Job requirements
Essential
38 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- EXPERIENCE
Proven clinical experience and training in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
- EXPERIENCE
Senior Registrar/Specialist Registrar experience or equivalent
- EXPERIENCE
Awareness of constraints, risks and potential complications of management
- EXPERIENCE
Ability to record accurate and complete medical notes
- EXPERIENCE
Clinical Knowledge and Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach understands evidence-based practice
- EXPERIENCE
Evidence of smooth progression through training to date
- EXPERIENCE
Validated logbook indicating appropriate operative experience
- EXPERIENCE
Confidence in operative work and inpatient care
- EXPERIENCE
Must have experience in Arthroplasty
- Trust values
Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
- Trust values
Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
- Trust values
Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
- Trust values
Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
- OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Prepared to take part in all aspects of the post
- OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Ability to travel between hospital sites
- OTHER REQUIREMENTS
A minium of two years NHS Experience
- EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
MBBS or Equivalent
- EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Basic Surgical training
- EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Registration with the GMC & Licence to practice in the UK
- EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
ALTS Certificate
- EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
FRCS/ MRCS or equivalent
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Competence in pre-operative and postoperative management of patient
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Evidence of being able to establish good professional relationships with patients and colleagues
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Able to read and present documentation
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Good organisational skills
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
technical and clinical competence. Able to perform basic orthopaedic operations independently. E.g. fixation wrist fractures, insertion dynamic hip screw, cannulated screws and fixation ankle fractures.
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Evidence of the development of diagnostic skills and clinical judgement.
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure with exposure of an aptitude for surgery – good manual dexterity
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Evidence of peer reviewed research. Good personal and interpersonal skills. Good spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Understanding of basic principles of audit, clinical risk management and evidence-based practice
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Understanding of basic research principles, methodology and ethics with potential to contribute to research.
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Evidence of participation in audit
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively with others.
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Ability to discuss treatment options with patients in a way that patient can understand.
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Able to demonstrate effective judgement and decision-making skills.
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Follow instructions. Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Capacity to operate effectively under pressure and remain objective in emotive and pressurised situations.
- Skills, Knowledge & Personal Attributes
Good spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Holder of a valid drivers licence and access to own vehicle
Job overview
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has a vacancy available from March 2026 for a Arthroplasty Fellowship in T&O. This post will be for 11 months Fixed Term until 05/10/2027, with the possibility for a further extension. Any interested candidates must have previous exposure to Arthroplasty. This post will have full on call commitments and will be based across Stoke Mandeville Hospital & Wycombe Hospital. We anticipate this to be a popular post so would urge interest candidates to apply early. All applicants MUST hold a GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice in the UK.
Main duties of the job
This is a popular and friendly training unit with specialty trainees from the Oxford and London deaneries. This fellowship will be with our hand & wrist T&O consultants working in subspecialty practice but also having regular on call weeks for additional banding and to allow trainees to maintain trauma skills and their trauma logbook.
Our posts are very popular, and we have trained and supported several surgeons successfully through the FRCS (Orth) exam and subsequent CESR application. The post is across two hospitals – an efficient elective unit (Wycombe), and a busy trauma unit (Stoke Mandeville). This is a very beautiful county with outstanding local schools and excellent transport links to London, Birmingham and overseas.
For further details/informal visits contact Mr Abu Hagana, Orthopaedic Tutor on abu.hagana@nhs.net
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Description of working pattern
During elective weeks the fellow will attend three outpatient clinics and three operating sessions a week with up to two further clinical activities (crossover of operating lists or clinics for other consultants). There is a 1:12 on call night rota. When on call, the registrar is non-resident after 10pm from Monday to Thursday but must be within rapid access of the hospital. After a night shift the following day is free along the guidelines of the new junior doctor contract. The post is resident on Saturday and Sunday nights with Monday off. During the day, the registrar is part of a trauma team. All trauma cases are admitted and treated at Stoke Mandeville Hospitals. When on call, the registrar will be expected to give telephone advice to the Minor Injuries Unit at High Wycombe. In exceptional circumstances, they may be expected to go the Wycombe Hospital personally to give advice
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.
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This advert is for Trust Clinical Arthroplasty Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Aylesbury, England; High Wycombe, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery role. The advertised salary is £55,355 - £77,348 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 11 months (2016 Contract (non training)). The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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