Job summary
- Main area
- Foot & Ankle Senior Clinical Fellow Orthopaedics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 357-MPR-466-25-QIA988
- Employer
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pilgrim Hospital
- Town
- Boston
- Salary
- £73,992 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Clinical Fellow Foot & Ankle
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
- Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
- Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
- Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
- Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
- Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
So, what is in it for you?
- Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.
Types of flexibility could include:
- Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
- Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
- Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
- Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
- Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
- NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
- Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
- Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.
In addition, there is more.
- Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
- Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
- Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
- Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
- Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.
Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
Job overview
This is a new exciting opportunity as a one-year appointment as a Foot and Ankle fellow for the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Foot and Ankle Unit at ULHT has four substantive Consultants. The Fellowship is run by Mr Ashok Marudanayagam, Mr Harish Kurup, Mr Nijil Vasukutty and Mr Munier Hossain and there will be an opportunity to work with all of the foot and ankle Consultants. The team sees a wide range of elective foot and ankle cases, including ankle replacement, diabetic foot management and complex foot deformity corrections as well as specialist trauma referrals such as complex trimalleolar fractures and Lisfranc fractures.
The successful candidate will be encouraged to continue to develop their sub-specialty interest, contribute to diabetic network and also to the general work of the department including a strong teaching commitment, clinical management and effective team working.
You will be fully registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) and ideally have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Orthopaedic Surgery or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview. We would welcome informal enquiries about this post to.
Job Type: fixed term 12 month
Working pattern: 40 hours
Pay Scheme: Hospital Medical and Dental Staff
Pay Band: Specialty Trainee
Staff Group: Medical & Dental
Specialty/Function: foot and ankle fellow
Main duties of the job
The Fellowship is specifically designed for a Senior Orthopaedic Trainee (or equivalent) that is post-FRCS (Orth) exam, and planning a career in foot and ankle surgery.
The aim of the Fellowship is to provide clinical training and experience in all aspects of foot and ankle Surgery. Fellows are encouraged to undertake new and ongoing research projects, and will be expected to present and publish their work.
The Fellow will be exposed a high volume of foot and ankle surgeries. There will be the opportunity to perform surgeries independently depending on the experience of the selected candidate.
We have a well recognized diabetic MDT meeting regularly. This is an educative meeting where all the specialists involved in the diabetic foot management discuss about complex cases. The Fellow will be expected to attend this meeting.
Although the Fellowship is new, it intends to pride itself on its excellent operative training and supervision. It will maintain a training list ethos to its weekly timetable rather than a pure service provision only. Once the fellow has gained sufficient experience and is deemed ready, there may be the opportunity to do supervised parallel lists to increase confidence in independent operating to prepare them for a consultant post.
Working for our organisation
If you're looking for an enthusiastic team with an excellent work ethic then please apply for this exciting new role. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in an active and well-organised department, staffed largely by an enthusiastic group of Consultants who run regular teaching sessions and are committed to career progression and furthering education.
The team has a culture of personal and professional development and a focus on high quality delivery to support not only ULHT's ambitions, but also those of our wider system partners, patients and communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Trust has the required arrangements in place to ensure that all surgeons have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports surgeons going through the revalidation process. There will be an annual appraisal
There is an active post-graduate centre and extensive reference library at all the hospitals. There is an orthopaedic teaching meeting held every Monday lunch time.
There are regular teaching programmes with master class surgical sessions for medical and nursing staff. There are facilities for teleconferencing at the post- graduate centre. There is also a fully equipped skills lab. The Trust is committed to further education and wherever possible funding will be provided for audit / research programme.
The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) as laid down by the GMC and surgical colleges.
The successful candidate will be provided with mentoring from a senior colleague for as long as is necessary, to help them settle into work as easily as possible.
The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust recognizes its duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all its employees. In addition the business of the Trust shall be conducted so as to ensure that patient’s, their relatives, contractors, voluntary workers, visitors and members of the public having access to the Trust premises and facilities are not exposed to risk to their health and safety.
All Medical and Dental staff under contract to the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust will be expected to comply with the Trust Health and Safety Policies.
Person specification
Qualification/Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- FRCS or qualification of an equivalent level
Desirable criteria
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via: • CCT or CESR (CP) – proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview) •
- • CESR or European Community Rights
Special Knowledge/Abilities and/or Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 6months full time or equivalent part time experience of foot and ankle surgery at middle- grade level
Person Skills/Qualities
Essential criteria
- Good communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to teach trainees and medical students.
Interests and Motivation to the job
Essential criteria
- To maintain own education to a minimum standard set by the Royal College of Surgeons
Academic achievements/research publication
Essential criteria
- An interest in research and audit
Desirable criteria
- Higher Research Degrees (MD, MS, MSc, PhD)
- Research publications in peer reviewed journals
Other skills (eg.audit/teaching/ management)
Essential criteria
- Enthusiasm to assist in development of Orthopaedic services.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in teaching undergraduate medical students.
- Member of BASK/ BHS
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 Nijil Vasukutty
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Mr. Rohit Rambani
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon,
Clinical Lead Trustwide T&O
Pilgrim Hospital Boston
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01205 446160
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