Job overview

Applications are invited for 2 new posts post of Locum Consultant Major Trauma surgeon. The consultants in the new posts would join the established team of 9 consultant Major Trauma surgeons and 24 specialist Orthopaedic surgeons at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The successful candidates will provide trauma services for Hull, East Yorkshire and the surrounding area and Major Trauma Services for the Humber and North Yorkshire Major Trauma network.

This post will last for 12 months, with a view to converting these to substantive posts at the end of this period.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant would be expected to work within well-established trauma and major trauma services in the trust and participate in the orthopaedic (working 1:16 weeks) and Major Trauma (working 1:12 weeks) on call rotas. The Major Trauma service is Multi-disciplinary team consisting of trauma and orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons and other specialist medical staff. Hull Royal Infirmary is the designated Major Trauma Centre for the Humber and North Yorkshire area, and is where major trauma work is carried out and where you will be primarily based, although some duties may be carried out at the Castle Hill site. You will share the department’s beds and facilities, taking a share of the trauma and orthopaedics workload along with other consultants.

To succeed you must have undergone extensive clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Orthopaedic Surgery, hold your CCT (or entry expected within 12 months), and have the ability to offer expert clinical opinions on a range of problems within the speciality.

Please note, the Trust operates a 7 day working pattern.

Please include in the additional information section of the application form; the name of you current revalidation officer, their contact details and your date of revalidation. 

Working for your organisation

HUTH has two main sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £500 million. The Trust employs around 11,000  staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.

The Trust’s secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.

HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively. 

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name Tom Cowlam Job title Consultant Intensivist Email address tom.cowlam@nhs.net Telephone number 01482 4624542 Additional contact information

Mr T Symes, Orthopaedic Clinical Director Surgery and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, tel: 01482 622304

Mr V Mishra, Foot and ankle Surgeon, Clinical lead Trauma and Orthopaedic, Tel 01482 622395