Location
Salary
£70,425 MT05 £70 425 per annum
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
07 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Fixed term: 6 months (6 month extension)
Posted Date
27 Jun 2025

Job overview

Applications are invited for the above post at the Queen's Medical Centre campus of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, for a 12 month fixed term position from October 2025. The successful applicant will work in the Orthopaedic Trauma unit at the Queen's Medical Centre Campus, which is the busiest Major Trauma Centre in the United Kingdom. Queens Medical Centre hosts the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre likely serves a population within the East Midlands region of England estimated to be around 4.8 million people.

Applicants are welcome to visit the department prior to application. Please contact Mr Taylor’s secretary 0115 9249924 ext 82042 (T&O Consultant) or Mr Norrish’s secretary (T&O Consultant and Junior Doctor Lead) on 0115 9249924 ext 84351.

Applications require full GMC registration and UK NHS experience

Main duties of the job

The post is designed to support the successful candidate to bridge the gap between higher surgical training and a substantive consultant appointment, with a significant trauma element. Daytime responsibilities include supporting trauma operating theatres, fracture clinics and on-call duties. The department offers all aspects of complex orthopaedic trauma surgery, including limb reconstruction, orthothoracic trauma surgery and pelvic and acetabular surgery.

Main Duties of this job:

  • In-patient accountabilities require assessment and management of emergency referrals for injured patients from the Emergency Department along with other route of admission (from clinic or direct transfer) under the direction of responsible consultant
  • Routine ward responsibilities, transfer and discharge summaries, and operating theatre duties are a key component of the Senior Trauma Fellow role
  • Out-patient responsibilities will include orthopaedic fracture clinics
  • Teaching medical and other students as required
  • To undertake audit and other quality improvement projects to enhance the delivery of care
  • To get involved in research leading to publication

Detailed job description and main responsibilities