,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

27 days holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning & development opportunities

Discounts on services

Job summary

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Specialty Doctor to join the Trauma & Orthopaedic Team at Scarborough & Bridlington Hospital. The role involves providing clinical services across on-call, trauma and elective pathways within a busy orthopaedic department, supported by a multidisciplinary team.

GMC registration is essential, with opportunities for ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration is required.
• Experience in trauma and orthopaedics is advantageous.
• Ability to attend mandatory training and trust meetings as scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients within the trust area.
• Participate in the on-call rota and trauma/orthopaedic clinics as part of the specialty team.
• Adhere to GMC duties and maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

Job description

Company:

Company: York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trauma & Orthopaedic Team at Scarborough & Bridlington Hospital.

We're looking for a dynamic Specialty Doctor to join us.

The team currently consists of 8 Orthopaedic surgeons providing on call, trauma and elective services at Scarborough & Bridlington Hospitals. We have a 20 bedded trauma ward on the Scarborough site, a 16 bedded elective ward, a busy outpatient department adjacent to A&E and several outreach outpatient clinics. We have an established multi-disciplinary team working alongside the surgeons, including Extended Scope Physiotherapists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. Generally we would expect you to be working between 5 and 6 clinical sessions per week, whilst on their elective weeks with 10 sessions of trauma activity (the trauma week).

Staffing

8 Consultants, 1 Associate Specialist, 5 Specialty Doctors, 2 Specialist training posts, 2 Core Surgical doctors, 2 FY1 Doctors.

Candidatesmust have full GMC Registration, while a familiarity with issues of service organisation and development would be particularly advantageous.

The recruitment programme for this position will take place over one day (please note that shortlisted candidates will need to be available to attend the Trust on all of the required dates.

The principle duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients within the trust area.

• To, at all times, comply with the GMC requirements of Duties of a Doctor.
• To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your clinical director.
• To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of any Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
• On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s Corporate Induction.
• To participate in the Trust’s statutory and mandatory training programme.
• To fully participate in the Consultant Peer Support Scheme and ensure personal attendance, when invited, at the Consultant Development Programme during your first year in post.
• To be responsible for the clinical management of in and outpatients under your care.

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

The role is based at Scarborough hospital.

For more information please see the job description attached

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that York Teaching Hospital has provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome their application to work for us.

Disability Confident and Mindful Employer

The Trust is committed to meeting the needs of employees and applicants with a disability or mental health condition. Our support for these schemes includes encouraging applications from people who are disabled or have a mental health condition, offering adjustments to make our application process accessible.

This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Oct 2026

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust