Senior Clinical Fellow with an interest in Knee Surgery

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Senior Fellow position in the Department of Orthopaedics. This role involves significant responsibility in trauma care, contributing to clinical governance and personal development in a supportive team environment. Candidates should possess an MRCS, FRCS (Orth), and a strong background in trauma and orthopaedics.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years SpR level training in Trauma and Orthopaedics.
• Registered with the GMC, MRCS, and FRCS (Orth) qualifications required.
• Experience in audit, research, and prior publications are essential.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining health, safety, and wellbeing for all in the hospital.
• Must observe confidentiality of personal information.
• Involve in personal development and colleague development support.

Skills

Audit

Research

Publications

Education

Medical Degree

MRCS

FRCS (Orth)

Full GMC Registration

Job description

This is an established post, bringing the complement of Senior (Post FRCS) Fellows within the Department of Orthopaedics to 11, of which 5 are dedicated Trauma Fellows. There are also 12 Registrars, and 7 are part of the South East Thames Orthopaedic Training Programme. The On-call at King's consists of a separate rota for the Senior Fellows and the Registrars, the Fellows doing day-time on calls during weekdays and weekends and the Registrars providing the night on call service.

This post is to work with Mr Rajat Varma, Mr Anil Kumar, Mr Alvin Chen and Mr Barry Andrews.

Main duties of the job

To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.

To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.

To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.

This job description is intended to be a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.

All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly.

Rota is 1:11 resident 8:00 to 20:00, Weekday- Monday to Friday and subsequent weekend Saturday to Sunday

We are looking to recruit from August 2025 and beyond.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.

• To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
• We want to be an organisation where everyone shares a commitment to delivering the very best care and feels like their contribution is valuable and valued.
• At Kings we are a kind, respectful team:

Kind. We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work

Respectful. We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed

Team. We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional

• To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
• To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
• This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.
• All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication.
• Everyone is responsible for promoting inclusion no matter their role or team. At Kings, we want to create an environment where everyone feels valued, respected and welcomed

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• medical degree
• MRCS
• 4 years SpR level training in Trauma and Orthopaedics
• FRCS (Orth)
• Full GMC registration
• experience of audit
• research and publications

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