Foot & Ankle Senior Clinical Fellow | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading orthopedic hospital is seeking Foot and Ankle fellows to rotate every 6 months starting April 2026. The role includes outpatient clinics, operating theatre duties, and supervising inpatient care. Candidates will engage in a variety of elective cases with an emphasis on complex tertiary cases, and involvement in departmental research and teaching projects. The position offers a supportive environment and a commitment to staff wellbeing.

Benefits

23/7 access to wellbeing support

Rewards & Recognition platform

Dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub

Qualifications

• Specialist training in MDT administration and delivery for tertiary referrals.
• High-level clinical and research experience in spinal deformity correction.
• Participation in case discussions at weekly MDT meetings.

Responsibilities

• Split role between outpatient clinics, operating theatre and supervising in-patient care.
• Exposure to complex elective foot and ankle cases.
• Involvement in departmental research, audit, and teaching projects.

Job description

Overview

Recruitment for 6 Foot and Ankle fellows rotating every 6 months starting April 2026 through to April 2029.

The clinical service is run by a well organised, multi-disciplinary team, including 4 full time consultant orthopaedic surgeons, 3 specialist nurses, 2 senior extended scope physiotherapists, 2 orthotists and a research officer. It is well supported by junior medical staff and a Foot and Ankle fellow. The unit has pioneered a fully digitalised IT data collection system, which allows both audit and clinical research to be undertaken. The service is enhanced by the provision of a dedicated adolescent unit and an Intensive Therapy/High Dependency Unit. The unit runs weekly multidisciplinary education, audit and radiology meetings, in association with consultant musculoskeletal radiologists. The unit works closely with Pain management and Physiotherapy services.

The RNOH is a tertiary referral centre dealing with complex cases from across the country. This role is with the Foot and Ankle Unit and is split between outpatient clinics, operating theatre and supervising in-patient care. Registrars will be exposed to a wide variety of elective foot and ankle cases with an emphasis on complex and tertiary cases both in the outpatient and operating theatre setting. The successful candidate would be expected to be involved with the departmental research, audit and teaching projects and submit at least one project for peer review.

Responsibilities

• Split role between outpatient clinics, operating theatre and supervising in-patient care.
• Exposure to a wide variety of elective foot and ankle cases with emphasis on complex and tertiary cases in both outpatient and operating theatre settings.
• Involvement in departmental research, audit and teaching projects; aim to submit at least one project for peer review.
• Participation and presentation of interesting/complex cases at weekly multidisciplinary team meetings for spinal deformity patients.
• Clinical commitments and research sessions; potential to teach MSc students, specialist registrars and others as required.

Benefits and Environment

• At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), a commitment to staff experience with awards and recognition reflected in NHS Staff Survey 2023 data.
• 23/7 access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Rewards & Recognition platform for thanking colleagues, gifts, and exclusive discounts.
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub and salary sacrifice schemes for transport, electrical goods, and childcare.

Requirements and Training Focus

This fellowship year provides specialist training in: MDT administration and delivery for tertiary referrals; pre- and post-operative ward rounds; surgical multidisciplinary procedures; clinics and theatre lists; clinical research including data collection and audit; preparation of abstracts and papers for presentation and publication. The post is dedicated to developing high-level clinical and research experience in the field of spinal deformity correction. The fellow will prepare surgical plans for each patient and participate in case discussions at weekly MDT meetings for spinal deformity patients. The fellow may occasionally teach MSc students, specialist registrars and more.

This advert closes on Thursday 25 Sep 2025.