Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma & Orthopaedics
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours per week)
- Job ref
- 213-MED-PRUH-7875924
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Royal University Hospital
- Town
- Orpington
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum, excl. London Zone Allowance.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedics - Upper Limb, Hand and Wrist
Locum Consultant
Job overview
The Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics at the Princess Royal University Hospital, a division of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, is looking for enthusiastic and committed Trauma & Orthopaedic Upper Limb Surgeon with a specialist interest in shoulder and elbow surgery.
The appointed Locum Trauma & Orthopaedic surgeon will join a join a friendly and supportive team of 12 Consultants and 3 Associate Specialists that works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary teams at the Princess Royal University Hospital and Denmark Hill. There may also be opportunities for cross-site working between Denmark Hill site and the South sites, subject to agreement and needs. The team is currently supported by 12 Specialist Registrars/ Senior Clinical Fellows (Reg level); 16 Junior Clinical Fellows/ Core Surgical Trainees/ MTI and cover both the PRUH and Orpington sites; a Specialist Nurse for Trauma and a Specialist Nurse for Hip Fractures.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work at the PRUH site supporting delivery of care within the PRUH Trauma & Orthopaedic department. The PRUH Orthopaedic Unit has a 1: 8 weekday and 1:12 weekend Trauma on-call rota. The postholder will be expected to have a strong and developed interest in upper limb surgery.
The Trauma in-patients are based in a purpose-designed 28 bed ward for Hip fracture patients and other Surgical wards for overflow. There is a full component of nursing and physiotherapy, 24/7 for hip and other fragility fractures. There is a dedicated Children’s ward at the PRUH. ITU facilities are available at the PRUH or Denmark Hill.
The Orpington Elective Orthopaedic hospital is an elective centre with four laminar flow theatres, an admissions lounge and two wards of 19 and 28 beds.
There is a dedicated Day Surgery Unit at the PRUH, with 6 theatres, Mon-Fri and some Sat working, with approximately 12 Trauma & Orthopaedic lists per week, shared with other specialties. The unit is equipped to do U/Limb, Lower Limb and some types of Foot & Ankle day surgery, elective and trauma cases.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum – and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.
Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.
We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
11. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
22. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
33. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
44. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
55. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
66. Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
77. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
88. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
99. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
110. 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.
111. Work in conjunction with clinical and other 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 peers and/or junior colleagues.
112. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
113. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
114. 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.
115. King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registerable medical qualification
- FRCS (Ortho)
Desirable criteria
- MD
Registration
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with GMC
- Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience in all aspects of Orthopaedic Surgery, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application
- Specialist training in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery.
- Specialist fellow training in Wrist and Hand elective and trauma fellowship
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Consultant Post in Upper Limb Surgery
- Experience in management of complex Upper Limb trauma.
- Experience in management of Trauma in the elderly and fragility fractures in particular
Administration
Essential criteria
- Experience in day to day organisation of orthopaedic and trauma services in a busy Teaching Hospital
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
- Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Management and Leadership
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Management course and/or qualification
Audit and Quality Improvement
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
- Must have undertaken and completed audit projects
Desirable criteria
- Audit Publications
Research and Publications
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical research
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports
Desirable criteria
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Orthopaedics
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and exam preparation
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skills course/qualification
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
- Mr Abhinav Gulihar
- Job title
- Clinical Lead & Orthopaedic Consultant
- Telephone number
- 01689 865705
- Additional information
Chelsea Fullbrook-Cook 01689 863195 - Deputy General Manager - [email protected]
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