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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Responsibilities 

1. Provision with Consultant colleagues of a service to James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness and the proper functioning of the department;

2. Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in Consultant on-call rota where applicable;

3. Cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences;

4. Any responsibility which relates to a special interest;

5. Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff;

6. Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and for contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally;

7. Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD;

8. Involvement in research;

9. Managerial, including budgetary, responsibilities where appropriate;

10. Where it is agreed between the parties, work on behalf of James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust or services provided by the Trust for other agencies, e.g. the prison service.

11. Share the Orthopaedic workload with consultant colleagues.

12. Give a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialities in the Trust.

13. Liaise with medical staff in other specialities and participate in the regular clinical meetings and other post-graduate activities of the hospital.

14. Take part in the Royal College of Surgeons continuing medical education programme. The Trust will provide study leave expenses in line with national terms and conditions of service.

15. Play a full part in the teaching and audit activities of the department.

16. Contribute to management of the service and, in due course, take on the role of Head of Department.
17. Comply with the outline Consultant work programme (under provisions of Circular HC90/16) and the weekly timetable of fixed commitments (ie: regular scheduled NHS activities in accordance with paragraph 30B of the TCS).   
18. Deploy unallocated, flexible professional time on liaison, emergency work, travel, continuing clinical responsibility, teaching, research, medical audit, interdisciplinary meetings and continuing professional development.

Other Responsibilities

Subject to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Service to observe the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters and to follow the standing orders and financial instructions of the Trust.

To observe local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures, and to comply with Regional and Trust Health and Safety policies.

To assume responsibility for and facilitate contact from members of staff with delegated duties for personally accountable patient care.

On-call Availability 

There is an on-call commitment (category A) for providing an emergency service in Orthopaedics on a shared basis with other Consultants within the Department.

The current on-call commitment is a 1:9 week on-call with prospective cover (will be 1:11 with this and another new post).

On-call week is from Friday –Friday. During the week you will chair the trauma meeting, conduct a ward round, fracture clinic and trauma list each day.

During the weekend you will chair the trauma meeting, conduct a ward round and a trauma list. Currently, there is a dedicated trauma list on Saturday morning.

The timetable for the on-call week for Monday to Friday is as follows:

Trauma meeting                0800 - 0900

Trauma Ward Round         0900 - 1030

Trauma Clinic                    1030 - 1300

Trauma Theatre                1315 - 1800

JPUH is a Level 3 trauma unit, with a high incidence of fragility fractures due to our elderly demographic. Chest and head injuries are looked after by General Surgery. Plastics and Spine support is available from Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Multi-trauma and neurosurgery support comes from Adenbrooke’s Hospital via TARN.

The trust is working towards 7 day working and the selected candidate will be expected to offer themselves to work over the weekends as a job planned activity (the terms have not been formally agreed yet).

Job Description currently awaiting RCS Approval