Consultant in T&O Spinal Surgery

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Trauma and Orthopaedic service comprises of 29 other Orthopaedic Consultants, with sub-specialties: Upper Limb, Foot and Ankle, Spine and Hip and Knee. With a further nine Associate Specialists and Specialty Doctors.
The appointee will work closely with the other five established Orthopaedic Spine Surgeons and the wider Orthopaedic team to support both elective and emergency spinal surgery.
We are a part of the regional spinal network of providers, linking with the complex spinal surgery unit at North Bristol Trust. The current spinal team are committed to the recent GIRFT spine report. The applicant will be expected to participate in the general orthopaedic on call rota.
In addition, the successful appointee will provide key input into the development of GHFT’s plan to develop spinal services, with new day case spinal lists being ran out of Cheltenham General Hospital from March 2024.
This is a full-time post. However, any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.
We wish to appoint new Consultant colleague to join our expanding Spinal Surgery service at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT). This is a post to augment our current service with a view to starting immediately. The appointee will complement and develop the spinal surgery service, including the recent opening of spinal lists at the newly commissioned Cheltenham General Hospital Day Case Theatres. The post holder will work at both Gloucester Royal Hospital and at Cheltenham General Hospital to provide services across the county.
This is a full-time post, with a 10 PA job plan (negotiable to 12 PAs).
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.
Core to this post is working in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.
So integral to the responsibilities of our posts are the following objectives:
To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Division’s services plans
To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust
Clinical responsibilities
We expect the post-holder to develop and lead a robust service in order to provide high quality care to frail older patients in a timely manner:
To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged within the specialty
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirement and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Division’s service plans
To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust
Specific aims of the post:The appointment of the post has three main aims:
To join a team that provides comprehensive consultant-based patient-centred management
To participate in the Trauma Surgery on-call rota at Gloucester Royal Hospital
To strengthen and develop the spinal servic

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