Specialty doctor in Trauma & Orthopaedics

The Trust are seeking a substantive specialty doctor to join the Trauma & Orthopaedic team based at Northampton General Hospital. The post holder will undertake 10 Pas and will be on an on-call 1:11 non-resident rota.

The successful candidate will work as part of a wider team delivering high quality Orthopaedic care.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate is responsible to one or more of the Orthopaedic Consultant teams and will rotate between those teams.

The duty rota consists of being on call 1:11.

The exact timetable will be subject to agreement between the hospital and the appointee.

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive trauma & orthopaedic surgery services to support the consultant body. The candidate will be expected to develop a sub-speciality interest and to provide a general orthopaedic trauma service.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire., We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.