Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon

at  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

This is a new and exciting post for a locum consultant with a special interest in General Trauma and Emergency Foot and Ankle Surgery/Acute Diabetic foot service to joint a team of 14 Orthopaedic Surgeons that delivery the service to 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 new post for a Locum Consultant with a special interest in general trauma. There will be the opportunity for the successful candidate to further develop the service and deliver care for our Non Ambulatory Fragility Fracture patients (NAFF) and also to work alongside the Care of The Elderly Team. The successful candidate will also work with the acute diabetic foot team and develop and delivery foot and ankle ambulatory trauma provision.
There will be scope to develop sub-speciality interests as part of the collaborative approach to working as University Hospital Tees.
This post is fixed term for 12 months

Please refer the Job description for details