Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity available to join the complement of Consultants based within the Trauma & Orthopaedic Service at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust.  

• Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Soft tissue and knee arthroplasty. 

As a fixed term position, we are seeking candidates who are prepared to work flexibly and will increase the skill mix within the service. Candidates must be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge and experience of treating sub specialty conditions both electively and trauma, as well as demonstrating broad experience in general trauma. 

Main duties of the job

Locum Knee position - The successful applicant will be fellowship trained in soft tissue knee surgery and have skills ranging from meniscal preservation, multi-ligament reconstruction and osteotomy. Arthroplasty experience including partial knee arthroplasty and revision knee arthroplasty are desirable. The unit takes part in multi centered randomized controlled trials and further research is encouraged. Regular soft tissue knee and revision knee MDTs take place and engagement is required.  

Working for our organisation

The successful applicant will form part of the fixed 1:10 on call consultant rota and deliver outpatient services onsite with and outreach locations. Elective operating will be delivered both at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC), and on site at Kingston Hospital to support our increasing emergency knee demand.  

The orthopaedic consultant team value strong team work and the successful applicants will be joining a team of 13 orthopaedic consultants. There is a very well-established multi-disciplinary team, both in outpatients and on Cambridge Ward. The post holder will be expected to work pro-actively in the efficient day to day running of this busy unit and to contribute to the ongoing development of the service.