Specialty Doctor in Trauma and Orthopaedics

NHS Lanarkshire

Specialty Doctor in Trauma & Orthopaedics

University Hospital Wishaw

An opportunity has arisen within NHS Lanarkshire’s Orthopaedic Service for a Specialty Doctor at University Hospital Wishaw.

This post will offer excellent experience in Orthopaedics and the successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the Orthopaedic middle tier Rota (partial shift).

The Orthopaedic services within NHS Lanarkshire have first class facilities, with a pneumatic tube system to transfer patient samples, and all hospitals have a computerised results service within NHS Lanarkshire to provide a comprehensive service to the local community and beyond.

NHS Lanarkshire is constantly reviewing its rotas to maintain New Deal compliance together with the new arrangements as set down by the Scottish Government and Scottish Medical Training (SMT). Rotas therefore, may be subject to change.

NHS Lanarkshire has excellent post-graduate libraries and IT facilities. Active post-graduate educational programmes are in place, including dedicated protected teaching sessions for doctors.

The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis and applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time. If full-time, up to 2 EPA’s may be available to undertake additional clinical activity.

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Informal enquiries should be directed to Mr James Fraser- Moodie on 01698 366612.

For any application queries, please contact Lynn Cliens, HR Assistant 01698 754351 or viamedical.dentalSAS@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interview Date: TBC

‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’

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