LOCUM CONSULTANT IN TRAUMA AND ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY (HIP)

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Exeter Hip Unit

Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre

ROYAL DEVON & EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

CONSULTANT IN TRAUMA AND ORTHOPAEDICS

SPECIALISING IN HIP SURGERY

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Hip surgery. The applicant should be trained in general orthopaedics and traumatology and should have significant experience and fellowship training in hip arthroplasty surgery, and an interest in lower limb trauma. The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to develop their skills and interest in the field of hip arthroplasty surgery and will have the opportunity to lead the team’s responsibility for specialist hip trauma, and in innovate elective practice. The appointee will join a friendly, supportive team specialising in hip surgery.

The Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre at the RD&E has a long history of orthopaedic innovation and excellence. It is an academic department with significant subspecialty expertise and it has strong links with the University of Exeter and its Medical School. The present opportunity arises as result of the Devon Accelerator programme, which aims to restore and enhance elective care in the region post COVID-19. This work includes development of the Nightingale Hospital Exeter for elective work, and it is envisaged that this will be the first stage of a project that will result in a dedicated, protected elective orthopaedic facility.

This post is being offered as the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust continue to develop our long standing partnership with a view to becoming a single integrated organisation across Eastern and Northern Devon. Working together gives us the opportunity to offer unique and varied careers across our services combining the RD&E’s track record of excellence in research, teaching and links to the university with NDHT’s innovation and adaptability.

The Exeter Hip Team has an excellent reputation locally, nationally and internationally for the high standards of its clinical work, for teaching and for quality research. Results from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales consistently demonstrate that the Exeter Hip Unit is a positive outlier for revision rates and patient reported outcomes. The Team manages a wide range of hip conditions including young adult hip problems, sports injuries, early and advanced osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, revision surgery and complex lower limb trauma and infection.

The current team includes four consultants, one associate specialist, three senior fellows, one specialist registrar, one extended scope physiotherapist and one surgical care practitioner.

The Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust is a Teaching Hospital based in the historic cathedral city of Exeter in the heart of the South West of England. As such it enjoys a wealth of sporting and cultural resources along with access to the many beaches of Devon and Cornwall and the open moorland of Exmoor and Dartmoor. Situated as it is on the motorway network, Exeter enjoys excellent travel links with the rest of the United Kingdom, Exeter is two hours from London by train and has a major regional airport.

Informal enquiries would be welcomed by Mr Matthew Wilson, Consultant Surgeon, on (01392) 406132 and Mr Jonathan Howell, Consultant Surgeon on (01392) 406132.

To apply, you must submit a completed application form which should be submitted online on NHS Jobs; you should also submit a copy of your full CV by the closing date by email to rebecca.barnard2@nhs.net

We are committed to Equal Opportunity for all and encourage flexible working arrangements including job sharing. The Trust is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and so we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. The Trust expects all staff to behave in a way which recognises and respects the diversity in line with the appropriate standards.

In submitting an application form you authorise the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority Transfer process, should you be appointed to the post.

The Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust will contact previous employers to confirm employment history to cover a period of at least 3 years.

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The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) are planning to formally join together in April 2022; subject to the necessary approvals from our Board, Governors and regulatory authorities. Over the last few years we have made good progress by working more closely together to tackle our shared challenges. However, both organisations believe that combining our strengths into a single organisation will put us in a stronger position to offer high quality, resilient services to the people of Devon now and in the future.Further information regarding the proposed NDHT and RD&E integration is available on each of the Trust websites.

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