Senior Fellow in Foot & Ankle Trauma Surgery

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to advertise a post-CCT Senior Fellow in Foot & Ankle Trauma Surgery post based at the North West London Major Trauma Centre at St Mary’s Hospital. We are the largest NHS trust in England, and together with Imperial College London we are one of the UK’s first academic health science centres (AHSCs). Our five hospitals offer major advances in patient care, clinical teaching, and scientific invention and innovation. The post holder will have the opportunity to learn techniques of complex trauma management at one of the busiest Major Trauma Centres in the UK. As part of the role the successful candidate will exposure to elective orthopaedics at Charing Cross Hospital.
Our fellowships prioritise professional development, surgical autonomy and the ability to teach others . F ellows are expected to leave the programme being confident in their own abilities and equipped to help train others. Fellows are given dedicated time to and are expected to contribute to the research opportunities on offer.
The Fellow will divide his/her time between outpatient clinics, inpatient cover and trauma / elective operating lists. Operating lists include both independent and supervised trauma theatre cover at St Mary’s and elective lists at Charing Cross. There will be a degree of flexibility to accommodate the successful candidate’s preferences and interests.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
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We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Post-FRCS Fellow in F&A
Trauma and elective fellowship in Trauma and Orthopaedics at post FRCS (Orth)middle grade level, with the aim of gaining experience in Foot & Ankle surgery, especially trauma.
This post is targeted at Fellows seeking to fine-tune their operative and clinical skills whilst obtaining major trauma experience at St Mary’s Hospital. There are weekly dedicated trauma lists and regular elective surgery lists. The post is across-site (SMH/CXH/HH) but the on-call commitment is off-site for Charing Cross Hospital with the other senior fellows (plus senior cover for St Mary’s if an ST3 is on call or in cases where emergency cover is required). Approximately every 5 months you will also have an SpR of the week on-call commitment at St Mary’s. The job banding is 1B with London allowance

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