Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Full time plus on call commitment)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 359-MSD6901825-A
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tunbridge Wells Hospital
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- Salary
- £73,992 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Post CCT Fellow in Shoulder and Elbow
Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
This is an appointment to the Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics based in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals. The post is aimed at a surgeon who has completed their Orthopaedic training and has passed the FRCS(Orth.), who is planning a career in shoulder and elbow surgery. The post holder will work with the three shoulder surgeons in the Trust, gaining experience from working with them, and will also have the opportunity to practice independently. The fellow attends the elective and upper limb fracture clinic and operates on elective and trauma shoulder lists. They are on call on the middle grade rota, doing general Orthopaedic trauma when on call. There are parallel lists with the consultants and independent fellow lists in the new Barn-style Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre that opened in September 2024.
Main duties of the job
The fellow will attend elective and fracture upper limb clinics. They will enjoy supervised operating of both elective and trauma shoulder and elbow patients, as well as independent operating on parallel theatre lists and unsupervised lists. On-call commitment is required as per the rota.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff, we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?
We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.
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Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 23.7% and life assurance benefits
- Blue Light card eligibility
- And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
Undertake clinic activities as required by the specialty need.
To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or Equivalent
- GMC Registration
- Possession or within 6 months of CCT
Desirable criteria
- Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
- Other degrees, e.g. BSc, MSc MD
Research/Audit
Essential criteria
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
- Understand the principles of audit
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Evidence of participation in audit projects
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of leadership
- Organisational ability
- Able to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations
- Able to get on with other members of the multi disciplinary team
- Credibility and integrity
- A sympathetic approach to patients and relatives
Desirable criteria
- Critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
- To have undertaken a postgraduate communication skills course
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Richard Benson
- Job title
- Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 228221
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