Consultant Surgeon in Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedics

The Paediatric Orthopaedic Department provides a secondary service, together with a busy tertiary service which forms a large proportion of our workload. We have specialists in neuromuscular disorders, adolescent hip problems, limb deformity correction, upper limb problems and paediatric foot deformities. We arethe busiest PaediatricMajor Trauma Centre in the UK. There are a variety of MDT's with other hospital specialities and specialist teams. There are several excellent opportunities for the successful applicant to contribute to and develop services at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital., The post holder is expected to:

• Cover the provision of comprehensive and efficient secondary and tertiary paediatric orthopaedic and trauma surgery services. This is likely to include providing an outreach service to a designated district general hospital. There will be an on-call commitment shared, proportionally, with the other consultants in the department for provision of acute trauma and orthopaedic surgical services.
• Provide evidence-based care for all inpatients and outpatients.
• Have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out in the NHS Plan, Your Guide to the NHS, and purchaser agreements.
• Participate fully in the management of the Department and to liaise closely with the Lead Clinician, General Manager and Clinical Lead.
• The post holder may be required to carry out other duties in emergencies and unforeseen circumstances and to cover, proportionally, for colleague's annual, study and sick leave.
• The duties outlined are not definite and may be changed in accordance with needs of the service requiring the post holder to be cooperative and flexible.
  
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