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Main area
PNI
Grade
MT04
Contract
12 months (12 month fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
392-MS073-PNISFELL
Employer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Town
Stanmore
Salary
£61,825 pr annum + £2,162 LW
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/02/2025 23:59

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PNI Fellow

MT04

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. 

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field.  We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients

  • Rated Good by the CQC
  • Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
  • Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
  • Recognised as a centre of excellence,  leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
  • Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
  • In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
  • Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

  • Patients first, always
  • Excellence, in all we do
  • Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
  • Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

Job overview

The Peripheral Nerve Injury Fellowship at RNOH provides advanced training in the assessment and management of complex brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injuries. We offer two fellowship posts: 1x national and 1x international.

These structured programs offer and unparalleled opportunity to gain extensive experience in surgical and non-surgical treatments of nerve injuries, working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team at one of the UK’s leading nerve injury units.

Fellows participate in operative cases at our Stanmore facility and outpatient clinics in Central London, covering a wide range of nerve conditions including traumatic, obstetric, and iatrogenic nerve injuries. The fellowship emphasises hands-on learning, from microsurgical techniques to nerve transfers, and offers exposure to innovative treatments in nerve repair and reconstruction.

Research and academic involvement are integral parts of the fellowship, with opportunities to collaborate on clinical studies, present at conferences, and contribute to publications. Fellows benefit from a supportive environment that encourages growth and knowledge sharing, equipping them with the expertise to excel in nerve surgery.

Main duties of the job

The aim of the fellowship is to provide training and research opportunities in PNI surgery over a 12 month period. This fellowship will provide exposure to all aspects of the management of patients undergoing complex PNI surgery. There will be no on-call duties. The fellow will work alongside all  of the PNI Consultants.

 

The post holder alongside the consultant body will be expected to supervise the junior members of the team, as well as attend and help with the out-patient clinics. They will also be first assistant during surgery. Whilst this is a non-training post there will be opportunities to operate according to your skills.

 

 

It is anticipated that the post holder will be post MRCS and core surgical training or equivalent. The delivery of high quality patient care is essential and contribution towards the unit’s research and audit activity is actively encouraged.

 

The role will involve working at our Bolsover outpatient facility.

 

 

Working for our organisation

RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This fellowship year will provide specialist training in the following:-

MDT administration and delivery for tertiary referrals
Pre and post-op ward rounds
Surgical multidisciplinary procedures
Clinics & theatre list
Clinical research including data collection and audit. 
Preparation of abstracts and papers for presentation and publication

Please see link to Fellowship information

Peripheral Nerve Injury Unit :: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (rnoh.nhs.uk)

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Motivated to attain independence in operating and clinical decision making
  • An enthusiastic junior surgeon with good subspecialty skills in upper limb surgery

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Completion of FRCS(Orth) / FRCS (Neurosurgery) / equivalent training in Home Country
  • Experience working in Orthopaedics
Desirable criteria
  • Previous PNI experience
  • Microsurgical techniques

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Communication
  • NHS experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Priya Patel
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 8909 1171
Additional information

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