Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.    To provide support and delivery of orthopaedic trauma care for adult and paediatric patients. 

2.    To provide and support delivery of elective orthopaedic foot and ankle services in line with the department’s needs. 

3.    To work alongside the existing orthopaedic team to provide comprehensive integrated care in both the elective and emergency setting. 

4.    To be an integral part of the wider trauma team including general, vascular and urology surgical teams. 

5.    To organise, guide and promote the dialogue and cooperate with any other subspeciality surgeon in the process of decision making and emergency surgery. 

6.    To be responsible for the day-to-day management of elective and trauma and elective patients on the wards. 

7.    To contribute to subspecialty training. The consultant will be expected to supervise, govern, cooperate with, instruct, teach doctors at SCF, SpR, JCF, SHO, F1/F2 level in their clinical work and audit activity of the unit. The Department is proactively involved with student teaching and regular student teaching is mandatory for the postholder. 

8.    To contribute to the on call rota on a regular basis (weekdays 1:12 and 1:12 weekends (Friday to Sunday). 

9.    To undertake regular elective weekend operating lists if deemed necessary by service requirements. 

10.  The post holder is expected to attend relevant MDT meetings. 

11.  Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues. 

12.  Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives. 

13.  Responsible for out-patient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed by the Care Group Leads. 

14.  To lead departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework and foster relations with the research team at Denmark Hill site to manage national level research projects. 

15.  To contribute to the Audit Programme. 

16.  To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Division’s Business Plan.  This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies.

17.  To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for surgical services. 

18.  To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.  This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained. 

19.  To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.  This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues.

20.  To undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Clinical Director. 

21.  To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.  To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.

22.  To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility. 

To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.