Consultant Foot & Ankle Surgeon

at  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

This is a replacement post giving the successful candidate the opportunity to provide specialist orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery and contribute to general orthopaedics and trauma care of the population of Teesside and Hartlepool.
The successful candidate will be involved in cross-site working between the University Hospital of Hartlepool, University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton-On-Tees with the scope for a wider network of service delivery in line with the emerging integrated care partnership (ICP) work stream.
The successful candidate will also provide general trauma and orthopaedic services and be involved in the on-call rota with other colleagues, supported by junior medical staff.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
This is a replacement post for a Consultant with a special interest in foot and ankle surgery to join a team of 10 lower limb surgeons to further develop the foot and ankle team. The consultant will join an existing establishment of 20 consultants within the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The post-holder will participate fully in all elements of the Orthopaedic Service, which is organised into the provision of trauma and elective work

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