Job overview

Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon

This 12 month fixed term post provides an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic group of orthopaedic surgeons who are rapidly forging an impressive reputation as a strongly cohesive, progressive department that consistently strives to provide the best possible care for our patients.

Main duties of the job

The fixed term post will support the work of Barts Bone & Joint Health Foot & Ankle Unit. The role is based across 3 sites – The Royal London Hospital, our major trauma centre, Whipps Cross Hospital, our specialist fragility fracture centre and The Barts Health Orthopaedic Centre (BHOC) – a GIRFT accredited elective hub.

The successful candidate will be fellowship trained and is expected to have experience in managing the breadth of elective foot and ankle surgery. Experience of diabetic foot & ankle conditions and total ankle arthroplasty is also desirable. The ideal candidate will have experience of managing complex foot and ankle trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction and general high energy trauma. They will also have experience of working within a major trauma centre setting. They will be expected to contribute to the major trauma on-call rota at The Royal London Hospital, one of Europe’s busiest trauma centres. They will also support the Foot & Ankle trauma work within the specialist fragility fracture service at Whipps Cross Hospital.

Our foot and ankle unit works cohesively with our limb reconstruction colleagues and has a regular MDT. The new consultant will be expected to help integrate foot and ankle services across all hospital sites and lead multi-specialty service development. A strong academic background is desirable. 

Working for our organisation

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.