Upper limb Senior Clinical fellow | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,425 Per Annum Plus £2,162 London weighting |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | Stanmore, HA7 4LP |
| Company: | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7263509/392-MS018-UPLSCF |
Summary
We currently have a Fellowship post in shoulder and elbow reconstruction surgery available from October 2026 for 12 months. This position is a post-CCT position. Applicants should have grounding in shoulder and elbow reconstruction surgery at ST7/8 or fellowship level.
The Fellowship will provide exceptional training in current techniques in primary and revision shoulder and elbow reconstruction surgery. The Fellow will work with the Consultant team and have supervised operating lists and attend outpatient clinics.
There will be ample opportunity to undertake research and audit. This Fellowship is aimed at surgeons pursuing a sub–specialist career in shoulder and elbow surgery.
The Fellow’s role will evolve such that they will be taught the assessment of complex shoulder and elbow conditions, leading to a supervised elective operative practice, initially in primary arthroplasty of the shoulder and elbow, and arthroscopic reconstruction of instability and rotator cuff lesions. As the development of the Fellow’s portfolio proceeds so more complex operative procedures will be introduced. The Fellow will be expected to assist at all operating lists, will have independent outpatient clinic responsibilities, undertake additional daily ward rounds and support the ward administration and will be expected to develop a number of research projects, under the supervision of the Consultant staff.
The Fellow will assist in operating lists and outpatient clinics. Undertake daily ward rounds, The remaining sessions are flexible to include research and administration. Secretarial support will be provided for the post holder.
There is no on-call commitment.
It is anticipated that after 12 months in post, the Fellow will gain a vast and unique experience in reconstruction options and techniques for all aspects of shoulder and elbow conditions.
The role will involve working at both our Stanmore and Bolsover Street outpatient facility.
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:
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
Our Team is tight knit and works well together. We have five Upper Limb Consultants, 2 clinical nurse specialists, and a full complement of registrars. There is also a set of junior surgical trainees providing day to day ward care.
The departmental fellows are responsible for the continuing education program for junior doctors, and the research output of the department
The directors of this fellowship program are:
• Mr Mark Falworth
• Ms Deborah Higgs
• Mr Addie Majed
• Mr Will Rudge
• Mr David Butt
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Jul 2025
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