Trauma Senior Clinical Fellowship

The department currently has 36 orthopaedic surgeons providing elective and trauma services, serving a population of 3 million people. UHNM’s Major Trauma Centre sits within the Trauma Directorate. The service has a bespoke Acute Rehabilitation and Trauma Unit (ARTU) and works with the North Midlands and North Wales Trauma Network, supporting five trauma units and three local emergency departments. UHNM is a specialist hospital that can care for the more severely injured patients, with consultant availability 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the skills to treat complex and multiple injuries.

The Fellow will be part of the Trauma Firm, involved in the management of trauma patients and the provision of care for all orthopaedic trauma cases. All trauma subspecialties are available on site—including pelvic surgery, limb reconstruction, ortho‑plastics and neck of femur—and the post will support teaching and research commitments.

The Trauma Fellow will have the opportunity to rotate between each specialty—including pelvic trauma, ortho‑plastics and limb reconstruction. Allocation of the subspecialties will depend on the educational needs, and there will also be time in other departments to gain an improved understanding of critically‑injured patients and their needs.

Responsibilities & Training

• Assessment, diagnosis and management of all patients admitted to Trauma & Orthopaedics.
• Management of all patients on the trauma floor and an outlying ward.
• Participation in the daily Trauma Meeting and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Awareness of hospital and departmental guidelines.
• Participation in outpatient clinics, including the support of Fracture Clinic.
• Participation in trauma and elective surgery.
• Referral of patients to other specialties.
• Request necessary investigations e.g. blood samples to cross‑match, emergency X‑rays and scans, etc.
• Admission to inpatient facilities.
• Discharge patients with suitable follow‑up arrangements in place.
• Discharge patients to their General Practitioners.
• Discharge patients requiring no follow‑up.
• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please check your emails regularly.

Equality & Diversity

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

Flexible Working

Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.

Application Support

If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.