Job overview
Background
This SHO post is for 6 months from 07/10/26 - 06/04/27 and is part of a 12 people SHO team who work on a 12 weeks rotation schedule throughout various clinical activities such as ward cover, on call days and nights, trauma and other clinical activities. At present this post does not have educational approval. It is however a position in accordance with recent college guidelines on extending the length of basic surgical training to three years. It will be most suited to a trainee who is working towards obtaining BST and MRCS and also needs more overall surgical/orthopaedic experience before applying for a research or registrar position.
**Please note - we may close the advert early once enough applications are received**
Main duties of the job
THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Hillingdon Trauma & Orthopaedic department is run by 15 Consultants. 13 of these run the trauma service over a 15 week rolling rota. On their non-trauma weeks, they run an elective service alongside the remaining 2 consultants. There is a 30 bedded Orthopaedic Ward currently catering emergency patients at Hillingdon. A short-stay Orthopaedic speciality ward at Mount Vernon Hospital is part of the department, catering only for elective patients. There is also a Day Case surgical unit on each of the two hospitals to which all Consultants have access with other specialities. There are beds as required on a separate paediatric unit.
There is a wide range of general elective orthopaedics undertaken, the Consultants covering most of the elective orthopaedic sub specialities. For trauma, each Consultant's ‘take’ is for one week at a time. There is a daily morning x-ray conference followed by a trauma round and then a new patient fracture clinic. In the afternoon there is also an all-day operating list for trauma patients that have been admitted. This provides an excellent opportunity for teaching and experience. The department is fully equipped for modern trauma management.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached, the Job Description for a full list of role requirements and responsibilities.,
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Essential
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- Acute Trauma/night on call
- Trauma and Orthopaedics experience during foundation programme/ internship.
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This advert is for Junior Clinical Fellow (SHO) Trauma and Orthopaedics with The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Hillingdon Hospital. It is listed as a Junior Medical doctor Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery role. The advertised salary is £45,715 - £59,406 per annum, plus London weighting £2,162. The contract type is 6 months (Fixed Term 6 Months: start date 07/10/2026 - end date 06/04/2027). The application deadline is 26 Aug 2026.
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