Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £65,048 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2025 |
| Location: | Blackburn, BB2 3HH |
| Company: | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7306601/435-MQ18-25-A |
Summary
This is a full time post with on call commitment. It is a fixed term post for a period of 12 months initially however there is potential for this post to become permanent by mutual agreement.
The post is aimed at a surgeon who has completed their Orthopaedic training and has gained or is looking to complete the FRCS(Orth.).
There will be sessions at both the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital.
The post holder will work in the T&O department, gaining experience from working with multiple consultants of various subspecialties including upper limb, lower limb, paediatrics and foot and ankle.
There will be an opportunity to practice independently based on competency levels. The post holder will attend both elective orthopaedic and fracture clinics and operate on elective and trauma patients.
The department provides a general Orthopaedic and acute trauma service to the population of East Lancashire.
Trauma services for the local population are provided on the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital site. Elective surgery is provided on the Burnley General Teaching Hospital site.
Outpatient clinics are based at Burnley General Teaching Hospital and Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. Peripheral Orthopaedic clinics are held in Rossendale, Pendle, Clitheroe and Accrington.
1. To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team.
2. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
3. Undertake clinical activities as required by the specialty need.
4. To work in close cooperation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients.
5. To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities.
6. To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
7. To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Jul 2025