Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Job Summary

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow for Trauma and Orthopaedics (T&O) department. This is an opportunity to join a busy, dynamic multidisciplinary team to help us improve the trauma and orthopaedics service that we provide to our population. This is initially a 1 year fixed term post. The successful candidate will be participating in ward rounds, outpatient clinics and assisting in elective and trauma theatres. There will also be opportunities to teach and support more junior staff in the department. The Senior Clinical Fellow is a key role within T&O as they are responsible for fast tracking patients through their diagnosis, initiating investigations, and providing initial management & treatment plans for patients presenting with orthopaedic issues.

The post holder will also triage T&O patients and this improves the decision-making in clinic or for admission/further referral management. The postholder will participate in clinical governance programme including appraisal, audit and research projects leading to publications. The successful candidate will also participate in the on-call as part of the rotation. They will have opportunity to get involved in quality improvement projects. We will support the appointee fully in their training and career progression.

Main Duties of the Job

The main duties of the applicant include managing and treating T&O patients under consultant supervision, leading and supporting other junior doctors. They will report to a named supervising consultant and will be expected to work as a part of a team and provide support to all staff within the team. The post offers an excellent opportunity to consolidate and build on existing operative and clinical skills in T&O and the ideal candidate will be able to undertake research and develop their leadership skills with support of the T&O team.

The Orthopaedic Department has centralised all Trauma Services at Queens Hospital in Romford, with Inpatient Elective activity being undertaken at King Georges Hospital in Goodmayes, with hospital-provided transportation available between sites. We are currently working with our external partners to ensure a streamlined pathway from referral to treatment thus ensuring achievement of the 18-week RTT target. We have a fully-fledged virtual fracture clinic service since December 2019 to enable a more robust triage service and reducing the amount of unnecessary face-to-face appointments in fracture clinics, that patients are asked to attend following their A&E/UCC attendance. This is coupled with a more intuitive system of referring patients directly to the correct sub-specialty clinic for further treatment under the most relevant consultant.

Person Specification

Essential

• MBBS/MRCS and GMC Registration
• Excellent highly developed written and verbal skills with all grades of staff and patients
• Good leadership and organisational skills

Desirable

• Higher Degree
• Experience of managing emergency surgical patients
• Ability to motivate and develop junior medical staff and ability to use own initiative

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Employer Name: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Queen's Hospital, Romford, RM7 0AG

Employer's Website: https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/