Consultant Orthopaedic - Lower limb - NHS - ref. f97126423
Job overview
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon -Interest in soft tissue knee
Frimley Health Trust - Wexham Park Hospital
We are seeking to appoint a Lower Limb Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in soft tissue knee
This post will be based at Wexham Park Hospital- Slough with cross site work to Heatherwood Hospital
- Ascot - Elective Centre
- GIRFT accredited.
The post is full-time with 10PAs, including participation in the on call rota at Wexham Park hospital.
Proposed start date June 2025
For further details please contact the following
Mr Rakesh Kucheria – Orthopaedic Consultant – Lower Limb Arthroplasty – Elective Lead.
[email protected]
Mr Adam Pandit – Orthopaedic Consultant – Deputy Chief of Service
[email protected]
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to offer a broad general trauma service on the on call rota for Wexham Park hospital.
The new appointee will be required to actively participate in Clinical Audit, the Unit’s Academic and Research programme, and the successful candidate will also be required to actively contribute to the management of the Department. Admin support is available at Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals and new consultants can take advantage of the Trust’s mentoring scheme.The appointment will be subject to the terms and conditions of the new Consultant Contract (2003).
The job plan will be made up of 10 PAs, which includes an on-call commitment:
Supporting Professional activities (SPA) 1.5 PA
Direct Clinical Care (including on-call) 8.5 PA
With 1:10 on call
The Job Plan will be initially flexible to allow for the workload demands of the Department. DCC activity will include trauma operating and fracture clinic sessions at Wexham Park hospital and elective operating sessions at Heatherwood hospital.Elective clinic sessions are possible at both sites, as well as at the Trust’s satellite sites. The Deputy Chief of Service reviews individual consultant job plans annually and accordingly there will be scope for evolution and change, including more regular timetabled sessions.
There is a full consultant appraisal scheme in place.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job plan will be made up of 10 PAs, which includes an on-call commitment:
Supporting Professional activities (SPA) 1.5 PA
Direct Clinical Care (including on-call) 8.5 PA
With 1:10 on call
The Job Plan will be initially flexible to allow for the workload demands of the Department. DCC activity will include trauma operating and fracture clinic sessions at Wexham Park hospital and elective operating sessions at Heatherwood hospital.Elective clinic sessions are possible at both sites, as well as at the Trust’s satellite sites. The Deputy Chief of Service reviews individual consultant job plans annually and accordingly there will be scope for evolution and change, including more regular timetabled sessions.
There is a full consultant appraisal scheme in place.
The appointee will take part in the Trauma on call rota (excluding hand surgery), which is currently 1 in 10.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- FRCS (Tr&Orth) or its equivalent
- Higher medical degree
Professional Training
Essential criteria- Minimum of 6 years training in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
- GMC specialist register in orthopaedic surgery (or entry within 6 months via CCT)
- To have completed a recognized fellowship in soft tissue knee surgery
- Trauma Fellowship
Experience
Essential criteria- Broad experience in general trauma & orthopaedic surgery
- Competence in all aspects of hip and knee surgery and Level 2 trauma
- Previous consultant experience
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.