Job summary
Employer heading
Orthopaedic Education Fellow
MN37
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
The Imperial Orthopaedic Education Fellowship is aimed at a junior registrar who is post-MRCS and wants to gain experience at registrar-level in Trauma & Orthopaedics. Senior SHOs who just missed out on a ST3 national training number this year will also be considered. It offers an opportunity to develop an interest in teaching whilst broadening clinical and research experience.
The post will be based at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust where 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. The successful candidate will also gain exposure to elective orthopaedics at the regional Major Revision Centre at Charing Cross Hospital.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination, organisation and delivery of the postgraduate T&O teaching programme at FY, CT and SpR level.
As part of their professional development, the successful applicant will have the opportunity to be enrolled on the University of Bath’s “MSc in Football Medicine in association with FIFA”. This is a part-time distance-learning course beginning in September 2024 and spread over three years. Enrolment will be within the tenure of the Education Fellowship (autumn 2024) but the completion of the MSc is not expected within the year. The course fees for the first year will be paid for by the T&O department.
The post is available from early August 2024 and is for 12 months.
Main duties of the job
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Duties and responsibilities:
- 6 clinical sessions per week (upper limb trauma, lower limb recon / sports / paediatric)
- outpatient clinics, inpatient cover and trauma / elective operating lists
- operating lists include both 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
- 4 protected, ring-fenced, non-clinical sessions per week. This includes:
- Organising departmental teaching of FY, SHO and SpRs
- Running the annual Imperial FRCS revision course
- MSc in Football Medicine in association with FIFA (optional)
Minimum entry requirements:
- MRCS or equivalent
- Completion of Core Surgical Training or equivalent
- Qualified medical doctor with full unrestricted registration with the General Medical Council
- Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Surgery degree
- Candidates are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements
- 6 clinical sessions per week (upper limb trauma, lower limb recon / sports / paediatric)
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
This post is targeted at junior registrars seeking to develop their experience in T&O, particularly in major trauma, as well as gaining invaluable portfolio experience in surgical education as well as gaining a higher degree. They will be expected to be on-call for T&O for the Major Trauma Centre, sharing the rota with ~15 other registrars. Responsibilities include attending trauma calls; leading the oncall management of patients, running MDTs, as well as attending fracture and elective clinics. They are expected to have passed the MRCS and have completed Core Surgical Training (or equivalent) as a minimum. Due to the clinical and education commitments, this post is designed for applicants with a background and interest in Trauma & Orthopaedics, not for Sports and Exercise Medicine.
The post is across-site (SMH/CXH/HH) but the on-call commitment is shift-based at St Mary’s on a 1 in 16-18 rota. The job banding is 1B with London allowance.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Surgery degree
- GMC registration with license to practice by commencement of the post
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree
Higher Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completion of CST or equivalent
- MRCS or equivalent
Relevant experience in specialty/Sub specialty
Essential criteria
- Experience or aptitude for clinical activity appropriate to job description
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in T&O in a Major Trauma Centre
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Appropriate to job description
Teaching & Training
Essential criteria
- Exposure to teaching medical students and junior colleagues
Desirable criteria
- Prior involvement in or completion of audit projects
Audit
Essential criteria
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
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
Desirable criteria
- IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components
- The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 62 with no less than 59 in any element
- TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Lily Li
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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