Senior Fellow in Foot & Ankle Trauma Surgery
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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to advertise a post-CCT Senior Fellow in Foot & Ankle Trauma Surgery post based at the North West London Major Trauma Centre at St Mary's Hospital. We are the largest NHS trust in England, and together with Imperial College London we are one of the UK's first academic health science centres (AHSCs). Our five hospitals offer major advances in patient care, clinical teaching, and scientific invention and innovation. The post holder will have the opportunity to learn techniques of complex trauma management at one of the busiest Major Trauma Centres in the UK. As part of the role the successful candidate will exposure to elective orthopaedics at Charing Cross Hospital.
Our fellowships prioritise professional development, surgical autonomy and the ability to teach others. Fellows are expected to leave the programme being confident in their own abilities and equipped to help train others. Fellows are given dedicated time to and are expected to contribute to the research opportunities on offer.
Main duties of the job
The Fellow will divide his/her time between outpatient clinics, inpatient cover and trauma / elective operating lists. Operating lists include both independent and supervised trauma theatre cover at St Mary's and elective lists at Charing Cross. There will be a degree of flexibility to accommodate the successful candidate's preferences and interests.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Post-FRCS Fellow in F&A
Trauma and elective fellowship in Trauma and Orthopaedics at post FRCS (Orth)middle grade level, with the aim of gaining experience in Foot & Ankle surgery, especially trauma.
This post is targeted at Fellows seeking to fine-tune their operative and clinical skills whilst obtaining major trauma experience at St Mary's Hospital. There are weekly dedicated trauma lists and regular elective surgery lists. The post is across-site (SMH/CXH/HH) but the on-call commitment is off-site for Charing Cross Hospital with the other senior fellows (plus senior cover for St Mary's if an ST3 is on call or in cases where emergency cover is required). Approximately every 5 months you will also have an SpR of the week on-call commitment at St Mary's. The job banding is 1B with London allowance.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC registration with license to practice by commencement of the post
- Post-CCT by the start of the post
Desirable criteria
- FRCS (or equivalent)
Relevant experience in specialty/Sub specialty
Essential criteria
- Experience or aptitude for clinical activity appropriate to job description
Desirable criteria
- Elective F&A fellowship completed
Academic achievements including research/publications
Desirable criteria
- Prior involvement in research at any level
Language
Essential criteria
- Candidates are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements
Audit
Essential criteria
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Prior involvement in or completion of audit projects
Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Appropriate to job description
Teaching & Training
Desirable criteria
- Exposure to teaching medical students and junior colleagues
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 712.5KB)
- Functional Requirements (PDF, 232.6KB)
- Aspire to values (PDF, 132.8KB)
- Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)