# Senior Clinical Fellow in Hand and Wrist Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-hand-and-wrist-surgery/0eb32441-dc7f-4399-9cdd-e47b6948af76 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-hand-and-wrist-surgery/0eb32441-dc7f-4399-9cdd-e47b6948af76.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** University College Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £76,582 per annum + London Weighting - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Standard Trust Doctor rotation) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (Please see attached Job Description for out-of-hours commitment.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T11:48:08.982Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/University_College_London_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Trauma_Orthopaedics/Trauma_Orthopaedics-v8326458 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8326458?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uclh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Hands & Wrist Surgery. This is an exciting opportunity to gain comprehensive experience and training in Hands & Wrist Surgery at University College London Hospital. The candidate must have obtained full registration with the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom. They should have FRCS (Tr&Orth) and should have achieved or be eligible for CCT. The start date is August 2027, with a fixed-term contract for 12 months ### Main duties of the job UCH Fellowships are clinically based specialist posts intended to give candidates excellent hands-on experience and a wide exposure to routine and complex cases in trauma and orthopaedic surgery. The Hand and Wrist service at UCLH is delivered by four Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons. The Hand Fellow would work with colleagues to deliver a comprehensive subspecialty/tertiary hand service in the trauma and elective settings. Trauma surgery is delivered through dedicated hand trauma lists, with specialist hand and wrist elective surgery provided at our elective orthopaedic hub on Grafton Way. We work closely with our hand therapy colleagues, hand ESP and hand dressings team. In addition, there are ample academic, medical education and leadership opportunities which can be tailored to the needs of the Fellow. BSSH Hand Diploma candidates are supported in the unit. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. ### Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* * UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH? ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Excellence clinical skills Capacity to use and develop a wide range of theoretical approaches. - Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality research, leading to publication. - Involvement in the clinical audit process and an understanding of its aims and objectives. - Interest and experience in hand and wrist surgery **Desirable** - Understanding and proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical / organisational context. ### Communication **Essential** - Ability to act as a consistent reference point in a team and to take a leadership role where needed. - Ability to organize and prioritize work load, to delegate responsibilities as appropriate and to supervise staff. **Desirable** - Lecturing experience with a range of disciplines. ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Ability, enthusiasm and commitment to teach in a clinical setting. - Ability to motivate, inspire and support multi-professional team and be able to work effectively and sensitively within such teams. - Ability to engage/implement NHS strategy, e.g. service redesign to achieve the 18 week target. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - All aspects of orthopaedic surgery - Trauma surgery - General basic trauma operative skills ### Audit Management & IT **Essential** - The ability to undertake and manage clinical audits including supervision of junior staff. ### Knowledge and Qualifications **Essential** - Eligible for full GMC Registration and possess MRCS (or equivalent) - Clinical Knowledge commensurate with trauma and orthopaedic surgery registrar training - FRCS (Tr&Orth) **Desirable** - Higher Academic Degree - Achieved or eligible for CTT ## Documents - [uclh values (pdf, 919.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2685) - [job description (pdf, 504.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10648757) - [functional requirements (pdf, 262.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10648758) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.