Job overview

Barts Health is the largest NHS Trust in the UK and home to one of the busiest Major Trauma Centres in Europe at the Royal London. 

This is a 1 year rotational post within the Orthopaedic Network across Barts Health with a minimum 6 months across The Royal London Hospital (RLH) and Newham University Hospital (NUH), and a minimum 6 months at Whipps Cross Hospital (WCH).

This unique opportunity offers exposure to the major trauma service, including complex adult and paediatric trauma, as well as the busy fragility fracture service, with exposure to large volumes of hip fractures. This role is designed to support those looking to progress to higher surgical training programmes in Trauma & Orthopaedics.

The Royal London is one of Europe’s busiest trauma centres. For high-energy trauma, we treat the most severely injured patients (ISS 15+) of any hospital in the UK.  The range and breadth of experience gained working in this environment is unrivalled across the capital and the country.

Newham University Hospital (NUH) is home to Barts Health Orthopaedic Centre (BHOC) for elective care with 4 orthopaedic theatres, inpatient and day case wards. It is also a district general hospital which includes orthopaedic on-call.

Whipps Cross Hospital is the specialist Fragility Fracture Service at Bart’s Health and a busy district general hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Contribution to emergency orthopaedic and trauma 'on call' service. You will liaise and work with the registrar on-call to clerk, admit patients from A&E, and take referrals from GP’s. Attendance at trauma calls. You will have support and supervision from the on-call Registrar and the on-call Consultant.

• On-calls will be both day shifts from 8am to 8.30pm and night shifts from 8pm to 9am.  This system is European Working Time Directive compliant.

• Continuous care of orthopaedic in-patients. The post holder must work flexibly with your colleagues and share the workload.  This includes cross covering for colleagues who are on nights, zero hour days or on leave.

• Participation in ward activities and regular ward rounds with the appropriate Consultant. It is expected that the post holder will attend the elective out patient clinics, fracture clinics and theatre session whenever possible and training days are included in the rota for this activity to be supernumerary and protected.

• All SHO’s at RLH are expected to attend daily trauma meeting at 8 am; this is an interactive meeting and an informal teaching opportunity. SHOs are expected to be to fully informed about patients that they have seen and assessed whilst on call.

• As part of continuing medical education and training required for revalidation and career progression the post holder is expected to attend orthopaedic teaching sessions which take place on a regular basis.  

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.