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1. Provision within the organisation of the department of a
comprehensive Trauma and Orthopaedic service to the Trust, with
responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness
and the proper functioning of the department.

2. Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in consultant oncall
rota where applicable.

3. Cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences.

4. Any responsibility which relates to a special interest.

5. Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.

6. Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and
accreditation duties as required and for contributing to
undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education
activity, locally and nationally.

7. Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance
processes and in CPD.

8. Involvement in research.

9. Managerial, including budgetary, responsibilities where appropriate.

10. Where it is agreed between the parties, work on behalf of James
Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust or services
provided by the Trust for other agencies, e.g. the prison service.

11. Share the Orthopaedic workload with colleagues.

12. Provide a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in
other specialities in the Trust.

13. Take part in the Royal College of Surgeons continuing medical
education programme. The Trust will provide study leave expenses
in line with national terms and conditions of service.

14. Play a full part in the teaching and audit activities of the department.

15. Deploy unallocated, flexible professional time on liaison, emergency
work, travel, continuing clinical responsibility, teaching, research,
medical audit, inter-disciplinary meetings and continuing professional
development.

16. Liaison with colleagues in other specialties and with management to
achieve such a service.

17. Administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the
running of the Trauma and Orthopaedic service.

18. The provision of advice, via professional and management structures
at Divisional and Trust level, on the short- and long-term planning of
comprehensive health provision for the local population.

19. Participation, as required, in the instruction of all professional
groups, including the department's own postgraduate programme.

20. The provision of cover, on a reciprocal basis, in the absence of
departmental colleagues in order to ensure the maintenance of a
Trauma and Orthopaedics service and continuity of the department’s
commitment to the Trust’s Major Incident Plan.

21. Maintenance, via a process of continuing professional development
of the knowledge and skills relevant to the post.

22. Acceptance of and compliance with the departments and Trust’s
programmes for Clinical Governance, CPD and Medical Audit.

Timetable

Provisional Template timetable

Monday            Tuesday          Wednesday      Thursday          Friday           Weekend
                                                                                                                                                     Elective

                               AM Clinic   AM Admin                                     AM Ward   AM Elective
                               (Trauma)                                                                         Round           List

                               PM Clinic    PM Admin                                                              PM Elective

                              (Special Interest)

The trust is working towards 7-day working and the successful candidate
will be expected to work in accordance with the department’s 7-day work
proposal which includes working over some of the weekends for elective
lists in addition to the on-call commitment.

There is an on-call commitment (category A) for providing an emergency
service in Orthopaedics on a shared basis with other Consultants within
the Department.

The current on-call commitment is a 1:9 week on-call with prospective
cover. The on-call is from Friday – Friday. Weekend trauma meeting, ward
round, fracture clinic and operating are done each day. There is a
dedicated trauma list on Saturday morning.

The timetable for the on-call week for Monday to Friday is as follows:

AM Trauma meeting 0800
Trauma Ward Round 0900 – 1030hrs
Trauma Clinic 1030 –1300hrs
PM Trauma Theatre