Post CCT Fellow – Upper Limb Orthopaedic Surgery | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £52,013 - £64,288 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7350439/259-MED7350439RLH |
Summary
The Royal London Hospital is a busy level 1 trauma centre, and is the base for London’s Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). Consequently, it receives a large volume of multiply injured patients, with high-energy orthopaedic injuries. It is therefore uniquely placed to provide education and experience in the management of polytrauma and paediatric trauma patients. The department also has specialists in all Orthopaedic subspecialties, including spinal surgery and children’s orthopaedics
The duties of the post holder will include the ward management of elective and emergency inpatients during their hospital admission, assisting with surgery and reviewing patients in outpatient clinics under the supervision of the consultant. When on-call, the post holder will be expected to manage referred and admitted patients in a team.
A weekly timetable, outlining specific duties, will be developed with the successful applicant depending on individual experience and training needs. The timetable will include on-call duties, protected teaching time, outpatient clinics, ward responsibilities and time spent in both elective and trauma operating theatres. To maintain an on-call commitment for the post holder, they will be part of the on-call rota at Newham at consultant grade.
Duties will be split between upper limb elective and trauma clinics and operating lists at the Royal London Hospital site and Barts Orthopaedic Surgical Centre (BHOC) at Newham. These clinics and lists will have in part a service commitment but also learning opportunities and the ability to evolve the successful candidates operative and decision making skills. There will be the opportunity to participate in supervised operating lists, parallel run lists and also conduct upper limb surgery unsupervised with appropriately selected cases. The post-holder will gain experience in the management of complex upper limb and multiply injured patients at one of Europe’s leading and busiest Trauma Centres.
Supervision of the post is lead by Mr L Di Mascio, however time is spent with all upper limb consultants from the Royal London and Newham to maximise development and scope of practice. All areas of elective and traumatic shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand surgery provided.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
The full job description and the person specification provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, outlining the qualification, skills, experience, and knowledge required.
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This advert closes on Sunday 27 Jul 2025