Hand Clinical Fellow

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in Northern England seeks an Orthopaedic Research Fellow to join their team at the James Cook University Hospital. The role involves a mix of clinical duties, research, and teaching, suitable for doctors at CT2+ level aiming to advance their career in Orthopaedics or Plastic Surgery. Candidates will have opportunities to contribute to ongoing trials and enhance their clinical skills, supported by a renowned academic team.

Benefits

Reimbursement for enrollment fees for Postgraduate certificate

Supervised teaching and personal career development

Qualifications

• At least 1 years’ experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics or Plastic Surgery.
• Interest in clinical research.
• Ability to deliver undergraduate teaching.

Responsibilities

• Deliver elective and emergency activity alongside the hand service.
• Undertake research activity and deliver undergraduate teaching.
• Get involved with clinical trials and service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Commitment to career in Orthopaedics or Plastic Surgery

Education

Full GMC registration with a license to practice

Job description

The hand service at the James Cook University Hospital is delivered by Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgeons on a combined Orthoplastic rota. Hand on-call is delivered on a 1 in 6 weekly basis by 3 Orthopaedic and 3 Plastic surgeons. Outside the on call weeks surgeons deliver a comprehensive sub-specialty / tertiary hand service.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

The successful applicant will work alongside the Orthopaedic research team and Orthopaedic hand service. Approximately 50% of their time will be allocated to delivering elective and emergency activity alongside the hand service. The remaining 50% of their time will be spent working with the Orthopaedic research team, undertaking research activity and delivering undergraduate teaching for the department. It is expected that the fellow will get involved with a number of on-going clinical trials and service improvement initiatives as well as developing their own research ideas. The trust can reimburse enrollment fees for candidates wishing to undertake a Postgraduate certificate (Education/Research) at the University of Newcastle during their 12 months in post.

The post will suit doctors at CT2 + level wishing to pursue a career in Orthopaedic or Plastic Surgery and to further expand their clinical, teaching and research portfolios. Recent fellows have successfully gained ST3 numbers in Orthopaedics and Plastics, had their work published in peer-reviewed journals, contributed to NIHR portfolio and industry studies and have presented at both national and international meetings. Applicants should have at least 1 years’ experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics or Plastic Surgery, be enthusiastic and committed to a career in Orthopaedics or Plastic Surgery and have an interest in clinical research. Full GMC registration with a license to practice is required.

South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest in the country and provides a comprehensive range of medical and surgical specialities to patients in the North East of England. It is one of the United Kingdom’s 22 Major Trauma Centres and offers tertiary referral services for a variety of surgical specialities including Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery, which are all situated within the JCUH Site. The Orthopaedic Department has a long tradition of delivering excellent clinical outcomes. The unit is committed to training and offers supervised teaching and personal career development for those trainees who wish to develop a career in orthopaedics. In addition the department has strong links to Teesside University through which it delivers a postgraduate orthopaedic MCh Course including modules in clinical research.

The orthopaedic department has an active academic team lead by Prof Amar Rangan and Prof Paul Baker. The team includes two senior lecturers, research nurses and an orthopaedic research scientist. The team including the hand team have co-ordinated a number of national and international multicentre clinical trials. Members of the team are also grant holders for a range of NIHR portfolio adopted trails.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: christopher.coapes Job title: Clinical Director Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01642 850850

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