Consultant in Orthopaedics (Soft Tissue Knee Surgery)

Consultant in Orthopaedics (Soft Tissue Knee Surgery)

Consultant in Orthopaedics (Soft Tissue Knee Surgery)

Nhs Jobs

Gov UK

Leeds, LS7 4SA

3 hours ago

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1. Applicant must be able to deliver a high level of care in management of patients with soft tissue knee pathologies, including cruciate and collateral ligament injuries, meniscus repairs, osteotomies around knees and patellofemoral reconstructions. 2. This job involves providing an on-call general trauma service besides providing tertiary level care for patients with knee injuries. Applicant would need to work in close collaboration with trauma/MTC and paediatric orthopaedic colleagues to deliver in management of complex knee trauma including knee dislocations and paediatric knee pathologies 3. Applicant would be providing acute knee injury service across the trust and would need to link with other knee/orthopaedic colleagues; emergency department; physiotherapy and orthotic services and community musculoskeletal services to develop/facilitate this. 4. Applicant would need to work in close collaboration with the colleagues and management team to provide timely care to patients and manage waiting lists in line with trust policies This post will deliver 10PAs supporting Soft Tissue Knee team (Mr Ram Venkatesh, Mr Sanjeev Anand and Mr Owen Wall). In addition, there will be a requirement to contribute to the trauma on call rota. The post will be based at Chapel Allerton and LGI.