Job overview

We are seeking to recruit 2 x Specialty Doctor in Trauma & Orthopaedics within the Surgical Directorate on a FTC of 3 months.

We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated Specialty Doctors to join our Trauma and Orthopaedics Team that will rotate across the departments of upper limb surgery, lower limb primary and revision arthroplasty, knee and soft tissue knee surgery, hand surgery and foot and ankle surgery.

**Applicants must have significant NHS experience **

**previous applicants need not apply **

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to participate fully in the provision of Trauma and Orthopaedics services to the Hospital. There will be an expectation for successful candidate to work on a rotation within the Orthopaedic department.

The typical job plan would include on call 1:8 for Orthopaedics and Trauma, Elective orthopaedic clinics x2, Fracture clinic x1, Elective theatre list x2 and Trauma list x0.5, with 1.5 as SPA and 0.5 PA as Admin time. An opportunity exists for successful applicants to engage in additional sessions above 10PA’s to a max 12PA and there is opportunity to attend more theatre sessions if the candidate is interested. 

Main duties will include but not exhaustive to:-

• Be in elective theatres with a named Consultant.
• See the patients pre op along with the Consultant, in the respective wards, and ensure all the checks are done preoperatively.
• When on call you will need to attend the morning trauma meeting and be present in the post take ward rounds. 
• Deputise from time to time for absent colleagues.
• You may be required to do peripheral clinics in the nearby town of Skipton.
• You are expected to be their first point of contact for advice. Supervising junior doctors in their daily work will be your responsibility.

Working for our organisation

Airedale is ambitious about its future and has already established an excellent reputation for innovative developments for example providing telemedicine to a number of prisons and nursing homes. We fully recognise the range and diversity of the increasing demands, expectations and challenges over the next few years, that requires a significant shift in emphasis away from episodic care to population based health, with partners coming together to meet our local population's health and social care needs.

Like all NHS organisations, we face a challenging future and we need to be nimble and proactive in responding to the NHS Long Term Plan and the significant changes facing the NHS in line with the white paper. At all times we will maintain our focus and uncompromising approach to high quality and safe services for the population of Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven.

We are also delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.