Role Summary
For further information please contact Ian Sharpe, Consultant F&A Surgeon on 01392 403580 (secretary) or email iansharpe@nhs.net
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. Our Medical workforce has separate arrangements.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role:
Foot and Ankle Fellow
12 months or:
6 months August 2023 - February 2024
6 months February 2024 - August 2024
Applications are invited for a 6 month fellowship (with the possibility of extending to 12 months) in Foot & Ankle surgery, based at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter.
The PEOC Foot & Ankle Fellowship provides a comprehensive, well rounded advanced clinical and surgical experience in all aspects of Foot & Ankle Surgery. You will be working with a team of four consultants supported by a surgical care practitioner, a specialist registrar, dedicated F&A physio team and 4 MSK radiologists. The workload includes all routine F&A surgery – with particular emphasis on ankle arthroplasty (primary and revision ITS), limb reconstruction (AH), neurological and complex deformity correction (NJT) and diabetic foot management is undertaken by the whole team. The majority of the F&A trauma is undertaken by the team – with a dedicated F&A trauma list. The fellows’ weekly timetable will include 4 sessions in theatre including 1 session in foot and ankle trauma theatre, commencing with supervised operating in all aspects of foot and ankle surgery, progressing to independent supervised procedures. Outpatient clinics will be supervised with new and follow up patients and there are monthly complex case review clinics and multidisciplinary diabetic clinics. Participation in ongoing audit , research and publication is expected . There is no on call commitment – but assistance with mid-grade rota is always appreciated! The post is suitable for those coming to the end of their training and wanting to follow a career in foot and ankle surgery .
Fellows with be expected in the 6 month period to complete a research project for publication.
This fellowship is aimed at post CCT or final year trainees and applicants will be expected to have at least 1 year of experience in foot and ankle surgery in their training region.
For pre CCT applicants it is the applicant’s responsibility to gain SAC approval for this fellowship counting as part of a training rotation.
The post holder is expected to comply with Trust Infection Control Policies and conduct him/herself at all times in such a manner as to minimise the risk of healthcare associated infection
As an employee of the Trust, it is a contractual duty that you abide by any relevant code of professional conduct and/or practice applicable to you. A breach of this requirement may result in action being taken against you (in accordance with the Trust’s disciplinary policy) up to and including dismissal.
The post holder is expected to comply with Trust Infection Control Policies and conduct him/her at all times in such a manner as to minimise the risk of healthcare associated infection.
This post has been identified as involving access to vulnerable adults and/or children and in line with Trust policy successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure Check
THE TRUST – Vision and Values
Our vision is to provide safe, high quality seamless services delivered with courtesy and respect. To achieve our vision, we expect all our staff to uphold our Trust values. Our Trust values are:
Honesty, Openness & Integrity
Fairness,
Inclusion & Collaboration
Respect & Dignity
We recruit competent staff that we support in maintaining and extending their skills in accordance with the needs of the people we serve. We will pay staff fairly and recognise the whole staff’s commitment to meeting the needs of our patients.
We are committed to equal opportunity for all and encourage flexible working arrangements including job sharing.
We are committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We expect all staff to behave in a way which recognises and respects this diversity, in line with the appropriate standards.
For further information please contact Ian Sharpe, Consultant F&A Surgeon on 01392 403580 (secretary) or email iansharpe@nhs.net
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
