Job overview

Foot and Ankle Senior Clinical Fellow

2 x 12 month posts to begin February 2026.

You will be working with the team of five foot and ankle consultant surgeons supported by our specialist practitioners and the rest of the multidisciplinary team.

Planning and Organisational Duties

• Attendance at Orthopaedic out-patient clinics / fracture clinics with the Consultant.
• Attendance at Orthopaedic Operating lists elective and trauma.
• Involvement in the Diabetic foot Multidisciplinary service.
• Ward Cover, Clerking of new admissions, attendance at ward rounds.
• Cover for colleagues in Orthopaedic Unit during periods of leave.
• Writing discharge letters, liaising with GPs as necessary regarding discharges. Legibly completing outcome proformas in the out-patient clinics.
• Collecting and presenting data for clinical audit meetings.
• To facilitate medical and clinical audit, junior medical staff must keep medical records in the manner prescribed by the Musculo-Skeletal Division.
• These duties apply in common to Wrightington’s NHS and private patients.
• There will be some scope for independent operating lists for some trainees which may include injections, trauma and elective surgery. 

Main duties of the job

Communications and Key Working Relationships

• This is an advanced foot and ankle fellowship aimed at a senior trainee with an interest in a career in the foot and ankle subspecialty. It is aimed at the post CCT/CESR level candidate with previous experience and training in foot and ankle surgery
• We have 3 training pathways in the foot and ankle department. The successful applicant will work with a combination of consultants in the foot and ankle unit, which includes Mr Clough, Mr Davenport, Mr Karski, Mr Smith and Mr Ring. The exact weekly job plan will vary depending on which team you are attached to. All consultants cover all aspects of foot and ankle practice.
• On the elective site at Wrightington the fellows will gain experience in the whole spectrum of elective foot and ankle pathology. This will include both elective and trauma pathology including complex tertiary referrals. Our hot trauma site is at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan. Some of the fellow job plans would include commitments here. However, much of the ambulatory trauma is transferred to Wrightington for surgical management giving all our fellows trauma exposure.

Working for our organisation

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.