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Main area
Orthopaedics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term until 4th August 2027)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (No on call commitment (but may potentially have a long day or small out of hours commitmen. (This is subject to change and will be confirmed with adequate notice prior to starting in post).)
Job ref
190-STH-25-042
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£70,425 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/03/2025 23:59

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Post CCT Cavendish Lower Limb Arthroplasty Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The Appointment  is to  commence 5th August 2026 for a period of 12 months.

The Cavendish Fellowship is specifically designed for a Senior Trainee [FRCS (Orth)] who has already resolved to specialise in hip and knee arthroplasty surgery.

This post does not attract an NTN and is aimed at Specialty Registrars who have neared completion of their training and want fellowship experience in arthroplasty surgery.

 

Main duties of the job

Candidates for this post will be expected to demonstrate a confirmed interest in some branch of lower limb arthroplasty surgery. The appointment will be at post CCT level.

The Fellow is expected to attend up to three all day operating lists per week, attend out-patient clinics and take a lead role with the ward management of in-patients.

The on call commitment is to cover the elective arthroplasty unit at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

It will be assumed that, at the end of the appointment, the Fellow will obtain a consultant or other comparable post with a special responsibility for arthroplasty surgery. The expected period of the Fellow’s appointment will be for twelve months.

Working for our organisation

PROUD VALUES

These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.

Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do

Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair and value diversity

Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve

Unity – Work in partnership with others

Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions

For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further and Full information can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GMC with a licence to practise
  • Qualified Medical Practitioner FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Desirable criteria
  • Distinctions, prizes, awards, scholarships. Higher degrees

Research

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of peer reviewed publication relevant to lower limb arthroplasty

Clinical governance and audit

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of completed audit/QI project

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 12 months lower limb arthroplasty experience
  • Demonstrate competence in the management of lower limb arthroplasty patients
  • Experience of working in the NHS

Teaching and training

Essential criteria
  • Interest in training clinical and surgical skills
Desirable criteria
  • Higher teaching qualification

Continuous Professional Development

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tim Harrison
Job title
Consultant
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01142714955

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
HR Department
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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