LAS - Specialty Registrar

You will attend your consultants' elective theatre lists and clinics. You will also be rostered for fracture clinics and regular trauma lists. Depending on your team allocation, you may be expected to travel between hospital sites to attend peripheral clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Newbury, Bracknell Healthspace or Townlands Hospital, Henley, You will attend your consultants elective theatre lists and clinics. You will also be rostered for fracture clinics and regular trauma lists. Depending on your team allocation, you may be expected to travel between hospital sites to attend peripheral clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Newbury, Bracknell Healthspace or Townlands Hospital, Henley Job description, You will attend your consultants elective theatre lists and clinics. You will also be rostered for fracture clinics and regular trauma lists. Depending on your team allocation, you may be expected to travel between hospital sites to attend peripheral clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Newbury, Bracknell Healthspace or Townlands Hospital, Henley Person Specification Professional Qualifications Essential

• Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practice.
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Expected to have gained MRCS
  
  You will be working on a level equivalent to a Trust Specialty Registrar. You will be an integral part of a team and will be working for a consultant., Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practiceCapacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need
• Demonstrates appropriate technical competence & evidence of development of excellent diagnostic skills & judgement?validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
Desirable
• Attendance at relevant courses, e.g., ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCrISP or equivalent, Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management & evidence-based practice
• Understanding of research basic research principles, methodology & ethics, with potential to contribute to research
• Evidence of contributing to teaching & learning of others
Desirable
• Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements.
• Evidence of active participation in audit
• Evidence of participation in risk management and/or clinical/laboratory research, Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice
• Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1 competences in this specialty by time of appointment
• At least 12 months' experience in Surgical Specialties (not including Foundation modules) by time of appointment
• Must have worked in an NHS hospital for a minimum of 12 months at CT3 level or above., All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English.
• Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English or: have achieved the following scores in the academic international English Language Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application.
• If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence
Career Progression Essential
• Ability to provide a complete employment history
• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
• Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
Probity Essential
• Takes responsibility for own actions, demonstrates respect for the rights of all
• Demonstrates awareness of ethical principles, safety, confidentiality & consent
• Aware of importance of being the patients' advocate, clinical governance & responsibilities of an NHS employee, Shows realistic insight into surgery (& subspecialty if appropriate) and the demands of a surgical lifestyle
• Demonstrates knowledge of training programme & commitment to own development
• Shows critical & enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
• Commitment to self-directed learning & reflective/analytical approach to Practice, Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practice.
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Expected to have gained MRCS
Clinical Skills Essential
• Full registration with the GMC with a current licence to practiceCapacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need
• Demonstrates appropriate technical competence & evidence of development of excellent diagnostic skills & judgement?validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
Desirable
• Attendance at relevant courses, e.g., ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCrISP or equivalent
  
  The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. The Ophthalmic service has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for over 1,000,000 patients across Berkshire. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer and may form the central hospital for one of the country's new medical schools.
The Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, is situated at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, with some clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Bracknell Healthspace and Townlands Hospital. The Department provides the Trauma Service for a catchment area with a population of 500,000. Accordingly, about half the work of the department is trauma surgery. This Department has at present 97 beds for inpatients. There is a ring fenced ward for elective orthopaedic surgery. There are close links with the Department of Rheumatology and three consultant Orthogeriatricians. A PACS radiology system has been in place since 2002.