Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To provide support and delivery of orthopaedic trauma care for adult and paediatric patients in keeping with the requirements of the Major Trauma service.

2. To provide and support delivery of elective orthopaedic hip services in line with the department’s status as a tertiary referral centre. This may also include a commitment to providing some elective paediatric orthopaedic services.

3. To work alongside the existing orthoplastics team to provide comprehensive integrated care for patients with combined complex orthopaedic and soft tissue injuries. 

4. To be an integral part of the wider trauma team including general, vascular, neuro and cardiothoracic surgical teams.

5. To organise, guide and promote the dialogue and cooperate with any other subspeciality surgeon in the process of decision making and emergency surgery.

6. To be responsible for the day to day management of elective and trauma and limb reconstruction patients on the wards.

7. To contribute to King’s subspecialty training. The consultant will be expected to supervise, govern, cooperate with, instruct, teach doctors at SCF, SpR, JCF, SHO, F1/F2 level in their clinical work and audit activity of the unit. The Department is proactively involved with student teaching and regular student teaching is mandatory for the postholder. 

8. To contribute to the on call rota on a regular basis (weekdays 1:3 and 1:12 weekends (Friday to Sunday). 

9. The post holder is expected to attend relevant MDT meetings. 

10. Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues. 

11. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives. 

12. Responsible for out-patient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed by the Liver, Renal & Surgery Divisional management team. 

13. To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework. 

14. To contribute to the Audit Programme. 

15. To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Division’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies. 

16. To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for surgical services. 

17. To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained. 

18. To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues. 

19. To undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Clinical Director. 

20. To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control. 

21. To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility. 

22. To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.