Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Training Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics (Registrar)
Senior Training Fellow
Job overview
Senior Training Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Fixed term 24 months
Whilst this post is not recognised for training you will be joining our current team of 28 SpR’s and 12 ST/CT lower level posts and have equal access to teaching.
You will participate fully in the Directorate’s education programme and have the opportunity to build on your skills in the full range of trauma and orthopaedic services - including, trauma and elective theatres, fracture clinics, ward work.
Main duties of the job
Key Areas/Tasks
- Assessment, diagnosis and management of all patients admitted to Trauma & Orthopaedics.
- Management of all patients on the trauma and elective wards, and any outlying wards.
- To participate in outpatient, elective and fracture clinics.
- To participate in trauma and elective surgery.
- Referral of patients to other specialties.
- Necessary investigation e.g. blood samples for cross match, emergency x-ray etc.
- Appropriate transfer of patients, either:
- Admission to inpatient facilities
- Discharge with suitable follow up at the hospital
- Discharge to General Practitioner
- Discharge with no follow-up
Working for our organisation
The Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospitals in the country, each year we care for over 900,000 people who come to us for emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and we have a patient-centered clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
University Hospital has two sites - the Royal Stoke University Hospital, located in Stoke-on-Trent, and the County Hospital, located in Stafford.
From these hospitals we provide a full range of general acute hospital services for approximately 700,000 people living in and around Staffordshire and beyond. The Trust also provides specialised services, such as Trauma, for three million people in a wider area, including neighbouring counties and North Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Areas/Tasks
- Assessment, diagnosis and management of all patients admitted to Trauma & Orthopaedics.
- Management of all patients on the trauma and elective wards, and any outlying wards.
- To participate in outpatient, elective and fracture clinics.
- To participate in trauma and elective surgery.
- Referral of patients to other specialties.
- Necessary investigation e.g. blood samples for cross match, emergency x-ray etc.
- Appropriate transfer of patients, either:
- Admission to inpatient facilities
- Discharge with suitable follow up at the hospital
- Discharge to General Practitioner
- Discharge with no follow-up
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCS/FRCS or equivalent
- BLS
- ATLS
- Full GMC registration
- AO course or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Awards/distinctions whilst studying for 1st degree
- Academic and extracurricular achievements
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum basic surgical training – 24 months (non-UK doctors must demonstrate 24 months of equivalent training with supervision and assessment)
- At least 6 months experience in T&O surgery at Middle Grade level or equivalent.
- At least 6 months experience in a multi-professional working environment.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of at least one substantive post of 3 months in Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Intensive Care or Cardiothoracic Surgery
- 18 months experience in T&O surgery at middle grade level or equivalent
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 Akshay Malhotra
- Job title
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 715444
- Additional information
Mr Akshay Malhotra or Mr Anuj Jaiswal, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons - via Hospital Switchboard (01782 715444)
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
2nd Floor, Springfield Building
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
- Telephone
- 01782 674956
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