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.

The post 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 have a wealth of national and international experience. This post will help to prepare the successful candidate for their consultant post.

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

For further information about this post please contact:

Professor Peter Giannoudis 0113 39 22750

Miss Emma Snowden – Business Manager

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

The post holder will provide support to the Trauma team and ensure resilience and appropriate response to complex orthopaedic trauma and pelvic and acetabulum fractures. You will therefore contribute to the service in its pursuit to provide the best levels of care for patients and become the best Trauma centre in 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 take and organise tertiary referrals and take a role in the delivery of the Trauma injury clinic.

LEEDS MAJOR TRAUMA CENTRE (MTC) SERVICE. Leeds General Infirmary opened as a level 1 trauma centre on 2nd April 2013. Due to its regional remit it provides responsibility of care to a population of almost 3 million. The support encompasses all aspects of trauma care including attendance at trauma calls, coordination 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 the second-best quality outcomes within the country (as per TARN data).

TRAUMA AND RELATED SERVICES. The CSU brings together the core services providing Trauma and Orthopaedics, Major Trauma, Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedics, Vascular Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Paediatric Plastic Surgery.

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

They then 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…