Interested in working in a Major Trauma Centre? Experience at the country's busiest Major Trauma Centre is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills.
We are currently recruiting to our Junior Fellow posts here at the QMC Major Trauma Centre. We have positions available from the 6th of August 2026 for 12 months.
Applicants need to be motivated and with a keen interest in the management of Major Trauma patients. Good communication skills are essential as is the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary professional team across a number of different specialties.
As a centre of excellence in the treatment of Major Trauma, the Queen's Medical Centre is a single site multi-specialty hospital, optimised for the provision of trauma care. It is the primary receiving hospital of the East Midlands Trauma Network and manages all types of injuries, providing a 24 hour consultant led service.
The Major Trauma Consultant and multi-professional team co-ordinate the pathway of care for people with severe trauma injuries. Rehabilitation is commenced as early in the pathway as possible to maximise functional outcomes for the patient.
Key Job Objectives
* To enhance your knowledge and understanding of Immediate lifesaving interventions by attending and participating in trauma calls in resus.
* Interpreting initial investigations quickly including blood gas, X ray and CT results in resus.
* Liaising with other members of the trauma team, from all different specialties and documenting findings and plans in the Major Trauma admissions documentation.
* The main elements of a trauma call including how these should be coordinated and documented.
* The management of multi system trauma.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is the country’s fourth largest acute teaching trust. It was established on 1 April 2006 following the merger of Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre. We established the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre (MTC) at NUH on April 1st 2012.
We provide acute and specialist services to 2.5 million people within Nottingham and surrounding communities from the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) and the City Hospital campuses. We have an annual budget in excess of £682m of public sector funding and employ over 13,000 staff. As an MTC, NUH is a multi-specialty hospital, on a single site, optimised for the provision of trauma care. It is the focus of the Trauma Network and manages all types of injuries, providing consultant-level care.
For further details / informal visits contact
Name: Mr Rory O'Connor
Job title: Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon
Email address: rory.oconnor@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0115 9249924
Candidates should contact Mr Rory O'Connor, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon through the QMC main switchboard - 0115 9249924
We reserve the right to close this position before the advertised closing date should we receive a high number of applications.
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