A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.West Herts NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for a fixed term,.....
A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
West Herts NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for a fixed term, full time, Trust Senior Clinical Fellow to join the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department. This post is for 6 months, with the possibility that it may extend to 12 months and beyond.
You will become part of an experienced and supportive team of Specialty Doctors and Registrars working cross sites of St Albans City Hospital and Watford General Hospital.
The main responsibility of the role will be to provide a high-quality of specialist inpatient and outpatient care to patients with Trauma and Orthopaedic problems referred by General Practitioners and other hospital colleagues.
We will ensure excellent learning and training opportunities for you to specialise in either hip & knee replacements, knee arthroscopies, foot and ankle, hands, shoulder & elbow surgery.
Your primary responsibility will be for Trauma and Orthopaedics including experience in Elective Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery.
Your clinical duties on the Orthopaedic wards will include ward round, attending, and assisting in theatres and clinics. You will take part on the on-call rota where you will be provided with consultant supervision.
As an experienced member of the team, you will be expected to provide supervision and support to Junior Doctors and non-Consultant medical staff on the ward daily, as well as participating in multidisciplinary team meetings.
You will be encouraged to participate in Clinical Governance activities, undertake audit and contribute to national audits, and actively pursuing further professional development opportunities.
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking/
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
This is a fixed term, full-time post for a Trust registrar designed to give training and experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics. This post would suit a surgical trainee who may have successfully passed the MRCS examination and who is now looking for additional orthopaedic experience before applying for a Specialist Registrar post. This exciting opportunity exists for enthusiastic and ambitious individuals to join, learn from, and support the Orthopaedic surgical team.
The successful applicants will join the Trauma and Orthopaedic department at a Registrar level. They will be expected to take part in the middle tier level as part of the site based on call rota with a junior doctor and an orthopaedic consultant based at WHHT that covers both sites. The post will also include weekend on calls within working time directive.
The post does not have formal training recognition, but the successful applicant will be expected to take a full part in the Directorates education and Clinical Governance programme.
Responsibilities
Supporting outpatient and inpatient care of patients with T&O problems referred by General Practitioners and hospital colleagues.
Supporting the consultant surgeon in providing, enhancing, and developing specialist care.
Management of emergency admissions when on-call supporting on call SHO and consulting with consultant on call as appropriate.
Supervising junior doctors and non-consultant medical staff.
Teaching junior doctors, medical students, and non-medical staff as appropriate and in line with the guidance by the Postgraduate Dean and Clinical Tutor and FY2 Foundation year programme Director.
Conducting patient management in line with the guidelines agreed by the T&O consultants and the Trust.
Undertaking audit of his/her work and contributing to appropriate national audits.
Participating in continuing professional development and in the Trusts appraisal and assessment processes, which include a formal annual appraisal.
Participating in the Trusts Clinical Governance activities.
This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024
