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Job summary

Main area
Trauma & Orthopaedics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (12 or 24 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (on-call rota as per experience/level of applicant)
Job ref
164-6916316
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Nottingham
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£61,825 - £70,425 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/01/2025 23:59

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Senior Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Job overview

Applications are invited for the above post at the Queen's Medical Centre campus of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust from March 2025 for 6-12months. The successful applicant will work in the Orthopaedic Trauma unit at the Queen's Medical Centre Campus, which is the busiest Major Trauma Centre in the United Kingdom. Queens Medical Centre hosts the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre likely serves a population within the East Midlands region of England estimated to be around 4.8 million people.

Applicants are welcome to visit the department prior to application. Please contact Mr Taylor’s secretary 0115 9249924 ext 82042 (T&O Consultant) or Mr Norrish’s secretary (T&O Consultant and Junior Doctor Lead) on 0115 9249924 ext 84351.

Applications require full GMC registration and UK NHS experience

Main duties of the job

The post is designed to support the successful candidate to bridge the gap between higher surgical training and a substantive consultant appointment, with a significant trauma element. Daytime responsibilities include supporting trauma operating theatres, fracture clinics and on-call duties. The department offers all aspects of complex orthopaedic trauma surgery, including limb reconstruction, orthothoracic trauma surgery and pelvic and acetabular surgery.

Main Duties of this job: 

  • In-patient accountabilities require assessment and management of emergency referrals for injured patients from the Emergency Department along with other route of admission (from clinic or direct transfer) under the direction of responsible consultant
  • Routine ward responsibilities, transfer and discharge summaries, and operating theatre duties are a key component of the Senior Trauma Fellow role
  • Out-patient responsibilities will include orthopaedic fracture clinics
  • Teaching medical and other students as required
  • To undertake audit and other quality improvement projects to enhance the delivery of care
  • To get involved in research leading to publication

Working for our organisation

Successful candidates will join part of a highly motivated and ambitious multi-disciplinary team which includes medics, nursing staff, ACPs, Physician Associates and prescribing pharmacists. We strive to deliver the very best care for our patients, but we are also passionate about providing high quality training and support for our team and working in partnership with all health providers at NUH towards optimising patient outcomes.

NUH has a national and international reputation for high quality patient care and research, education and innovation. We have strong links to local universities. This allows for the provision of excellent training and education for students, as well as being a major research organisation.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including:

  • Access to Staff Wellbeing programme including free 24 hour advice and emotional support service, financial advice service, staff physiotherapy and staff support networks
  • On site day nursery
  • Amazon parcel collection points
  • Secure cycle facilities
  • Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services
  • Salary sacrifice schemes
  • Cycle to work and travel passes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description & Person Specification attached within the Job Advert for the main duties of this job

Person specification

Qualifications:

Essential criteria
  • GMC full registration
  • MB BS or Equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 4 years experience in Orthopaedics Complete or approaching completion of SpR Training.
  • Recent experience with UK Hospital practices and systems

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of interest in and clear commitment to teaching and have experience in undergraduate or postgraduate teaching.

Research/Publications:

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of previous research interest
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of contribution to published research

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderadded for NUHArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badge

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrew Taylor
Job title
Trauma & Orthopaedic Consultant Surgeon
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0115 924 9924
Additional information

Mr Alan Norrish  (T&O Consultant and Junior Doctor Lead) - [email protected] 

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