We are looking for an experienced and motivated Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Paediatric Orthopaedics, complemented by skills in Adult Foot and Ankle Surgery, to join our dynamic Trauma and Orthopaedics team at Northampton General Hospital (NGH), part of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN).
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the delivery of specialist orthopaedic care across Northamptonshire. You will play a central role in developing and leading paediatric and foot and ankle pathways, working alongside a talented multidisciplinary team that prides itself on innovation, collaboration, and high-quality outcomes.
The successful candidate will join a well-established, forward-thinking department with excellent links to the University of Leicester College of Life Sciences, providing opportunities to engage in teaching, research, and academic collaboration.
You’ll be part of a clinically led organisation that values professional growth, work‑life balance, and innovation — big enough to offer complex, rewarding clinical work but small enough to care, support, and develop every consultant individually.
Main duties of the job
You will deliver consultant‑led orthopaedic services across both elective and trauma pathways, providing expertise in paediatric orthopaedics and adult foot and ankle surgery.
Key responsibilities include:
* Running independent paediatric outpatient clinics and elective operating lists, including day‑case and inpatient procedures.
* Contributing to the management of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and supporting the Ponseti clubfoot service.
* Providing complementary adult foot and ankle services to enhance the department’s subspecialty coverage.
* Participating in the trauma on‑call rota (currently 1:12), ensuring high‑quality consultant‑led acute orthopaedic care.
* Undertaking ward rounds, elective and trauma theatre sessions, and fracture clinics in line with the agreed job plan.
* Supervising and mentoring junior medical staff, participating in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and contributing to audit, governance, and research activities.
* Playing an active role in service development, clinical leadership, and the delivery of safe, effective, and innovative patient care.
This post provides the opportunity to make a real impact — clinically, educationally, and strategically — within a team committed to delivering excellence and advancing orthopaedic services across Northamptonshire.
Working for our organisation
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description document.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration with licence to practise
* CCT in Trauma & Orthopaedics (or within 6 months at the time of interview)
* Evidence of completion of approved fellowship training in appropriate sub‑speciality
* Experience in managing elective paediatric orthopaedic surgery
* ATLS / European Trauma / or equivalent Trauma course in the last four years
* Evidence of managing independent operating lists / Previous experience at Consultant / Fellow level
Experience
* Experience of Audit and Quality Improvement
* Experience of Teaching Junior Staff.
* Demonstrable Team Leadership skills and experience.
* Involvement in teaching, clinical leadership, or research activities
* Understanding and experience of delivering organisational change
Skills
* Commitment to clinical teaching, audit, and service improvement.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
* Interest in revision hip and/or knee arthroplasty.
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper‑acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
* Compassion
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courageous
* Accountable
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In submitting an application form, you authorise Northampton General Hospital to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority Transfer process should you be appointed to the post.
Due to the high number of applications received we are unable to respond to each application individually. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful in this application.
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Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust recognises that staff of differing backgrounds and life experiences enrich our workforce and bring different skills and knowledge. We therefore encourage and welcome applications for our vacancies from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE VACANCIES PRIOR TO THE ADVERTISED CLOSING DATE WHEN WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS
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