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Soft Tissue Knee Fellow

Applications are invited for the above post at the City Hospital Campus of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We invite applications from post CCT candidates who are interested in soft tissue knee surgery to apply for this post. International candidates must be able to prove that they have the training equivalent to UK CCT for Trauma and Orthopaedics to be able to apply for this post.

This post will be for 6 months starting from February 2026.  The successful candidates will work with the soft tissue knee team under the supervision of Mr Jimmy Ng and Mr Thomas Kurien.

The fellow is expected to gain significant exposure and knowledge in soft tissue knee and knee preservation surgery.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The successful candidate will support the Elective orthopaedic operating theatres and elective clinics at both the City Hospital and the Treatment Centre. In addition, there will be an on-call commitment.

The fellow will have the opportunity to join JN on his trauma list in QMC if there are any cases of interest. The fellow is expected to operate under supervision and will be given opportunity to operate independently once competency is gained. The fellow is actively encouraged to gain exposure to complex cases and come up with management plan upon discussion with the supervisors. We expect this post to fully prepare the fellow for future consultant posts. The fellow is actively encouraged to participate in audit, quality improvement projects and research. The fellow is expected to complete a project suitable for national presentation and/or publication at the end of the post. We actively encourage the fellow to teach and there will be ample opportunities for that. Mr Ng and Mr Kurien are actively involved in teaching and the fellow will be expected to be actively involved.

Over 6-month's, the fellow is expected to complete a curriculum covering all aspects of soft tissue knee and knee preservation surgery. We actively encourage fellow to discuss the current evidence, controversies and future development in soft tissue knee surgery with us. A cadaveric / simulation training will be arranged to facilitate accelerated and smooth transition into the job and promote learning.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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 are a tertiary orthopaedic centre offering full spectrum of soft tissue
knee surgery and knee preservation surgery such as osteotomy and cartilage procedures.