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Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Foot & Ankle surgery
NHS Lanarkshire - University Hospital Wishaw
Fixed Term
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a locum consultant post with sub-specialty interest in Foot and Ankle Surgery within the Trauma and Orthopaedic Service in NHS Lanarkshire.
Main Duties of the Role
To provide inpatient and outpatient Orthopaedic services and to provide additional support to the Foot and Ankle service, with a focus on trauma.
Working for our Organisation
NHS Lanarkshire is an exciting innovative health board to work for, serving a population of 650 000 with 3 acute hospitals. NHS Lanarkshire seeks to appoint a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Foot and Ankle surgery to join our multidisciplinary team. The post would include a full commitment to adult and paediatric trauma in the Wishaw Trauma Unit which is part of the West of Scotland Major Trauma Network. The main focus on the role will be trauma (theatre for general and subspecialist case as well as scheduled trauma ward rounds) but the post will also offer some elective practice based at the other acute hospitals in Lanarkshire, including the elective unit at Hairmyres Hospital. The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis (including up to 2 non-DCC) but applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time. If full-time, up to 2 EPA’s may be available to undertake additional clinical activity.
Informal enquiries should be directed to the Clinical Director of Orthopaedics Mr Kumar Periasamy, kumar.periasamy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk or Service Manager Chris Swallow Christopher.swallow@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk, For any application queries, please contact Praise Alo HR Assistant on 01698 754351 or via medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
The University of Glasgow enjoys close links with NHS Lanarkshire, and our medical students benefit greatly from the excellent educational opportunities provided by the board in both primary and secondary care. Those who are or who will be involved in teaching our students, or in any other activity which involves a contribution to teaching, research or scholarship within the University are eligible for honorary status at the University of Glasgow.
Honorary Status Role Holders are entitled to numerous benefits including a University of Glasgow ID card, use of the Library and other facilities, and a University IT account as required for their role. They have access to all courses run by the IT Services on the same basis as members of staff and are also permitted an educational discount when PC equipment is purchased through the IT Services.
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
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Recruitment | NHS Lanarkshire (scot.nhs.uk)
Interview date: TBC