Substantive Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon Sarcoma

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United States; Remote; USD 113,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a full-time Substantive Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in Soft Tissue Sarcoma. The appointee will work across sites, joining the Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate and the Sarcoma service, collaborating with consultant colleagues on patient care, training, and research.

The role includes ward rounds, operating sessions, and outpatient clinics, with on-call duties and a commitment to flexible working and equality

Qualifications

• Ability to work sensitively within teams, to motivate and inspire a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload and to delegate responsibly and supervise staff
• Effective teaching skills
• Ability to innovate, to lead change and to manage a changing environment
• Excellent clinical skills in the assessment and appropriate investigation, treatment and disposal of a broad range of Orthopaedic and Trauma presentations/conditions
• Working knowledge of research methodologies and direct involvement in the management of basic science and clinical research projects
• Working knowledge of audit process
• Thorough knowledge of Orthopaedic, Sarcoma & Trauma Surgery

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care of patients with soft tissue sarcoma.
• Undertake ward rounds, operating sessions, and outpatient clinics.
• Work closely with existing surgeons and multidisciplinary teams.
• Visit other surgical centres to enhance training and skills.
• Rotational duties including on-call shifts and weekend work as per rota.

Skills

Team leadership

Interpersonal skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

On-call coordination

Teaching skills

Clinical excellence in orthopaedics

Research methodologies

Audit processes

Workload management

Job description

The successful candidate will have a special interest in soft tissue sarcoma. Please see the attached job plan for details. The appointee would be responsible for the clinical care of patients; undertaking ward rounds, operating sessions, and outpatient clinics. It is anticipated that the appointee will work closely in partnership with existing surgeons. He/she will also be expected to visit other surgical centres of excellence with a view to enhancing his/her level of training and skills. The post-operative care of the patients will be covered by on-call consultant colleagues during out of hours and/or the weekendMain duties of the job Trauma or Elective Week as part of the established 24 week rolling rota: In addition: On call (Nominated on call days 1:4 weeks Monday to Thursday, and 1:8 weekends.). It is envisaged that the maximum average emergency work per week arising during premium time from on call duties will be 3 hours. Weekends will alternate between first consultant on call and second consultant on call For the position advertised, 8.5Pas DCC and 1.5Pa SPA will be offered. The job plan will be subject to change and agreement with the successful applicant and will be subject to review in line with Institution policy., The Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a full time Substantive Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a particular interest in Soft Tissue Sarcoma. The person appointed will potentially be based across all three sites and will be a member of the Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate, joining the existing multidisciplinary Major Trauma & Trauma teams as well as the Sarcoma service. Duties will be undertaken in conjunction with consultant colleagues. Applicants are required be fully registered with the General Medical Council with licence to practice as a Locum Consultant or Consultant Surgeon., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust's supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

• Ability to work sensitively within teams, to motivate and inspire a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.
• Ability to organises and prioritise workload and to delegate responsibly and supervise staff
• Effective teaching skills
• Ability to innovate, to lead change and to manage a changing environment
• Excellent clinical skills in the assessment and appropriate investigation, treatment and disposal of a broad range of Orthopaedic and Trauma presentations/conditions, Working knowledge of research methodologies and direct involvement in the management of basic science and clinical research projects
• Working knowledge of audit process
• Thorough knowledge of Orthopaedic, Sarcoma & Trauma Surgery

Desirable criteria

• Research/publications in Orthopaedic & Trauma
• Postgraduate research based degree
• Knowledge and principles of resource and budget management
• Understanding the importance of clinicians in management
• Awareness of core values of the NHS in its modern structure, On the specialist register

Desirable criteria

• Specialist training in Major Trauma, Trauma and /or Elective subspecialty
• Management training of various types, Experience in Major trauma management and challenging trauma in a major trauma setting
• Broad based clinical experience in the management of trauma, including and dealing with sequala of trauma
• Demonstrate operative experience in management of general trauma
• Application/acknowledgement of evidence based practice
• Able to participate in major trauma and general on call rota
• Applicants are required be fully registered with the General Medical Council with licence to practice as a Locum Consultant or Consultant Surgeon.

Desirable criteria

• Skills to enhance the existing trauma and elective orthopaedic service, High moral and professional ethical standards
• Involvement in postgraduate teaching

Desirable criteria

• Experience in the design and management of a research project.
• Experience in the principles and practice of consent for research.
• Experience in obtaining ethical approval for research studies, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.