Job summary
- Main area
- Orthopaedics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3 +)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (until 30-Sep-2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Resident OoH rota)
- Job ref
- 190-STH-25-013
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £61,825 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
LAS ST3+ Specialty Registrar in Orthopaedics
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3 +)
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The appointment is to commence on 2rd April 2025 for a fixed term period until 30th September 2025 working within the Trauma and Orthopaedic unit, MRCS and MBChB or equivalent are essential. The post does not award a National Training Number. Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required. The duties of this post are equivalent to ST3 level or above.
Main duties of the job
This post is ideal for those candidates wishing to pursue a career in orthopaedic Surgery. There is opportunity within this large and prestigious unit to expand on clinical, operative, educational and academic skills. You will be supported by an enthusiastic and encouraging consultant body, becoming competitive for recruitment to higher surgical training programs.
The successful applicant will be expected to work at a minimum of ST3 level, they will receive a wide exposure to trauma and orthopaedic surgery on a daily basis building operative and clinical skills. The department has a consultant of the week model with a daily consultant ward round which reviews all of the trauma patients within the unit, with subspecialty teams reviewing their own elective patients. They will be required to attend fracture and orthopaedic clinics to expand their learning and will be allocated a clinical supervisor. Regular trauma meetings are undertaken daily, 7 days a week at 8.00am. The successful candidate will be part of a subspecialist unit undertaking trauma on the Northern General Hospital and elective practice at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
Working for our organisation
PROUD VALUES
These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.
Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do
Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair and value diversity
Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve
Unity – Work in partnership with others
Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions
For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The duties of this post are equivalent to a Specialty Trainee ST3+ and full details are listed in the Job Description document.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GMC with a licence to practise
- Basic Medical Degree
- MRCS (or equivalent)
- Advanced Life Support (valid certificate of training)
Clinical experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working on an on-call rota in a Major Trauma Centre
- NHS Experience (Excluding Clinical Attachment)
- Successful completion of Core Surgical Training or equivalent
Continuous Professional Develo
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
- Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values
- The applicant must demonstrate skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC’ good medical practice (2013).
Clinical governance and audit
Essential criteria
- Committed to and understands the principles of clinical governance – evidence of participation in audit or service improvement
Desirable criteria
- Completion of at least one closed loop audit
Research
Essential criteria
- Interest and experience in research techniques
Desirable criteria
- Publications in Peer reviewed journals. Presentations
Teaching and Training
Essential criteria
- Interest in training clinical and surgical skills
Desirable criteria
- Formal teaching qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Brewer
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Medical HR Department
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
8 Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2SB
- Telephone
- 0114 2712757
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