Upper Limb Senior Clinical Fellow

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based NHS Foundation Trust is offering a Hand Fellowship from August 2025 to February 2026. The role involves attending clinics, participating in elective and emergency surgeries, and preparing presentations. Candidates must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccinations. The advert closes on 15 July 2025.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be able to start in August 2025.
• Successful candidates will participate in elective, trauma, and emergency surgery as required.
• Experience in maintaining medical logs is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Attend clinics as required.
• Carry out ward rounds and manage inpatients.
• Prepare presentations for MDT meetings.

Job description

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Hand Fellowship due to start August 2025 until February 2026.

Please do not apply if you are unable to start in August.

The successful candidates will:

1. Attend clinics at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh as required.
2. Participate in elective, trauma, and emergency surgery as required.
3. Attend arthroplasty meetings and prepare presentations for MDT meetings. One Fellow will be responsible for maintaining the Peri-Prosthetic Infection log.
4. The posts may require fellows to participate in the non-resident out-of-hours rota depending on service requirements. This usually applies to pre-CCT fellows from the Deaneries.
5. Carry out ward rounds and clerk patients on the day of surgery. All patients for theatre require a thromboprophylaxis assessment and a full medication assessment on admission.
6. Manage inpatients in conjunction with allied specialties at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (Wigan Infirmary).
7. Maintain clear and contemporaneous medical records.

Please note the recent legislation amendments as of 6 January 2022, extending mandatory vaccination requirements for staff in health and social care settings in England. These regulations, effective from 1 April 2022, require individuals conducting CQC-regulated activities to have received two doses of an MHRA-approved COVID-19 vaccine unless exempt. Successful candidates will need to provide proof of full vaccination as part of the pre-employment process. Failure to do so will result in withdrawal of the job offer.

The aim of the Fellowships is to provide advanced training in Upper Limb Surgery within the Upper Limb Department.

This advert closes on Tuesday, 15 July 2025.