Job description

This post is a for a 6 month fixed term contract from February 22 until August 22.

You will be joining the lower limb and paediatric orthopaedic team, with a full time slot on the general orthopaedic on call rota.

You will be joining a cohesive and progressive team with a strong reputation for clinical excellence. We have an excellent reputation for training and we expect the successful post holders to develop and enhance their skills during their tenure. We are looking for dynamic individuals who have completed their Foundation Programme training and have experience of working in the NHS.

You will be joining a cohesive and progressive team with a strong reputation for clinical excellence. We have an excellent reputation for training and we expect the successful post holders to develop and enhance their skills during their tenure. We are looking for dynamic individuals who have completed core training or equivalent experience, and have experience of working in the NHS.

You will be on the same on-call rota as the training registrars, doing a 1 in 8 working split weekends.

Weekday work will be made up of a combination of fracture and elective clinics and trauma and elective operating lists.

About Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS trust on the English mainland to provide community, mental health and acute hospital services. We work with health and social care partners in Somerset to ensure that we deliver outstanding services that meet the needs of our population.

Our trust was formed on 1 April 2020 when Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust merged. We provide community and mental health services across the whole of Somerset and acute hospital services in the north, west and centre of the county and beyond.

We are privileged to work with over 9,000 colleagues who deliver or support our patient services. From therapists to nurses, doctors, researchers, scientists, porters, cleaners, kitchen staff, accountants, those who teach the next generation of clinicians and the receptionists who welcome our patients, the contribution of all of our colleagues is invaluable.

Working together we provide services from the cradle to the grave. The Trusts general services are commissioned by the local clinical commissioning groups while specialist services such as Vascular Surgery are nationally commissioned.

In addition to providing a wide range of patient services, we also contribute to training the next generation of nurses, doctors and therapists and conduct research that will help to advance clinical practice and treatments in the future. We are proud of the highest GMC score for training in the South West

A 2030 project is underway to develop new state of the art facilities for Maternity, Paediatrics and Neonatal care, Oncology and Emergency services. As detailed below, building is already underway for a new surgical and Critical Care centre encompassing 2 Interventional Radiology compatible theatres and an Acute assessment hub to support care for patients requiring emergency assessment. The Trust sees IR as integral to the development of all acute and complex services.

Surgical and Critical Care Centre

In total the new centre will provide:

• 6 endoscopy rooms, patient recovery and clinical support areas
• 8 state-of-the-art operating theatres (including two interventional radiology theatres), recovery areas and clinical support.
• 22 critical care beds, all specified for level 2 and 3 critical care patients

About Somerset

Taunton nestles between the Quantocks, the Blackdown Hills and Exmoor, all of which are areas of outstanding natural beauty. This is prime territory for a wealth of outdoor activities including road and mountain biking, hill walking and horse riding. Nearby North and South coasts offer surfing, kiting, sailing and world-class beaches. Culturally there is an abundance of music festivals and local traditions including Europes largest live music event at Glastonbury. Somerset offers you the chance to live near some of the UKs most desirable locations; from the beaches in North Devon and Cornwall, to the cosmopolitan centres of Bristol, Bath and Exeter, whilst also being less than 2 hours from London. The County town of Taunton has diverse shopping, restaurants, and regularly hosts international music and sporting fixtures including the recent Cricket World Cup

The South West of England is a highly desirable place to live. Compared to other regions, house prices in the area are quite reasonable. Rural properties in many of the pretty villages in South Somerset are within easy commute to the hospital. Many properties have land or large gardens attached.

If you have family commitments, or are looking to settle down, Somerset offers some of the best state and independent schools in the country. Institutions such as Millfield, Queens College, Taunton School, Kings College, Wellington and Blundells, to award winning state schools such as The Castle school in Taunton,(ranking in the top 5% nationally), and Richard Huish College which has been ranked in the top 10 of A-level providers nationally for the last eight years. .

With a great educational offering, and abundance of open countryside, we think there's nowhere better.