Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Locum Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics (Upper Limb)
The closing date is 20 November 2025
Applications are invited for the role of a Locum Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics (Upper Limb).
The successful applicant would have elective and trauma commitments.
The job plan will have some fixed and some flexible PAS.
There will be a fixed Monday trauma list and some fixed clinic sessions.
Elective theatre will take place mainly in the new CDSU and there will be job‑planned theatre time to perform elective upper limb surgery.
It is essential that the applicant has undergone advanced training in upper limb surgery, especially hand and wrist surgery including complex wrist reconstruction and has ideally undergone fellowship training.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have a regular day‑surgery list at Castle Hill Hospital and potentially an in‑patient theatre list at Castle Hill Hospital. There may be the opportunity to run theatre lists at Goole District Hospital where the trust is developing a HVLC elective hub.
They will conduct elective clinic sessions at CHH or HRI.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As teaching hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our partnership and our community.
Job responsibilities
For further details in regard to this post, please see the attached full job description and person specification.
Professional Registration
* Full Registration with the GMC
* GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
Qualifications and Training
* Valid ATLS certificate
* FRCS T&O or equivalent
* Fellowship in Upper Limb surgery
* Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in postgraduate training
* PhD, MD
Clinical Experience
* Adequate breadth of training including general trauma skills (upper and lower limb)
* Advanced training in upper limb surgery
* Previous experience as a consultant in a major trauma centre
Management and Administration Experience
* Previous experience leading medical/surgical teams
* Previous experience in a management role in department or within training
* Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high‑intensity workload
* Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff
* Experience of supervising middle‑grade surgical trainees
* National presentation
* Publication in peer‑reviewed journal
* Evidence of having conducted a practice‑changing audit
* International presentation
* More than 5 publications in peer‑reviewed journals
Personal Attributes
* Evidence of leadership
* Evidence of team work
* Evidence of service development
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
* Above‑average attributes in communication, leadership, team work
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.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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