Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-MED4651
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Thomas Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £55,329 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/01/2025
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
The Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Department at the Evelina London Children's Hospital offers a tertiary Children’s Orthopaedic Service for South London and associated counties. The hospital is also the local hospital for many children in South London, providing services such as paediatric trauma, a neonatal DDH screening service and a Ponseti clinic. As such the fellowship attracts Royal College and PMETB training approval. The Paediatric Orthopaedic Department has specialist tertiary services including the management of hip problems in teenagers, a developing paediatric knee injury service, limb deformity service, skeletal dysplasia, spina bifida and an extensive neurodisability service with gait laboratory support.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will, under the relevant consultants be responsible for the provision of orthopaedic service to the Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Trust.
This will include:
- Developing skills in the assessment and management of orthopaedic patients in acute and elective children’s services.
- To further enhance practical skills in children’s orthopaedic surgery.
- To gain understanding of 3-dimensional gait analysis and its contributions to clinical decision making, prognosis and research.
- To undertake theatre lists and outpatient clinics with or without supervision.
- To gain understanding and appreciation of the contributions of the other disciplines involved in children’s orthopaedic care in a multidisciplinary setting which is sensitive to the needs of the patient and his or her family.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with a staff of around 13,650, a turnover of over £1.3 billion and 2 million patient contacts a year.
The Trust comprises two of London’s oldest and best known teaching hospitals. The hospitals have a long history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. Both hospitals have built on these traditions and continue to have a reputation for excellence and innovation.
We are part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC is one of only five in the UK. It consists of King’s College London, and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. King’s Health Partners includes seven hospitals and over 150 community based services, is responsible for seeing 2 million patients each year, has 25,000 employees and 19,500 students, and a £2 billion annual turnover. It brings together the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver ground-breaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. See www.kingshealthpartners.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will join a team of 5 Consultants, 2 Specialist Registrars and 3 specialist orthopaedic nurses and will be expected to provide an elective orthopaedic and trauma service in conjunction with colleagues. You will be expected to participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care, to take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training, and to contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development. The Department is keen to help the post holder to develop their area(s) of clinical interest and has a flexible approach in this regard.
This is a non-on call post but you will be accountable to liaise with the trauma team and to co-ordinate cover arrangements for internal and regional referrals during the week (08:00-17:00). As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
The fellowship is a 12-month appointment.
We are delighted to invite applicants for this fellowship post commencing 1st August 2025.
Creating a world-leading Academic Health Sciences Centre.
Equality of opportunity is our Policy. The Trust provides health services to a diverse community.
Department Information
This is the tertiary Children’s Orthopaedic Service for South London and associated counties. It is also the local hospital for many children in South London. As such it attracts Royal College and PMETB training approval for fellowships such as this.
The fellowship is a 12 month appointment from the beginning of August 2025 until the end of July 2026 at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
The current consultant staff in Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery Unit in the Evelina Hospital is:
Arash Afsharpad Orthopaedic Surgeon, Lead for Paediatric Trauma
Martin Gough Orthopaedic Surgeon, Lead for Neurodisability and Gait Lab
Michail Kokkinakis Orthopaedic Surgeon, Lead for Adolescent Hip Preservation Surgery
Daniel Reed Head of Service, Lead for Paediatric and Adolescent Knee Surgery
Gavin Spence Orthopaedic Surgeon, Lead for Limb Reconstruction
The successful candidate will be accountable to Mr Michail Kokkinakis who will act as the educational supervisor and medical appraiser for the post holder throughout the fellowship post.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training:
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
- FRCS(Tr and Ortho) or equivalent
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical experience in orthopaedic surgery
- Previous experience in children’s orthopaedic surgery
- Documentation of children’s orthopaedic operative experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of paediatric orthopaedics in a specialist children’s hospital
- Previous fellowship in children’s orthopaedic surgery
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to communicate effectively and well with children and parents
- Ability to learn from instruction and from self-directed learning
- Sound judgement and decision-making
Desirable criteria
- Attendance on specialised paediatric orthopaedic courses
- Attendance at national/international paediatric orthopaedic meetings
- Membership of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research/audit
- Evidence of original research/academic activity
- Evidence of completion of audit
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of original research/academic activity in paediatric orthopaedics
- Evidence of completion of audit in paediatric orthopaedics
Teaching and Management
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
- Evidence of participation in quality improvement projects
Desirable criteria
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of participation in quality improvement projects in paediatric orthopaedics
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Michail Kokkinakis
- Job title
- Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Ellen Powell - Service Manager for Paediatric Orthopaedic & Spinal
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