Job summary
- Main area
- Knee Fellow
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed Term 6 months)
- Hours
- Part time - 7.5 sessions per week (None)
- Job ref
- 151-WPHSD-10
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £61,542 - £70,901 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Sports and Reconstructive Knee Fellow
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
This is a six-month Specialist Clinical Fellowship covering the whole breadth of knee surgery including soft tissue knee surgery, joint preservation and primary knee arthroplasty. This fellowship will include exposure to single & multi-ligament knee surgery, osteotomy, patellofemoral realignment and stabilisation surgery, cartilage repair and replacement surgery, meniscal allograft transplants as well as partial knee (UKR, PFJR), and total knee arthroplasty.
Main duties of the job
The fellow will be expected to cover acute and elective knee clinics, elective theatre lists, soft tissue and arthroplasty MDTs. Although there are no direct timetabled trauma activities, acute knee trauma lists may include knee specific trauma such as locked knees, peri-articular and peri-prosthetic trauma, and basic trauma suitable for a post-CCT lower limb fellow.
The fellowship is designed to provide the fellow with the necessary supervised and independent experience in order to be ready for an independent consultant practice. The fellow will be expected to work towards progressive autonomy and will be provided the opportunity of ad-hoc fallow lists with independent operating list suitable for their skillset and parallel to another consultant in order to develop their operative and theatre management skills.
In addition to clinical commitments, there is also an expectation for the fellow to work towards the production of one research paper related to knee surgery and the research program of the knee unit, which the fellow will have one-to-one guidance in order to complete and submit to a relevant journals/conference.
The fellow will have the opportunity to attend cadaveric workshops in order to familiarize themselves with the latest implants and techniques relevant to arthroscopic/open knee surgery and arthroplasty.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The programme has been designed to include a supervised new patient and follow-up knee clinic and operating theatre sessions with exposure to open and arthroscopic surgery. It is supported by educational meetings and relevant research.
The timetable is predominantly supervised, but there is also opportunity for independent operating. There is enough flexibility to ensure maximisation of training opportunities.
In addition, the Fellow will attend dedicated soft tissue and arthroplasty MDT meetings, and the departmental academic and audit programs.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Core Medical Qualification (MB ChB, MB BS or equivalent)
- • Full GMC Registration.
- • FRCS (T&O) or equivalent
- • Post CCT/Specialist register/CESR.
Desirable criteria
- • Distinctions, Scholarships or prizes
- • Other degrees e.g. BSc, Masters, PhD (or equivalent).
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Completion of Specialist Registrar training program in Trauma & Orthopaedics or equivalent
- • ATLS or equivalent.
- • Advanced knowledge of specialist field.
- • 6-12 months experience of soft tissue knee surgery
Desirable criteria
- • Previous trauma or knee fellowship.
- • Evidence of Independent operating.
- • Experience in cartilage and/or meniscal preservation surgery
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Competent to work without direct supervision
- • Competent in the assessment and management of acute and chronic knee conditions
- • Complete trauma and elective logbook relevant to knee surgery
Desirable criteria
- • Advanced soft tissue knee knowledge and experience.
- • Logbook evidence of soft tissue knee involvement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shehzaad Khan
- Job title
- Orthopaedic Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006 14 7290
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