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.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

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

·         Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Soft tissue and knee arthroplasty

This new substantive post is full time and is required to support an increase in both our elective and non-elective demand. The successful applicant will form part of the fixed 1:10 on call consultant rota, delivering outpatient services both onsite and outreaching into community locations. Weekly operating lists are delivered both onsite and at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be an excellent team player, joining a team of 12 orthopaedic consultants and a well-established multi-disciplinary team. He/ She will be expected to work pro-actively in the efficient day-to-day running of this busy unit, with a commitment to developing and improving patient care for the future.

We have recently gone live with our Fracture Liaison Service, working with our community partners promoting healthy bones and fracture prevention.

Working for our organisation

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of four partners delivering arthroplasty services at South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, and the post holder will have weekly sessions allocated to operate there within their job plan.

This is a full time post and attracts 10 Programmed Activities per week, with the successful candidates being given the opportunity to discuss taking on further PA’s upon appointment.