Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Locum Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 11 sessions per week (on call)
- Job ref
- 249-8032645
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per anumn
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/06/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Locum Foot & Ankle Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
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Job overview
This role is within the department of Trauma & Orthopaedics at GWH. The appointed candidate(s) will join an existing team of seventeen consultant medical staff. On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly team and will help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service that we provide to our patients. As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to participate in the delivery of training and supervision to our junior colleagues. As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trusts Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.
The Trust is a recognised Trauma Unit and is part of 2 Trauma Networks (Severn & Thames Valley) and enjoys excellent working relations with both MTC’s. GWH also is part of, and contributes to, the regional spinal on-call for Thames Valley. The department is a fairly sub-specialised group as detailed below. You must maintain a general trauma skillset and undertake occasional trauma lists. You may be required to participate in SAFER ward rounds as part of ‘Consultant of the Week’ and independently run face to face new patient and follow-up clinics.
Main duties of the job
The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.
Clinical Duties:
· Multidisciplinary team working is a key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular Foot and Ankle MDT discussions with colleagues along with supporting the clinical diabetic foot co-ordinator in delivering their role.
· Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
· Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support)
· Development of sub-specialty interests that fit in with Division needs and the strategic direction of the Trust such as elective forefoot and diabetic work.
· Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
· Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’/Diabetic co-ordinators’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
· Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
· Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
· There is the likelihood of on-call commitments, This will be confirmed during period of employment subject to departmental needs.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Management and Leadership Responsibilities:
All staff in each Division are managerially accountable through their Lead Clinician to the Associate Medical Director, who has overall responsibility for the services within the Division. Consultants are key members of the Division and are accountable and responsible for leading changes to service that will improve the patient experience.
· To support the Clinical Lead in policy and strategy development as a senior member of the Division Management Team.
· To contribute to the leadership and development of Services under the direction of the Clinical Lead and Associate Medical Director and in line with the Trust’s business plans.
· The post holder will ensure effective communication and involvement of staff across the Division including support to the Divisional Director to achieve their objectives.
· Work in partnership with colleagues in other Divisions within the Trust.
· As part of the Division Management Team, assist in the cost-effective utilisation of resources, including pay and non-pay items such as equipment and drugs, within budgets.
· Work within the Trust’s framework for Clinical Governance and Risk, including the development of clinical policies and adherence to standing orders, standing financial instructions and financial procedures.
· Undertake direct supervision of junior colleagues/AHPs and participate in departmental/trust wide teaching programmes.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fully Registered with the GMC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
- Expertise in full range of Trauma & Orthopaedic conditions
- Sub-speciality interest in all aspects of foot and ankle surgery with ideally a recognised completed foot and ankle fellowship & experience in diabetic foot and ankle surgery.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- John Grice
- Job title
- Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01793 604901
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