Senior Registrar

Senior Registrar – Orthopaedic Surgery

Position Details

Job Title: Senior Registrar – Orthopaedic Surgery
Department: Orthopaedics
Reporting To: Consultant / Head of Department – Orthopaedics
Location: Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

To provide high-quality clinical care to patients with orthopaedic conditions, support consultants in the diagnosis and management of patients, participate in elective and emergency surgical services, and ensure safe, efficient and evidence-based delivery of orthopaedic care.

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients presenting with acute, chronic, traumatic and degenerative orthopaedic conditions.
• Conduct comprehensive history-taking and physical examinations.
• Formulate appropriate differential diagnoses and treatment plans under consultant supervision.
• Review investigations including X-rays, CT scans, MRI and laboratory reports.
• Participate in inpatient rounds, outpatient clinics and emergency services.
• Monitor postoperative patients and identify complications at an early stage.
• Provide appropriate preoperative and postoperative care.
• Manage orthopaedic emergencies including fractures, dislocations, acute limb injuries and other trauma-related conditions.
• Perform procedures within the scope of training and hospital privileges.

2. Surgical Responsibilities

• Assist consultants in elective and emergency orthopaedic procedures.
• Participate in fracture fixation, arthroplasty, arthroscopy, trauma surgery and other procedures appropriate to the department's scope of practice.
• Perform procedures independently only when appropriately credentialed and authorized.
• Ensure appropriate preoperative assessment, consent, investigations and surgical planning.
• Participate in postoperative monitoring and management.
• Maintain strict adherence to surgical safety protocols, including WHO Surgical Safety Checklist requirements.