Job summary
- Main area
- T&O Upper Limb
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed-term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 289-PC-230
- Employer
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chelsea and Westminster
- Town
- London
- Salary
- per annum plus LW allowance
- Closing
- 30/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic (Upper Limb))
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
The department has developed a highly professional and commercially focused approach to delivering the highest standards of patient-centred care.
The current junior medical staffing for Trauma & Orthopaedics across both sites includes several Specialist Trainee (North West Thames), Specialty Doctor, Core Trainee, Junior Clinical Fellow and FY1 posts.
There is a Trauma Co-ordinator and Trauma Nurse Practitioner on each site. Each consultant reports professionally and managerially to the Divisional Management team, via their Clinical Service Lead and General Manager. You will be expected to agree annual objectives with your Clinical Service Lead and General Manager with fit with the needs of the service, division and trust.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the chart in the job description for an indicative job plan outlining the allocation of programmed activities. Please note that this is a provisional plan and will be agreed with the post holder in due course.
The job plan may be subject to future amendment to reflect the needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.
Please note that the post may include on-calls and will entail cross-site working between the Chelsea, West Middlesex and NWL Elective Orthopaedic Centre sites.
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top-performing and safest trusts in England. We are recognised as having one of the lowest hospital mortality rates in the country and were highly commended finalists in the Trust of the Year category at the HSJ Awards 2023.
Our ambition is simple—to provide world-class care. We combine globally recognised clinical expertise with locally delivered care to represent the NHS at its best. This begins with our 7,500 staff at our two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be required to contribute to the upper limb and trauma service in a cross-site capacity, as well as at the newly opened Northwest London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC). The successful candidate is expected to be fellowship trained in upper limb surgery, alongside maintaining competence in general trauma.
The role entails a strong upper-limb trauma orientation whilst it still also does include an elective commitment.
It is desirable that the post holder holds a higher clinical degree.
Candidates must demonstrate a clear commitment to service improvement, evidenced through previous audits and completed service development projects.
The successful candidate will be expected to build on established collaborative relationships within a multidisciplinary team.
They will potentially participate in a 1:8 trauma on-call rota, including weekend cover, and will contribute to audit, research, management, and ongoing service development.
Daytime trauma responsibilities include leading the trauma list, conducting ward rounds, managing referrals, assessing acute admissions, operating on trauma cases, supporting clinic activity, communicating with relatives, and contributing to teaching.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration
- Relevant CCT or equivalent
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register OR eligible within 6 months of the date of the Advisory
- Appointments Committee via CCT or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview, CESR or European Community Rights
- Upper Limb surgery fellowship
- Fellowship in complex elbow trauma
- FRCS(Orth) or appropriate specialist qualification
- Good understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
Desirable criteria
- A higher degree in postgraduate training (MSc/MD/PhD)
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of broad-based training, including experience in trauma management with a focus on upper limb injuries, including the management of complex fractures and periprosthetic fractures.
- Logbook evidence demonstrating experience in the operative management of a wide range of elective and traumatic upper limb conditions.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Solid Understanding of the Clinical Governance Agenda
- IT proficiency including, email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Evidence of effective audit leading to change
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of significant contribution to the Clinical Governance Agenda
- Risk Management Course
- Advanced IT skills
- Coaching skills
Research
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Experience of implementing evidenced based changes in practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of recent or ongoing research
- Evidence of experience in supervising juniors doing research
- A higher research degree
- Peer reviewed publications
Teaching and Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Desirable criteria
- Medical Education or Adult Education Training
Management
Essential criteria
- A good understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Contribution in the development of new clinical services
- Management Training Course
Other Competencies
Essential criteria
- Understanding Self
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Managing self effectively
- Ability to planning ahead whilst being innovative and flexible in approach.
- Demonstrable evidence of being able and willing to understand the Trust values with behaviour that reinforces these values.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hayley Dowsett
- Job title
- Senior Rota Coordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07955221231
- Additional information
Candidates wishing to discuss the post are invited to contact:
- Mr Andy Roche, Service Director, (CW) ([email protected])
- Ksenya Kirnitski, Deputy General Manager ([email protected])
- Quen Tang, Upper Limb Surgeon, [email protected]
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