Job overview

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Foot and Ankle surgery and diabetic feet

Division:  Surgery & Anaesthetics

Care Group: Planned Care

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a  Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Foot and Ankle surgery and diabetic feet who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the   Best of Care by the Best People  and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for a full-time (10 PA) Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Foot and Ankle surgery and diabetic feet.  As a GMC registered Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant, you will play a vital role in a progressive and forward thinking multi-disciplinary team. The role will encompass the breadth of Orthopaedic Trauma surgery, with specialist interest in foot and ankle surgery, foot and ankle trauma and diabetic feet in line with the department’s needs.  The successful candidate will likely contribute to the trauma on-call rota.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

Working for our organisation

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.