Orthopaedic Outpatients Department

The department is located in College Road Wing, adjacent to the Emergency Department. The nearest car park is College Road; there is a lift which can take patients down to level 1.

Within the department we have Fracture/Trauma clinic, Orthopaedic clinic and Plaster Room. We have 9 examination rooms, 4 consulting rooms, reception area and waiting room which has a children’s play facility.

The department is led by a senior sister with support from junior sister, staff nurses and health care assistants. We also have student nurses who work under supervision as well as relief staff depending on staffing levels.

We have eleven orthopaedic consultants who are supported by Registrars and four associate specialist doctors. We have junior doctors who attend clinic for teaching purposes and they are supported by consultants, associate specialists and registrars.

The department is very busy and often there is more than one clinic running at a time, there can be up to five doctors working within the department.

When you arrive in the department you are asked to report to the receptionist who will take your name and ask you to take a seat, your medical notes will then be passed to the nursing team who will initiate the next stage in your treatment plan e.g. go for a x ray or have your plaster removed prior to seeing the doctor. Please remember that although you may be booked into a consultant’s clinic you may not see them but a member of the medical team. If your appointment is an Arthroplasty Review you will be sent for an x ray and given a questionnaire to complete prior to seeing a Nurse Practitioner, this is a specialist nurse who has undertaken further training to enable them to assess your replacement joint.

Our Staff

Consultants

• Mr. Donald Ainscow
  

• Mr. Peter Birch
  

• Mr. Rick Brown
  

• Mr. Christopher Butcher
  

• Mr. Jeremy Field
  

• Mr. Harminder Gosal
  

• Mr. Gavin Holt
  

• Mr. John Mackinnon
  

• Mr. Guy Rooker
  

• Mr. Mike Tredgett
  

• Mr. Jon Wand
  

Associate Specialists

• Mr. Ravi Hande
• Mr. Htin Aung
• Mr. Joachim Grote
• Mr. Khaldoun El Abed

Nursing Staff

Sister: – Navy blue dress/ tunic with white piping / trousers.
Charge Nurse: – Navy blue tunic and trousers.
Staff Nurse: – Blue and white stripped dress / tunic and navy trousers.
Male Staff Nurse: – White tunic with blue and white stripped epaulets.
Student Nurse: – Pale blue dress/tunic with navy trousers.
Nursing Auxiliaries/Health Care Assistants: – Green stripped dress/tunic and navy trousers.
White tunic with green epaulets and navy trousers.
Nurse Practitioner: – Navy blue dress with light blue piping

Clinic Times

Patients are kept to their appointment times and not the time that they arrived in clinic, due to the complexity of some conditions and required treatments on occasion the clinic may develop a delay if this should happen then there is a board in the waiting room which will inform you how long the delay is. We also see patients that the Emergency Department send directly to us so please be understanding if a delay should occur.

There are both male and female toilets outside the department in the main corridor and an assisted toilet with baby changing facility within the department.

There is a water dispenser in the waiting room. There are restaurants within the hospital the closest to the department is in St. Paul’s Wing. There is a shop situated in St Luke’s Wing both St Paul’s and St Luke’s Wings are a short walk from the department.

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Questions

If you are have any questions or are unhappy about any aspect of your visit to clinic please ask to speak to Sister if they are unavailable then the nurse in charge.