Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Hand & Wrist Surgery

Job summary
Applications are sought from enthusiastic candidates to join a high-quality hand & wrist service at MFT.

This post is suitable for a senior orthopaedic surgeon with special interest in hand & wrist surgery, to join the hand surgery team at MFT (predominantly MRI/TGH). This post will offer hand subspecialty training with a view to developing independent, remote-supervised practice such as hand & wrist trauma operating lists and clinics and local anaesthetic elective lists. This may include operating sessions at other MFT sites. This post offers an opportunity to progress through payscale commensurate with experience. Support will be offered for specialist register portfolio pathway as required.

The post holder will help to deliver a comprehensive hand & wrist service, with focus on both complex elective and trauma surgery in ambulatory and polytrauma patients. There will also be opportunity for engagement with research.

This full-time position is currently available for a period of 12 months. It is based mainly at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Trafford General Hospital sites (T&O), with opportunity for further cross-site engagement to support the MFT-wide ortho-plastic single hand service.

Main duties of the job

• Hand & Wrist Fracture Clinics- MRI & Trafford.
• Hand Trauma Operating Lists- MRI/Trafford/Withington.
• Hand Elective Clinics- Trafford.
• Hand Elective Operating Lists- Trafford & Altrincham (tbc),
• General Orthopaedic Trauma oncall (full shift, MRI).
• Orthopaedic Weekly Hand MDT Meeting,
• Orthopaedic Trauma Meetings and Ward Rounds.

About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities
This full-time position with general orthopaedic on call commitments (full shift pattern) is currently available for an initial period of 12 months, extension subject to satisfactory progress, review and appraisal.

It is based mainly at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Trafford General Hospital sites (T&O), with opportunity for cross-site engagement to support the MFT-wide ortho-plastic single hand service. The post-holder will work as part of a structured clinical programme. Clinical experience of hand & wrist surgery, with ample opportunities for research and personal development will be available. Study leave will be supported at the discretion of supervising Consultants in conjunction with the Directorate management team.

The postholder will work as a part of the Hand Team at MRI & TGH sites, with aspects of care delivered at other MFT sites. They will be clinically supervised by Mr Mayank Vashishtha and Mrs Sally Kerr, with the opportunity to undertake independent clinics and operating lists if the appropriate competencies are met. Supporting activities will include mandatory training, clinical governance, audit, teaching, research meetings, MDTs and admin/management. These will be programmed in agreement with the Clinical Director. This will include participating in and coordinating the weekly Hand Radiology MDT.

DCC to consist of the following:

• Hand & Wrist Fracture Clinics- MRI & Trafford.
• Hand Trauma Operating Lists- MRI/Trafford/Withington.
• Hand Elective Clinics- Trafford.
• Hand Elective Operating Lists- Trafford & Altrincham (tbc),
• General Orthopaedic Trauma oncall (full shift, MRI).
• Orthopaedic Weekly Hand MDT Meeting,
• Orthopaedic Trauma Meetings and Ward Rounds.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.