Locum Consultant T&O; Surgeon with a Special Interest in Hand & Wrist

As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trusts patients. Integral to the responsibilities of the posts are the following

requirements:
To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty To undertake all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts and Business Units services plans The post would suit a valuable team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The opportunity exists to work in a non-hierarchical setting and offer a wide range of orthopaedic procedures in this busy Trust. The postholder must be prepared to work cross site to allow development of services across northern Lincolnshire and Goole. We are looking for an orthopaedic surgeon who has subspecialty interests in hand and wrist surgery. The postholder will be required to create effective relationships with clinical colleagues as well as members of the management team.



Senior management are supportive of the service and related opportunities for development. The Trust has rationalised the implant and prosthetic usage and the successful candidate will be expected to continue with this agreement. The Consultant on call rota is 1 in 7 with internal cover between consultants for annual leave and study leave and is currently based at Grimsby Hospital. On call is non-resident and the person should be available over the phone and attend within 30 minutes if required. We are exploring the option of a single site on call and the frequency and site might change in the future when the trusts reconfiguration strategy is agreed and implemented. Trauma and on call work is based at Grimsby and Scunthorpe. The majority of the elective work is undertaken at Goole and Grimsby. All complex paediatric trauma is undertaken by neighbouring Tertiary Centres, general paediatric trauma is delivered as part of our Trauma service. There is middle grade and consultant presence on all sites everyday to provide any advice for post-operative patients and the on call Consultant will assume responsibility of your patients should you not be available. The appointee is expected to work as part of the team to deliver the service.

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