Locum Consultant T&O Surgeon with a Special Interest in Foot & Ankle

The Trust wishes to appoint a 6 month locum full time Orthopaedic consultant with a special interest in Foot and Ankle surgery. The appointee will join the present consultants, providing elective and trauma services. The Humber Health Partnership provides services to the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and acts as a tertiary referral centre for complex cases such as foot and ankle, spine, paediatrics, non-unions and pelvic injuries. The Department seeks to attract consultants with a specialist interest in Foot and Ankle Surgery. This is a full time post with a basic job plan of 10Pas with the option to increase to 12PAs The successful candidate would join the current on call rota of 1:7 and would contribute to the weekday office hour's trauma clinics and trauma theatre. Some of these cases are tertiary referrals from neighbouring NHS trust hospitals. The successful candidate would join one other surgeon who currently undertakes Foot and Ankle Surgery at the Scunthorpe General hospital site. Administration Support An operational management team comprising of Senior General Manager, General Manager and Senior Service manager work closely with the department to support in effective delivery of services.

As a senior employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality health care to the trusts patients. Integral to the responsibilities of the posts are the following requirements - To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service. To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the speciality. To undertake all work in accordance with the trusts procedures and operating policies. To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the trusts and business units services plans.