Job summary

Salisbury District Hospital is looking for motivated and enthusiastic junior doctors looking to elevate their expertise. Whether you're set on a career in the specialty or trying to decide where your strengths lie, our Orthopaedics department will welcome you. This opportunity is made yet more distinctive with the offer of experience in a variety of sub-specialties; revision arthroplasty, orthoplastics, spines, shoulder and elbow, foot and ankle, hip and knee surgery and trauma surgery. With the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Unit, the Wessex Rehabilitation Centre and other such specialist treatment centre, Salisbury District Hospital is the ideal next step for a more comprehensive and diverse educational and professional experience. As a junior clinical fellow, you will become part of the multidisciplinary teams that devote themselves to the constant and consistent improvement of the standard of healthcare provided to our patients.

You will be joining our Trauma and Orthopaedics team, which will include 6 junior doctors at F2 / CT level working alongside 9 registrars and 15 T&O consultants who will guide and supervise your continued professional development. Your responsibilities will include taking up on-call duties (1:6) and Hospital at Night team (1:12) duties according to a rolling rota.

Main duties of the job

Responsibility for the daily care of the ward patients working in co-operation with the registrars.

Routine admissions and emergencies to be clerked. Clinical notes to be maintained, clearly and accurately.

Attend the Emergency Department to review cases referred to the department.

Assist in the operating theatre wherever possible, when ward duties permit, and in post-operative recovery of patients following major Orthopaedic surgery.

Attend ward rounds of the combined Orthopaedic staff and of individual consultants, including the wards rounds with the Ortho-geriatrician.

Attend, where possible, out-patient clinics for formal teaching of regional examination and clinical injuries.

Encouragement will be given for junior doctors to carry out research if he/she wishes.

The post holder would be expected to attend educational sessions and in particular the specifically designed course for Junior Medical Staff, with protected time for education on Friday afternoons if not on duty.

The post will participate in the Out of Hours on-call for Trauma & Orthopaedics on a 1:7 basis and Hospital at Night rota 1:12 basis.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk