Trauma Consultant interest in Foot & Ankle

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The closing date is 02 March 2026

This post is offered on the new consultant contract terms and conditions of service on a permanent basis.

The successful candidate will join our existing team of 23 consultants. This is a full-time permanent position with ten programmed activities. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across all sites within UHD and be part of the general orthopaedic on call rota with a commitment of 1:12.

A specialist interest to complement existing expertise within the department is sought, especially foot & ankle. Ideally, we will be looking for a surgeon to support the diabetic foot service as a part of their elective practice.

Informal enquiries are welcome.

For further information or to arrange a visit please contact:
Nikki Kelsall, Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics via email  or Mike Kent, Deputy Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics via email

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics (with a specialist interest in foot and ankle) to join the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD).

This post is a substantive trauma and orthopaedic consultant post.

Trauma and Orthopaedics at UHD is a large and well-established service with cross site working. Currently, trauma and paediatric surgery are undertaken on the Poole site, which is the largest fragility fracture centre in Europe with over 1200 patients attending per year requiring surgery and a trauma bed base of over 100 beds. Elective orthopaedics is currently undertaken at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital with a dedicated ring-fenced orthopaedic facility.

As a major part of the formation of UHD in 2020, an extensive clinical service review and reconfiguration is underway. Royal Bournemouth Hospital will become the acute site and Poole Hospital will become the planned care site, with a planned launch in early 2026. As such UHD will be the largest single site Elective Surgical Hub in the UK.

Key to the success and future of the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate are the close working relationships with the Dorset Integrated Care System, the UHD Strategy and Transformation Directorate and the Institute of Orthopaedic Research at Bournemouth University.

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 about this at interview.

The post holder will form part of the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, working at University Hospitals Dorset in the Trauma and Orthopaedic department. A specialist interest to complement existing expertise within the department is sought, especially foot & ankle. Ideally we will be looking for a surgeon to support the diabetic foot service as a part of their elective practice.

These posts will be paid on the Consultant Grade, at 10 basic PAs plus 3% additional salary uplift for on call availability.

The new appointee will:

• Undertake regular trauma theatre lists.
• Undertake regular virtual and outpatient fracture clinics.
• Support and supervise junior doctors and middle grade staff.
• Be ultimately responsible for patients admitted under his or her take/firm, in the trauma service.
• Participate in the trauma consultant on call rota (24/7 service, 1 in 12)
• Undertake consultant level ward rounds and patient review.
• Have a specialist interest in fragility fractures reflecting our local population.
• Have a specialist interest in Foot & ankle.
• Be involved in new ways of working in our future facilities.

DUTIES OF THE POST AND JOB PLAN REVIEW

The successful candidate will provide a mixture of operating and outpatient clinic activity, in trauma. Additionally, the successful applicant will join the 24/7 Consultant on call rota, with Trauma service initially at Poole General Hospital.

The post holder may be involved in the department's training and research programmes and will be expected to supervise a number of locally employed doctors.

• Full GMC registration
• On the GMC Specialist Register for Orthopaedics and have their CCT/CCST or will receive it within six months of the date of interview
• Success in inter-collegiate specialty examination or overseas equivalent
• MD or PhD (Score 1 in progress - 3 submitted - 5 awarded)

• Particular expertise and experience in Foot & ankle surgery, diabetic foot services and trauma work.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical…