Senior Trauma Fellow interest in Pelvic & Acetabulum

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to commence the Senior Trauma Fellowship in the field of Pelvic and Acetabulum reconstruction at the Leeds General Infirmary working under Professor Peter Giannoudis. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified trainees.

Thepost holder will join the Trauma team at LGI under the direct supervision of Professor Giannoudis as well as our established cohort of Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons. Our 10 Major Trauma and 14 Trauma consultants havea wealth of national and international experience. This post will help toprepare the successful candidate for their consultant post.

The successful applicant will receive advanced clinical and surgical training inall aspects of orthopaedic trauma surgery and particularly in the field ofpelvic and acetabulum reconstruction. Leeds Major Trauma Centre is based at Leeds General Infirmary; is one of the largest MTCs in volume of cases ittreats per year (over 2,000 TARN eligible cases over the last year), and top performing centres in most key performance indicators.

For Further information about this post please contact:

Professor Peter Giannoudis on 0113 39 22750

Thepost holder will provide support to the Trauma team and ensure resilience and appropriate response to complex orthopaedic trauma and pelvic and acetabulumfractures. You will therefore contribute to the service in its pursuit toprovide the best levels of care for patients and become the best Trauma centrein the country.

In addition, they will be expected to take part in research studies as appropriate and help with the departmental audit and database. Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching will also be required. The trauma fellow will also takeand organise tertiary referrals and take a role in the delivery of the Trauma injury clinic.

Tosupport your application, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification and ensure all relevant sections are fully addressed.

LEEDS MAJOR TRAUMA CENTRE (MTC) SERVICE

Leeds General Infirmary opened as a level 1 trauma centre on 2nd April 2013. Due toits regional remit it provides responsibility of care to a population of almost3 million. The support encompasses all aspects of trauma care included attendance at trauma calls, co-ordination and prioritisation of patient care,and emergency admissions as well as emergency operating. The service was recently rewarded as the second busiest in England and also produced thesecond-best quality outcomes within the country (as per TARN data).

TRAUMAAND RELATED SERVICES

TheCSU brings together the core services providing Trauma and Orthopaedics, Major Trauma, Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedics, Vascular Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Paediatric Plastic Surgery.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.

Through the West Yorkshire Major Trauma Network, the MTC serves patients across theregion from incident to rehabilitation. Each morning the team has amulti-disciplinary team meeting to discuss all major trauma patients within the hospital. Throughout the day the MTC receives acute admissions from around theregion. Our Major Trauma Nurse specialists co-ordinate the care of our patients as soon as they come through the door into the emergency department.

Theythen follow the patient pathway through the different levels of care that are required supporting both the patient and their relatives up until and beyond discharge. The Network was established in 2013 to bring together Major Trauma Care across West Yorkshire and is a collaboration between ourselves and five Trauma Units in other hospitals in the region.

This ensures all patients that require major trauma services have accessto the right level of care at the right time, in the right environment.

Wehave invested a further £8m over the years to enhance facilities, including the creation of a dedicated MTC ward and theatre, and enhanced staffing.

Aswell as being the second largest MTC in the country we have consistently remained in the top three for outcomes. Over the last three years, Leeds MTChas been leading the way nationally in the management of major limb trauma requiring combined plastic and orthopaedic surgery which is a huge achievement.

The department is supported by Trauma co-ordinators, Major Trauma Case Managers,and clinical nurse specialists and a large rehabilitation team led by rehabilitation Fellows.

Leeds General Infirmary has 3 orthogeriatric wards, one major trauma-polytrauma ward,one trauma ward, one…