Job overview

Post:  Orthopaedic Senior Clinical Fellowship in Hip, Knee & Sarcoma Surgery

Grade: MT05

Start: 1^st March 2027

Contract: 6-month post in Sarcoma service with option to extend for 12 months (rotation into arthroplasty service can be considered for second 6 month block)

Applications with outstanding surgical, with FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent are invited to apply for the above 6-month rotational fellowship post(s) for 12 months to start 1^st March 2027. 

The 2 posts will be based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

These posts are suitable for surgeons who will have completed their specialist registrar training by the time of appointment and are seeking experience in sarcoma and arthroplasty surgery. The 2 vacancies are in the sarcoma team initially the view to rotate to another area of hip and knee for the second 6 months if requested.

Main duties of the job

3.1.  Clinical Commitment:

The purpose of the post is to enable the successful candidate to gain further experience in Hip and Knee Surgery.

The post holder will gain clinical and operative skills under the direct supervision of the consultants within the Hip and Knee Team.  The post holder will conduct clinics, operating lists, ward rounds and assist with clinical management with the consultants and on behalf of the consultants’ during their absence. 

To participate within the orthopaedic registrar on call rota:

1:20    Resident on-call                   0800-2030    

1:20    Non-resident on-call            2000-0800

1:20    Resident on-call                   2000-0830

 Fellowships will broadly encompass one of three areas during each six month period: Revision arthroplasty, soft tissue knee surgery, orthopaedic oncology or hip arthroscopy. Applicants should indicate on their application form (in the supplementary information section) two areas they would like to cover during their fellowship. Fellowships commence on the first Monday of March and September, the applicant’s preferred start month and year should be included in the supplementary information section.        

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. 

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. 

 We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. 

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.