Consultant in T&O Surgery with interest in Hand and Wrist

Job overview

Applications are invited for a  Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery with a specialist interest in Hand and Wrist to join our busy Trauma and Orthopaedic department. This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly, enthusiastic and innovative team of orthopaedic consultants. Our region serves the population of Buckinghamshire, across the Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe Hospital sites. Most of the scheduled operating care is provided at Wycombe Hospital, with elective clinical work across both sites.

This post will offer a great professional challenge, as we are looking to appoint a dedicated, visionary and enthusiastic individual to join committed, reputable teams to deliver high quality, compassionate care to trauma and orthopaedic patients at this exciting time. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our clinical care, leadership, quality improvement and innovation, pastoral development of a multi-professional team and - above all - on our team-working and cohesion.

Applicants should possess FRCS (Tr & Orth) or equivalent, be registered with the General Medical Council and be eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register.  The successful applicant could start asap.

Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register.

Planned AAC Interview Date is Friday 10 July 2026.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will participate in a 1:12 trauma rota, and will join a team of 22 consultants. This is a Orthopaedic Consultant post attracting 10 PAs.

Elective surgery is carried out at Wycombe Hospital. There is a dedicated ward for elective orthopaedics in addition to a day surgery unit. The trauma service is based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The hospital has a designated Trauma Unit and provides acute surgical care to a population of 500,000. All trauma is centralised on the ‘hot site’ and this post will be working alongside a dedicated team of nurses, junior doctors, therapists and ortho-geriatricians to provide a first class, consultant led service. Two consultants manage the trauma service for a week rotating every 6 weeks, and this post will be working closely alongside a consultant colleague.

There is an excellent musculoskeletal radiology support with 24-hour CT scanning.

Applicants must ensure they provide names contact details of referees covering last three years of employment.  Current/most recent employer is always required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

It is essential that the successful candidate is able to demonstrate appropriate training & experience in Hand and Wrist surgery.

The successful candidate is expected to undertake trauma surgery and take part in the on-call rota, currently 1 in 12.