Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma & Orthopaedics
- Grade
- ST6+
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Starting October 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-KA-EMF19394
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £73,992 Dependant on Experience Plus Enhancements if Applicable
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Complex Lower Limb Arthroplasty
ST6+
Job overview
Applications are invited for a Senior Fellow in Complex Lower Limb Arthroplasty in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford. The role is available to start 01st October 2026 for a fixed term of 12 months.
This job is a post CCT senior clinical fellowship though applicants who have passed the FRCS (T&O) exam but not yet achieved CCT (or CESR) may exceptionally also be considered.
The Complex Arthroplasty Fellow should experience all aspects of hip and knee arthroplasty with a focus on complex primary (including for metastatic disease) and revisions. The principal surgical contact will be Mr Kerry Acton FRCS but the Fellow will also work with other lower limb arthroplasty consultants.
The Job will provide advanced training in the breadth of Hip and Knee surgery including the management of complex revisions, periprosthetic fractures and metastatic oncology cases.
Main duties of the job
The Fellow will be expected to engage with research and publish data on relevant topics and will be expected to provide a report on the progress of such research projects at regular intervals during their post and before the end of their post.
The Fellowship is designed as post CCT training and as such is NOT recognised by the Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC) for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in the UK.
The appointee will be given advanced training in the breadth of Hip and Knee arthroplasty including the management of complex revisions, periprosthetic fractures and metastatic oncology cases. They will have opportunities to carry out some clinical and operative work without direct supervision when the Trainers are satisfied with their experience.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Appointment - This appointment is made by the Royal Surrey County
Hospital NHS Trust.
Training Recognition - The Fellowship is designed as post CCT training and
as such is NOT recognised by the Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC) for
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in the UK.
The Aim of the Appointment - The appointee will be given advanced training
in the breadth of Hip and Knee arthroplasty including the management of
complex revisions, periprosthetic fractures and metastatic oncology cases.
They will have opportunities to carry out some clinical and operative work
without direct supervision when the Trainers are satisfied with their
experience,
Applicant Requirements - The applicants must be registered with the GMC
on the General Register, they must be contactable via a UK Mobile phone
during their appointment.
For further information .Please see attached Job Description.
Person specification
Qulaifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice
- ATLS
- Post Graduate Qualification – FRCS (T&O)
Desirable criteria
- AO Basic principles
- Basic plastering course
- Basic surgical skills
- CCT/CESR
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Capacity to supply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
- Ability to prioritise clinical need
- Adequate elective and trauma surgical experience to proceed with a senior fellowship that aims to have the Fellow operate independently during that latter part of their tenure
Skills and Capabilities
Essential criteria
- Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with analytical and flexible mind
- Capacity to bring a range of approaches to problem solving
- Demonstrates appropriate technical and clinical competence and evidence of the development of diagnostic skills and clinical judgement.
- Validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date demonstrating suitability for a senior Fellowship
- Exposure of an aptitude for surgery – good manual dexterity
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 Kerry Acton
- Job title
- Orthopaedic Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
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