Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (1 year appointment, to start in 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 234-MS2339
- Employer
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NNUH
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £70,425 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Post-CCT Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Senior Clinical Fellow
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Job overview
Applications are invited for a one year fellowship to commence in 2026, the start date could be negotiated. The post will involve duties mainly at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
The elective commitment will be to knee surgery in general, with specific exposure to revision knee surgery, including periprosthetic fractures. It is anticipated that the successful applicant will be already capable of performing primary joint replacements with minimal supervision, and gradually increase operative responsibility in revision surgery over a period of one year.
The appointee might be expected to be sharing some operating lists with more junior orthopaedic trainees & sensitivity towards their training needs & indeed participation in their training will be expected. The outpatient commitment will be to new & follow up joint replacement clinics. List & follow up clinic commitments will be coordinated with the ST from each firm. New patient clinics are organized by the fellow to run in parallel with consultant clinics.
A candidate who is unable for personal reasons to undertake the duties of a whole-time post will receive equal consideration. If such a candidate is appointed the job content will be modified as appropriate in consultation with consultant colleagues and local management.
We welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post. The Trust operates job share and flexible working.
Main duties of the job
The fellow is expected to organize, run & document the weekly hip arthroplasty / radiology MDT on a Tuesday evening and the monthly knee arthroplasty MDT. All upcoming revisions are discussed to facilitate planning, post-operative films are reviewed & complex cases requiring radiology input are discussed. The fellow is responsible for maintaining the revision hip data base, so proficiency with Microsoft Access is required. The knee surgeons run their MDT through the BAJIR database, so some experience with this would be desirable.
The successful applicant will have responsibility for coordinating the management of emergently-admitted, complex hip and knee problems (peri-prosthetic fractures, dislocations, infections). They might also be expected to occasionally participate in the general middle grade 1 in 12 on-call rota (often supervising a more junior trainee [ST3]) for additional remuneration.
Research is a high priority within the department & the successful candidate will be expected to participate & run projects with the supervising hip consultants & Professor Mcnamara, who is part of the Norwich Biofilms Group.
The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals.
All employees, including the appointee, will be expected to be involved in implementing the Trust’s Clinical Governance programme. This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management.
Working for our organisation
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic Medical Degree.
- FRCS (Tr & Orth) or equivalent
- Accreditation in Orthopaedics and on GMC Specialist Register (CCT) or equivalent at time of appointment.
- Current ATLS provider certification
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree
- ATLS instructor
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Good communicator.
- Capable of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to work in shared office space
- Enthusiasm for service development and teaching.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of training in management skills.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Stated career intention of arthroplasty surgery.
- European country or elsewhere overseas would have to show equivalence to the 6 years specialist registrar orthopaedic training period in the National Health Service required for the specialty and examination equivalent of FRCS (Tr & Orth).
- Evidence of competence in primary hip arthroplasty.
- Training in children’s safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of interest & experience in revision arthroplasty surgery
Interests
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates evidence of interest in Arthroplasty Surgery
- Demonstrable interest and research / audit in hip surgery.
Desirable criteria
- Peer reviewed publications or presentations in hip or knee surgery
Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Full Driving License.
Other
Essential criteria
- Flexible outlook on working practices.
- Full registration with GMC with a licence to practice.
- Emotionally well balanced personality
- Appropriate immigration status
Communications and Language Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues, colleagues in pathology and support staff
- Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English
- Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of training in communication / teaching, eg, Training the Trainers / Teaching the Teachers
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Nish Chirodian
- Job title
- Service Director for Trauma & Orthopaedics
- Email address
- [email protected]
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