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Job overview

We are pleased to invite applications for Consultant posts in Orthogeriatric Medicine. The posts will support activity within the Complex Health Department, within the Medicine and Outpatients Division, across Wythenshawe Hospital and Trafford General Hospital.

There will be opportunities to work across other variety of workstreams dependent on individual preferences as well as opportunities to work part time depending on individual circumstances. 

Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration - MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for candidates who are offered permanent vacancies.

Main duties of the job

Complex Health is one of the directorates within the Division of Medicine & Outpatient alongside Outpatients and Medical Specialties.  Complex Health as a directorate encompasses Geriatric Medicine, Stroke Medicine and Palliative Medicine.

It works across all four hospitals within the WTWA site and there is opportunity to work at each of these. Wythenshawe Hospital is a large teaching hospital with specific separate takes in Respiratory, Cardiology and a GI bleed rota. Trafford Hospital is a district General Hospital which serves its local population with a focus on orthopaedics, rehabilitation and frailty.

The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the general medical on call rota. See job description for more detail.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating the most exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’re proud to be one of the major academic research centres and education providers in England and Research and Innovation is the heart of all we do, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We’re also excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable and tackling climate change.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Join us and you’ll work with some of the best people in the NHS, thriving in a Trust united in its values, purpose and commitment to our patients and a drive for continual innovation and improvement.