Trust Specialist Registrar in OrthopaedicsNHS

Job summary

Trust Registrar Orthopaedics.

12 Months Fixed Term

The Trust is recruiting to a Trust Registrar post for a fixed term of 12 months. The post will be based at Ealing Hospital and it would be an ideal starting point for someone looking to apply for SpR training schemes.

It is expected that the post holder will play a role in audit, including participating in national audit programmes, teaching and supervising juniors, gaining management experience relating to medical juniors' rota, and developing their own programme of clinical governance with guidance from their Supervisor.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as a member of the Orthopaedic team with F1 trainees, SHOs, ST registrars and the consultant staff to ensure high quality care of Orthopaedic and medical patients.

The post holder will be encouraged to attend trauma meetings at 08:00, a few days of the week, along with the orthogeriatric and orthopaedic consultants.

The holder of this post will work principally with one Consultant, but will be expected to become an integral member of the whole trauma & orthopaedic team.The job plan will consist of regular clinics (fracture and orthopaedic) and theatre lists. (trauma, elective orthopaedics and day surgery).

Elective surgery will take place at Central Middlesex hospital and Trauma will remain in the Ealing site. The holder of this post will take a keen interest in audits and, in conjunction with the SHOs, Sprs and SAS doctors be fully involved with audits and assist with the preparation of the monthly audit meetings. Analyse data and provide research and development to the department for clinical

Job description

It is expected that the post holder will do regular ward rounds, assist with the MDT, be involved in the management of patients with peri-operative complications, guide the other junior doctors in the team and help in the weekly out-patient clinic.

The post holder is expected to help the orthopaedic junior doctors when their patients need some medical input, by giving advice and through planning medical management.

In addition, the post holder is expected to participate in regular audits, including the National Fracture Neck of Femur database, and be an active member of the teaching and training in the departments of Orthopaedics and Department of Medicine for Older People.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.