Junior Clinical Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics
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Job overview
Job title - Foundation Year 3 (FY3) Doctor / Junior Clinical Fellow (12 months from 4th August 2026)
Directorate/ department - Trauma
Division - Surgery and Cancer
Main site of activity ; Charing Cross & St Mary’s Hospitals
Responsible to - SHO Lead: Mr Mark Chamberlain
Accountable to - Head of Specialty: Mr Edward Matthews & Mr Nadeem Mushtaq
On call (to include frequency and details of supplements) 1B - 1-in-10 full shift at CXH, 1-in-9 full shift at SMH
Main duties of the job
The role involves working at the level of an ST1 or 2 trainee. This job is split between 6 months at Charing Cross hospital and 6 months at St Mary’s Hospital. This primarily involves the care and assessment of trauma and elective patients, day-to-day care of inpatients, assisting in the operating theatres as well as routine and out of hours resident on call duties. There are also opportunities to participate in specialist theatre sessions and outpatient clinics, to improve experience in these areas. In addition, candidates can avail themselves of the opportunities to become involved with the work undertaken by the Academic Orthopaedic Department.
If the candidate is keen to be involved, there are opportunities to attend or even present at the monthly cross-site Journal Club Meetings and theatre equipment workshops.
In this post you will be a member of the surgical team responsible for the delivery of high quality assessment and care to our trauma and orthopaedic patients. You will work with a multidisciplinary team including consultants, junior doctors, nurses, therapists and other allied health professionals. You will work on the junior surgical rota which offers a resident on call service. The posts are well supervised by an experienced middle grade registrar and fellow tier as well as consultant orthopaedic surgeons.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are delighted to invite candidates to apply for these very successful FY3/Junior Clinical Fellow posts.
Trainees will rotate between the orthopaedic trauma unit at St Mary’s Hospital which is the regional trauma hub and the elective orthopaedic centre at Charing Cross Hospital.
The Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate across the AHSC has 24 consultant surgeons, and an academic department with a chair, reader and senior lecturer. There are two fully staffed trauma services, and two elective services one of which offers paediatric and hand surgery, while the other focuses on adult reconstructive surgery.
These posts will offer opportunities to increase your orthopaedic and trauma experience and confidence. The department has a strong track record in developing junior doctors who then go on to obtain training numbers in core and higher surgical training. We offer opportunities for motivated junior doctors, internally and with our partner institutions, for research and postgraduate study.
Applicants must be registered with General Medical Council with a licence to practise and should be able to demonstrate satisfactory achievement of FY2 competencies by the time of commencement.