This is a full time post (10 PAs) working Monday to Friday with no on call commitment. It is a fixed term post for a period of 12 months initially however there is potential for this post to become permanent by mutual agreement.
The post is aimed at a surgeon who has completed their Orthopaedic training and has gained or is about to complete the FRCS(Orth.) There will be sessions at both the Royal Blackburn Hospital and also Burnley General Hospital.
The post holder will work with the T&O department, gaining experience from working with multiple Consultants of various subspecialties including upper limb, lower limb, paediatrics and foot and ankle.
There will be an opportunity to practice independently based on competency levels. The post holder will attend both elective orthopaedic and trauma fracture clinics and operate on elective and trauma patients.
Trauma services for the local population are provided on the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital site. Elective surgery is provided on the Burnley General Teaching Hospital site.
Outpatient clinics are based at Burnley General Teaching Hospital and Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. Peripheral Orthopaedic clinics are held in Rossendale, Pendle, Clitheroe and Accrington.
The departmentprovides a general Orthopaedic and acute trauma service to the population of East Lancashire.
1. To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team.
2. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
3. Undertake clinical activities as required by the specialty need.
4. To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients.
5. To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities.
6. To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
7. To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Blackburn
BB2 3HH
http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)