Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join The Plastic, Hand & Reconstructive Surgery team at The Northern Care Alliance (NCA).

 The hand service functions as a fully integrated orthoplastic team, providing care for patients with complex hand and wrist conditions, both elective and trauma related. We cover the breadth of adult hand surgery including arthritis, nerve, and spasticity.

The hub of our service is based at Salford Royal Hospital, site of The Greater Manchester Major Trauma Hospital and The Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences. Elective activity is also undertaken at Rochdale Infirmary and the hand service is collaborative across the NCA.

Main duties of the job

• The successful candidate will, above all, be able to be a productive and cohesive member of the hand and wrist surgery team
• The successful candidate will be expected to organise their own workload
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
• Contributing to undergraduate, post-graduate and continuing medical and multi professional education activity including teaching.
• Participation in clinical audit and research.
• Conducting appropriate duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
• Multidisciplinary teamwork is envisaged as a key component of the working of this Trust and will involve Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) discussion with other colleagues.
• Development of special interests that fit in with the Directorate needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
• Undertaking ward rounds as appropriate
• Join an on-call rota
• Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.

Working for our organisation

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. 

Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. 

As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. 

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about Consultant careers at the Northern Care Alliance please visit our careers landing page: Consultant careers :: Northern Care Alliance Careers