We are looking for an enthusiastic dynamic and forward-thinking Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to join University Hospitals of Sussex Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate. The post holder should have special interest in Hand and Wrist with ability to manage all pathologies in elective hand surgery and trauma as per departmental needs.
Currently there is no on call element but post holders may be expected to participate in the Consultant of the week on-call Rota. This post is based between St Richard’s, Worthing hospital and Southlands hospitals, but it is subject to change depending as per Trust needs. The successful candidate is expected to travel and provide services from all sites within the Trust.
This post will be a fixed-term appointment for 12 months. The successful candidate is expected to be in post as soon as possible.
The clinical duties of the post include the following:
Delivering an elective hand and wrist service via clinics, MDTs and operating theatre lists.
Running the hand trauma service doing operating lists, fracture clinics and supporting VFCs.
Engaging with teaching, audit and all other supporting activities necessary to deliver excellent care.
Cover general trauma lists and on call as per departmental needs.
Doing ward rounds and providing 7-day service.
Please see the job description and person specification attached to the advert for further details of the post.
University Hospital Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSX) is the regional teaching hospital for the Kent Surrey & Sussex Deanery. It is a merger of the legacy BSUH (Eastern) and Western Sussex Trusts. The Royal Sussex County Hospital is the Polytrauma tertiary centre for pelvic fractures and complex lower limb injuries for Sussex, a population of around 1.8 million people We provide a busy Trauma service treating nearly 1500 Fractured Neck of Femur patients each year in addition to general trauma, sub-specialty Trauma and an Elective Orthopaedic service. The Polytrauma, Complex trauma, Pelvic trauma and Spinal trauma services are provided mainly at Royal Sussex County Hospital with good links with other major trauma units of Trust.
The department has access to Theatre and Clinic facilities at Royal Sussex County Hospital, St. Richard’s hospital, Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment Centre, Princess Royal hospital, Worthing, and Southlands Hospitals. All the elective arthroplasty operating is done at Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment Centre, St Richard’s Hospital and Princess Royal hospital. Elective day case operating capacity is additionally provided at Southlands Hospital. Fracture and Elective Clinic areas are located at all sites of the Trust.
The post holder will be expected to deliver elective Hand and Wrist Service and have the opportunity to build an elective practice, in conjunction with the other members of the hand and wrist team. Elective surgery will be undertaken at the St Richard's, Worthing and Southlands hospital.
The appointed candidate is expected to manage all soft tissue and bony hand and wrist injuries across St Richard's and Worthing hospital. It is essential that they are able to treat complex carpal injuries, tendon lacerations and peripheral nerve injuries.
The ward rounds run on Saturday and Sunday mornings and also entail some out of hours ward cover and be part of hand MDT meetings.
On Call Commitment:
Currently there is no on call commitment related to this appointment but can change as per departmental needs.
Please see the job description and person specification attached to the advert for further details of the post.
