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Job summary

Main area
Elective Orthopaedics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 6 months (6 month's August 2025 - Feb 2026 and Feb 2026 - August 2026 (consider appointing into 12 months))
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (MT05)
Job ref
164-6585146
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Hospital
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£63,152 MT05
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 08:00

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Hip & Knee Arthroplasty Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Job overview

Nottingham Elective Orthopaedic Services, part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, are looking to appoint Lower Limb Arthroplasty Fellows from August 2025 and beyond.  These are exciting opportunities to work in a specialist centre as part of a team of highly specialised surgeons, providing a regional tertiary complex arthroplasty service. Two fellowships available at any one time (hip and knee) and it's anticipated that Fellows will spend 6 months in each fellowship, with a possibility of undertaking one sub-specialty fellowship (can be discussed at interview).
The Knee Fellow will work under Mr Ben Bloch alongside Mr Reshid Berber/Mr Hosam Matar,  and will be exposed to the whole breadth of knee arthroplasty including unicondylar, patellofemoral, primary total and revision knee arthroplasty.


The Hip Fellow will work under Mr Andrew Manktelow with Mr Mark Higgins gaining experience of a complex hip arthroplasty practice, including cemented, uncemented, resurfacing and revision arthroplasty.

Main duties of the job

The Lower Limb Arthroplasty Fellow will work with and receive training from Mr B Bloch and Mr A Manktelow. Both consultants are predominantly elective surgeons with Mr Bloch specialising in Knee Arthroplasty and Revision and Mr Manktelow specialising in all aspects of Complex Hip Surgery. The fellow will attend all elective clinics and theatres for the consultants during the attachment. It is expected that the fellow will work for each trainer in turn spending up to 6 months with Mr Bloch and 6 months with Mr Manktelow. 

Working for our organisation

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is the country’s fourth largest acute teaching trust. It was established on 1 April 2006 following the merger of Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre. We established the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre (MTC) at NUH on April 1st 2012.

We provide acute and specialist services to 2.5 million people within Nottingham and surrounding communities from the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) and the City Hospital campuses. We are a tertiary-level lower limb service performing complex revision hip and knee replacements for patients within our catchment and the surrounding areas.

We have an annual budget in excess of £682m of public sector funding and employ over 13,000 staff.

As an MTC, NUH is a multi-specialty hospital, on a single site, optimised for the provision of trauma care.  It is the focus of the Trauma Network and manages all types of injuries, providing consultant-level care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working alongside the predominantly elective surgeons specialising in knee arthroplasty and revision, and complex hip surgery. the postholder will attend all elective clinics and theatres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Person specification

Trust Values & Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous registrar-level experience in T&O Surgery
  • CCT/CESR in Trauma & Orthopaedics (or expected to achieve by start date)
  • Logbook evidence of experience in hip and knee arthroplasty; confident to perform primary arthroplasty with trainer scrubbed

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GMC Registration
  • MRCS (or equivalent)
  • FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Desirable criteria
  • ATLS

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of working methodically with positive outcomes
  • Audit / QI projects relevant to arthroplasty

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of exceptional preparation, scheduling and administration skills for unified patient management

Physical skills

Essential criteria
  • In–line with requirements for the role

Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to drive or work shifts)

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of previous research including presentations or publications relevant to arthroplasty
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of Leadership & Management training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderadded for NUHArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badge

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ben Bloch
Job title
EO HoS
Email address
[email protected]
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