Job summary
- Main area
- Hand
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 153-M3593
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £70,425 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Hand and Wrist Fellow
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
The post holder will be employed in the Trauma & Orthopaedic Directorate.
Currently, elective surgery takes place on the Bournemouth site and trauma on the Poole site. This split site system has been in place for over 20 years and is well established.
The Department undertakes approximately 1,600 joint replacements a year.
All aspects of elective and traumatic conditions affecting the hand and wrist are covered between the two sites. These include wrist fracture fixation, scaphoid surgery to include non-unions, soft tissue hand trauma, arthroplasty of the small joints of the hand, thumb base and wrist, arthroscopic wrist surgery and nerve decompression. The full range of hand and wrist surgery is covered, with potential to spend time with a UK plastic hand surgery unit to cover congenital hand, flap reconstruction and flexor tendon surgery.
We are principally recruiting for a fellow to commence October 2025 but may consider applicants for October 2026 if deemed suitable at the point of interview.
Main duties of the job
The aim of this fellowship is to offer particular emphasis on the training and quality improvement in hand and wrist surgery, both elective and trauma. There will be no on call duties associated with this post but additional duties may be offered.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Greater than two years orthopaedic registrar level experience including at least 6 months of Hand and Wrist surgery
- 4 months NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of involvement in audit & research projects
Skills
Essential criteria
- Principles and practice of hand and wrist surgery
- Evidence of technical competence in intermediate level surgery
- Up to date, complete logbook of experience
- Meet the requirements of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice
Desirable criteria
- Contribution to management of professional organisation
- Some experience of medical writing
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic MB BS or equivalent
- Postgraduate FRCS / MRCS or equivalent
- Commitment to continuing postgraduate education and training
Desirable criteria
- Additional Postgraduate qualification
- Working towards UK Hand Diploma
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
- Miss Joanna Higgins
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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