Arthroplasty Fellow - Trauma & Orthopaedic Department
Specialty Registrar
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
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Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
This is a fixed term 12 month post for a Senior Arthroplasty Fellow at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
The successful applicant will support the current delivery of the Trauma and Orthopaedic Hip and Knee Service, as well as contributing to the development of this service, at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
The appointee will join the existing team to provide specialist care to this growing population of patients, and raise departmental profiles through teaching and education.
The aim of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Orthopaedic Department is to become a leader in the field of Orthopaedic management and the successful applicant must therefore have the pre-requisite procedural and leadership skills as well as team work, drive and ambition to succeed in achieving these goals.
Please note - February 2026 start – with option to potentially start 6 months early
February 2027 start
Main duties of the job
Clinical duties will include outpatient clinics, a formal ward round and three to four operating sessions. The fellow may participate in a fracture clinic a week and there will be time available for research.
There will be an on-call commitment attached to this post. There is a daily meeting at 7:45 am to discuss management of trauma admitted during the previous 24 hours. The candidate will be expected to take part in these and to contribute to the teaching of the junior staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical duties will include outpatient clinics, a formal ward round and three to four operating sessions. There will be a job plan in place that will include Admin/Research sessions and fracture clinics.
There will be an on-call emergency duty commitment attached to this post on a 24-hour partial shift rota with the other Specialist Registrars and Staff Grades. There is a daily meeting at 7:45 am to discuss management of trauma admitted during the previous 24 hours. The candidate will be expected to take part in these and to contribute to the teaching of the junior staff.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
* Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
* MB, BS and MRCS or recognised equivalent
* MSc or equivalent
* Academic Excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions)
* FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Previous Experience
* Specialist Registrar level experience of lower limb arthroplasty surgery
Skills & Knowledge
* Evidence of audit and research projects.
* Experience of teaching junior medical staff and medical students.
* Evidence of previous publications in peer reviewed journals.
We are NOT able to carry out telephone interviews thus applicants must be prepared to travel for an interview.
All new appointments to the Trust, with the exception of executive positions, are subject to a probationary period.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
All applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview. This is in order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.
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1. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
2. Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
3. All vacancies followed by INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY have been classified as an internal role and only internal candidates will be considered.
4. All staff identified as AT-RISK who meets the requirements of the post will be prioritised accordingly. Priority will initially be given to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust employees.
5. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.
Applications from Tier 2 candidates who require Tier 2 immigration status to work in the UK are welcome but such candidates will not be appointed to the post if there are a sufficient number of other suitable and available candidates, as the employing body will in those circumstances be unable to satisfy the Resident Market Labour Test as required by the Border Immigration Authority.
*The Trust operates a smoke-free policy*
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.
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