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Senior Fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
The closing date is 05 August 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit into a 12 month fixed term post for a Senior Fellowship in Should and Elbow surgery. This post will commence in February 2026.
This fellowship is aimed at senior trainees, offering extensive experience in shoulder and elbow arthroplasty surgery, shoulder arthroscopy, open shoulder and elbow soft tissue surgery and general upper limb trauma and reconstruction.
The post also includes a degree of exposure to general hand and wrist surgery which can be tailored to the needs to the fellow, particularly with respect to trauma. The unit performs a high volume of primary & revision shoulder joint replacements, is regional hub for elbow arthroplasty, and offers extensive exposure to rotator cuff and instability surgery.
The fellow will work with a team of experienced, fellowship trained upper limb surgeons.
The department consists of 30 consultants, with an established reputation for quality improvement.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.
Main duties of the job
Commitments are flexible but include at least 9 weekday sessions of direct clinical care. This will be split between theatres and outpatient work. There may also be commitment of daytime trauma weeks alongside the allocated training consultant. On call may be required and can be discussed on an individual basis. Northumbria offers excellent training for Trauma and Orthopaedics and scores highly in GMC and deanery training surveys.
The fellow will work within the Northumbria Upper limb Unit which consists of 7 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons, a dedicated number of extended scope practitioners and 5 musculoskeletal radiologists. The fellow will introduce a programme to further improvement of care for shoulder and elbow arthroplasty patients. The improvement project will include designing and launching the improvement programme and measuring and reporting progress.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information in relation to the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent
* MRCS
* Eligible for full GMC registration
* FRCS (T&O) with one of the Surgical Colleges of Great Britain and Ireland, or equivalent
* Entry on the GMC specialist register
Experience
* Completed 4 years full time (or equivalent on a part time/flexible basis) training, at least 2 of which should be in the relevant specialty
* Experience in delivering upper limb outpatient, trauma and elective service for 6 years
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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