Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Paediatric Orthopaedics, complemented by skills in Adult Foot and Ankle Surgery, to join our dynamic Trauma and Orthopaedics team at Northampton General Hospital (NGH), part of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN).

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the delivery of specialist orthopaedic care across Northamptonshire. You will play a central role in developing and leading paediatric and foot and ankle pathways, working alongside a talented multidisciplinary team that prides itself on innovation, collaboration, and high-quality outcomes.

The successful candidate will join a well-established, forward-thinking department with excellent links to the University of Leicester College of Life Sciences, providing opportunities to engage in teaching, research, and academic collaboration.

You’ll be part of a clinically led organisation that values professional growth, work–life balance, and innovation — big enough to offer complex, rewarding clinical work but small enough to care, support, and develop every consultant individually.

Main duties of the job

You will deliver consultant-led orthopaedic services across both elective and trauma pathways, providing expertise in paediatric orthopaedics and adult foot and ankle surgery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Running independent paediatric outpatient clinics and elective operating lists, including day-case and inpatient procedures.

• Contributing to the management of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and supporting the Ponseti clubfoot service.

• Providing complementary adult foot and ankle services to enhance the department’s subspecialty coverage.

• Participating in the trauma on-call rota (currently 1:12), ensuring high-quality consultant-led acute orthopaedic care.

• Undertaking ward rounds, elective and trauma theatre sessions, and fracture clinics in line with the agreed job plan.

• Supervising and mentoring junior medical staff, participating in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and contributing to audit, governance, and research activities.

• Playing an active role in service development, clinical leadership, and the delivery of safe, effective, and innovative patient care.

This post provides the opportunity to make a real impact — clinically, educationally, and strategically — within a team committed to delivering excellence and advancing orthopaedic services across Northamptonshire.

Working for our organisation

**Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications**

Northampton General Hospital NHS  Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. 

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups.  We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. 

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.