CONSULTANT
paediatric orthopaedic surgeon (2 POSTS)
royalhospital for sick children
INFORMATION PACK
REF: 35386D
cLOSING DATE: nOON 19th December 2014
As you may be aware, the new SouthGlasgowUniversityHospital and new RoyalHospital for Sick Children are due to open on the current Southern site early in 2015.
With this in mind, please note that positions based within the Victoria Infirmary, Mansionhouse Unit, the Western Infirmary and the current RoyalHospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill will change location and move to the new hospitals.
Gartnavel GeneralHospital and Glasgow Royal Infirmary will also have some services affected by moves to the new Hospitals.
These changes mean your base may change after joining us and you will be informed as soon as possible prior to any change of base.
SUMMARY INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS POSITION
Post: consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Base:royalhospital for sick children
We have two full-time substantive appointments with on-call commitment based atThe Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow. The department will be relocating to a New Children’s Hospital in June 2015, where the age limit for admission will rise from 13 to 16. This increase in workload necessitates expansion of the department. Applicants must have wide experience of paediatric orthopaedics, including at least one year in an appropriate recognised fellowship. Once appointed the Consultant will be expected to develop a subspecialty interest to complement those of the other members of the department.
Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical Council, a licence to practice and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher Specialist Training leading to a CCT or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within six months of confirmed entry at the date of interview. Non UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Women and Children’s Directorate – Acute Division
The RoyalHospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
Applications are invited for two full time Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow.
The successful candidates will be expected to develop subspecialist interests complementary to those of the current members of the department.
1. General Description of Children’s Services
Glasgow’s RoyalHospital for Sick Children was founded in 1883. Since 1971 it has been based in the Yorkhill district of the city and the name ‘Yorkhill’ has come to represent the hospital. It is one of the largest children’s hospitals in the United Kingdom and has served the local population of 900,000 and provided tertiary paediatric services to the 3 million people in the West of Scotland in addition to national services for bone marrow and renal transplantation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, paediatric cardiac surgery and obstetric brachial plexus palsy. All major paediatric subspecialties and ancillary services are represented on the Yorkhill site.
The hospitals in Glasgow are undergoing reorganisation at present. From June 2014 Yorkhill will transfer to a purpose built children’s hospital adjacent to a new adult hospital on the site of the Southern General Hospital, making that site one of the largest teaching hospital campuses in Europe. The delivery of care for young people will be changing. Most Scottish hospitals, including Yorkhill, have traditionally accepted children up until their thirteenth birthdays. With the move to the New Children’s Hospital that age limit will be raised to the age of sixteen. It is anticipated that this will produce a significant increase in the workload of the Hospital. The appointment of two further Orthopaedic Consultants will be necessary to match that workload.
Yorkhill has strong research and educational links. The departments of Paediatric Surgery, Child Health, Human Nutrition and Child and Family Psychiatry of the University of Glasgow are based in the hospital. Links also exist with the Caledonian and StrathclydeUniversities. The Research and Development Department and the Department of Clinical Audit assist with research projects.
All diagnostic imaging facilities are available on site. All imaging from across Scotland can be viewed on the national PACS system. Electronic patient management and record system are being introduced.
2. The Orthopaedic Department
The Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics provides elective and emergency care for young people. The number of patients managed annually will increase with the move to the New Children’s Hospital (based on 2012-13 figures)
Outpatients
Yorkhill at present / Anticipated at New Children’s HospitalNew Elective / 1700 / 2800
Return Elective / 4100 / 5400
New Fracture / 1300 / 4000
Return Fracture / 3200 / 6200
Inpatients
Yorkhill at present / Anticipated at New Children’s HospitalDay Cases / 300 / 400
Elective Cases / 450 / 550
Emergency Cases / 700 / 1100
There is seasonal fluctuation in the emergency workload. At present two hours of protected theatre time are available for trauma each weekday during the Summer and one hour in the Winter. With the increased workload at the new hospital there will be full morning dedicated trauma lists on each weekday. Additional space is available in the general emergency theatre. A laminar flow theatre is used for all elective surgery. Both the trauma and elective theatres at the New Children’s Hospital will have laminar flow.
Outpatient visitors are seen in the clinic area and a dedicated plaster room is used for Ponseti casting, DDH harness, frame adjustment and all other casting requirements.
The Consultant members of the Department at present have subspecialty interests in neuromuscular disease, obstetric brachial plexus palsy, limb reconstruction, arthrogryposis, metabolic bone disease, sarcoma, congenital upper limb anomalies and other regional conditions. Multidisciplinary clinics are run for these. The successful applicants will be expected to develop complementary interests. Given the changing pattern in the trauma workload, experience in adolescent trauma would be beneficial. At least one year’s fellowship experience in Children’s Orthopaedics will be essential. The posts will be based at the Children’s Hospital but may include time at the West of Scotland Mobility and Rehabilitation Centre (WESTMARC) which is on the same site as the New Children’s Hospital. This centre offers gait analysis, specialist seating and prosthetics.
