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Job summary

Main area
Orthopaedics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 6 months (or 12 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (non resident on call rota)
Job ref
190-STH-26-039
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£73,992 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Post CCT Knee Preservation Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The Orthopaedic team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are seeking to appoint a Post CCT Clinical Fellow in Knee Preservation. The appointment is to commence Feb 2027 for 6 months and Aug 2027 for a fixed term period of 6 or 12 months by mutual agreement. FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent is essential.  The post does not award a National Training Number.  As this post is not recognised as a ‘training post’, full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required. The duties of this post is equivalent to ST8, appropriate to an individual holding a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).

Main duties of the job

This is a six month or one year appointment suitable for a senior Orthopaedic trainee who wants to specialise in Knee Surgery. The successful candidate will work with the three knee Surgeons employed by STHFT (Mr Hampton, Mr Hancock and Mr Stoddard). 

As the title suggests, the focus of the department is on knee preservation treatments, including significant exposure to:
•    Cartilage surgery
o    As one of a handful of cartilage centres in the UK we provide all aspects of chondral surgery, performing Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) and Fresh Osteochondral Allograft (FOCA)
•    Meniscal allograft transplantation
•    Complex osteotomy
o    Single and double level coronal plane, slope-changing, and rotational (including PSI osteotomy)
•    Ligament reconstruction
o    Cruciate and collateral reconstruction
o    Management of multi-ligament knee injuries
•    Patellofemoral instability
o    All surgical management provided including trochleoplasty
•    High volume partial (UKA and PFJA) knee arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty
•    Management of synovial proliferation disorders (synovial chondromatosis/osteochondromatosis and PVNS)

Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative work plan.

Working for our organisation

PROUD VALUES

These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.

Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do

Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair and value diversity

Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve

Unity – Work in partnership with others

Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions

For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative work plan.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered with the GMC with a licence to practise
  • Qualified medical practitioner (MBBS or equivalent)
  • FRCS (Ortho) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Distinctions, prizes, awards, scholarships, Other degrees

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 6 months knee surgical experience
  • Demonstrate competence in the management of both acute and elective knee surgery
  • NHS Experience (excluding Clinical Attachment)
  • ST8 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • NHS Experience (excluding Clinical Attachment)

Research

Essential criteria
  • Interest and experience in research technique
Desirable criteria
  • Publications in Peer reviewed journals. Presentations

Teaching and training

Essential criteria
  • Interest in training clinical and surgical skills

Continuous Professional Develo

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
  • Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Personal attributes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values (see appendix)
  • The applicant must demonstrate skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC’ good medical practice (2013).

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mr J E Stoddard
Job title
Consultant Knee Surgery & Sports Trauma
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2266256

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
HR Department
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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