Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics: Foot and Ankle

Main area Trauma & Orthopaedics Grade Senior Clinical Fellow Contract 12 months (Fixed Term 1 Year) Hours 40 hours per week (Full time 40 Hours per Week) Job
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Site Trustwide Town Epsom & Carshalton Salary £67,325 - £76,582 excluding LW/on call supplements Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

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At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values

EPSOM and ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST and SOUTH WEST LONDON ELECTIVE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE (EOC) are looking for an exceptional Senior Clinical Fellow –Trauma &Orthopaedics :
Foot and Ankle

Designated as BOA National Clinical Leader Fellow Full Time Fixed Term
12 months
- commencing October 2027.

Interview Date: TBC

Job Summary This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow (post- CCT) offering exposure to Foot & Ankle surgery frombasic to complex including instruction in the management of a wide spectrum of foot and ankle disorders, arthroscopic procedures, minimally invasive procedures, arthrodesis, forefoot reconstructions, diabetic /Charcot reconstruction, trauma and post- trauma reconstruction.

Duties will include delivering care for patients under the care of the Foot and Ankle Consultants and team,providing support to foundation and core training doctors, surgical scrub practitioner, allied F&A health professionals and receiving support and training from Consultant staff. This post would be suitable for an individual who has passed the FRCS (Orth) exam, has at least 6 years experience atSPR level in Trauma and Orthopaedics including at least 12 months experience in the subspecialty offoot and ankle surgery.

Candidates should be approaching or have recently achieved the CCT. Possession of full GMC registration is essential. The post will have a fixed-term tenure of 12 months.

Duties of the Post The post holder will be responsible for:
Assisting consultants in the outpatient clinics (seeing a mixture of new and follow-up patients) and operating theatres and after some training conducting parallel lists with the consultant.

The timetable will include the equivalent of approx.
3 clinics and 3 operating lists per week. There will be opportunity for supervised and independent operating commensurate with skills. Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting and referred to the subspecialty. Supervising the foundation doctors, core trainees (or junior fellows) and SpRs in the day-todaymanagement of Foot and Ankle Elective and emergency orthopaedic inpatients including amultidisciplinary diabetic service. A weekly session will be scheduled to review the extensive F&A database and help the researchnurse with evaluating patient outcomes and producing presentations and publications.

Teaching and training staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate. Communication with on-take firms and GPs as appropriate and timely completion of dischargesummaries.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute Trust with 768 beds, which hosts the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC) and provides a growing specialist orthopaedic service for the South West London and Surrey area. The EOC is the largest centre of its kind in the UK and is fast becoming recognised as a centre of excellence.

This post would be suitable for individuals who are seeking a career as a specialist foot and ankle surgeon, should have at least 6 years experience at SPR level in Trauma and Orthopaedics including at least 12 months…