Daily trauma meetings are used for business and teaching but there is also a dedicated teaching programme held during term time. This includes a journal club, case presentations, clinical audit and a clinicopathological conference. Current Consultants have strong links with the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery, the British Orthopaedic Oncology Society, the Scottish Paediatric Orthopaedic Club, the British Limb Reconstruction Society, the UK Clubfoot Consensus Group and the Scottish Sarcoma Group. Future appointees will be encouraged to form similar links.
Consultant Medical Staffing
Mr DJ Rowland (Link Clinician)
Mr RDD Duncan
Mr JS Huntley
Miss CF Murnaghan
Miss HS Read
Mr NIL Wilson
Junior Medical Staffing
West of Scotland Orthopaedic Rotation Trainees4
Senior Clinical Fellows2
Two additional senior clinical fellows will be appointed to work at the New Children’s Hospital. Ward duties are at present managed by FY1s allocated to each ward but there is a plan to allocate one FY1 to Orthopaedics and Plastics in the NewHospital.
Secretarial Staff
There are three secretaries and three typists in the department with an additional one of each to be appointed in support of the new Consultant staff.
Nursing and AHPs
Paediatric physiotherapy and orthotics are available on site with orthoses being manufactured and adjusted in the same area as the outpatient department.
The dedicated plaster room has a full complement of nursing staff who provide support in theatre, in clinic and on the wards. There is also a separate preadmission service.
3. Duties Of The Post
Clinical
The appointees will be expected to have wide experience in the management of children with musculoskeletal conditions. Experience in adolescent trauma would be beneficial. They will be expected to take part in all aspects of the department’s work in conjunction with Consultant colleagues, including provision of fracture and elective clinics, a theatre service (emergency and elective) and in-patient responsibilities. They will be expected to share in the on-call rota.
Job plan
The proposed job plan is 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA but will be amenable to appropriate job planning exercises.
The DCC component will be:
New patient clinic / 1.3Returns clinic / 1.3
Plaster clinic / 1.3
Elective theatre / 1.5
Trauma theatre / 0.5
Fracture clinic / 1.5
Trauma Meetings / 1.0
At present each Consultant is on call from Monday morning to Friday evening or for the weekend on a 1:6 basis. With the increase in numbers it is proposed that each Consultant will be on call for one day on alternate weeks and for a full weekend on a 1:8 basis.
Teaching
The new appointeesmust be committed to the training of junior medical staff and to sharing in the teaching duties of the department both to undergraduate and to postgraduate students and to other clinical groups including those from other specialities and allied health practitioners.
Research and Audit
Active participation in research and clinical audit is an essential part of the post.
Administrative
The appointees will be expected to take an equal share in the administrative duties of the department. The change in working practices and workload over the next year will present challenges to be faced by the Department as a whole.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Women and Children’s Directorate – Acute Division
The RoyalHospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
Person Specification
Essential / Desirable / Method of AssessmentQualifications / Basic medical qualification
FRCS (Orth) or equivalent / Relevant higher degree / Application form
Eligibility / Full GMC registration
Current licence to practice
Entry on the GMC Specialist Register
Eligible to work in UK / Application form & check at interview
Training / Completed recognised training program in orthopaedic surgery
Minimum 1 year fellowship experience in paediatric orthopaedics / Adolescent trauma or soft tissue knee experience
Additional relevant subspecialty training / Application form & interview
Clinical Experience / Must be able to demonstrate high level of clinical experience & competence in paediatric orthopaedic surgery / Application form & interview
Research / Experience in research and an interest in continuing research projects / Publication in peer reviewed journal
Presentation at scientific meeting
Experience of supervising research by junior staff / Application form & interview
Audit / Experience of full audit cycle / Application form & interview
Teaching / Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors / Training the trainers or ATLS Instructor course / Application form & interview
Management / Understanding of the current issues facing the NHS / Attendance at a recognised management course / Application form & interview
Language Skills / Demonstrable skills in spoken and written English sufficient to allow discussion of medical topics with colleagues and patients.
Completion of medical training in English or a score of 7 or above in all sections of IELTS at a single sitting
Interpersonal Skills / Well-organised and skilled in time management.
Able to work as part of a team. / Application form & interview
Physical / Medically fit to fulfil ALL aspects of the post, and to be able to respond quickly to emergencies, as necessary. Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice). / Medical questionnaire
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.
TYPE OF CONTRACT / PermanentGRADE AND SALARY / Consultant
£76,001 -£ 102,465 per annum (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY / Full Time40.00
SUPERANNUATION / New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made to do this via:
REMOVAL EXPENSES / Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT / Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance with appropriate travelling expenses.Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and grounds.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND / This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership.
CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be allowed to commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified. ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being made.
REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 / The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS / A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
GENERAL / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES / The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
NOTICE / The employment is subject to three months’ notice on either side, subject to appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE / In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.
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How to apply
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Medical and Dental Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Declaration Form Regarding Fitness to Practice
Immigration Questionnaire
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Return of Applications
Please return your application by email to or to the recruitment address below;
Medical and Dental Recruitment Team
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Recruitment Services, 1st Floor
Modular Building, Gartnavel Royal Hospital
1055 Great Western Road
GLASGOW
G12 0XH
CLOSING DATE
The closing Date will be19th December 2014
INTERVIEW DATE
The interview date will be 15th January 2015