Job overview Applicants are sought for a 6 month locum full time Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in Foot and Ankle Surgery.

The post would involve working at Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital and potentially East Riding Community Hospital and Goole Hospital.

The basic job plan would consist of 10Pas with the option to increase to 12 PAs.

The job plan would consist of elective clinics and elective theatre sessions.

There would be no on call commitment.

Main duties of the job The successful candidate will work directly for the foot and ankle orthopaedic department with no on call commitments.  

Duties other than those clinical duties specified will be in accordance with the Job Plan agreed between the Appointee, the present Consultants and the Chief Executive. The Job Plan allows time for Administration, also for Teaching as required, within SPA Participation in audit/appraisal and CME is mandatory under clinical governance/GMC guidance. This is allowed for in the flexible SPA element of the job.

Secretarial support and appropriate office accommodation and IT facilities will be provided.

Working for your organisation Hull University Teaching Hospitals is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name Mr Thomas Symes Job title Clinical Director & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Email address tom.symes2@nhs.net Telephone number 01482 622304