Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics (Post- CCT)

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included. 

This is a fixed-term post for 6 Months.

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is one of the UKs larger providers of NHS Healthcare. We have a vacancy in Hip Preservation / Young Adult Hip for 1 post-CCT fellows in Trauma & Orthopaedics. The post are available from February 2025 for a period of 6 Months.
We serve a population of 1.2 million covering 8 local authority areas, which includes the City of Glasgow, as well as incorporating both urban and rural areas from East Dunbartonshire to Inverclyde.
The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow is one of the largest hospitals in Europe. There are 36 consultants associated with the unit performing a wide range of orthopaedic procedures. This includes, upper and lower limb arthroplasty, revision arthroplasty, elective limb reconstruction, young adult hip surgery (including pelvic osteotomies), brachial plexus surgery, anterior and posterior degenerative spinal surgery, adult spinal reconstruction surgery and a complete range of trauma surgery including pelvic fracture fixation. In addition, we have a close association with the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre providing support in the management of metastatic bone disease and haematological cancers. We have been operational as the Major Trauma Centre for the West of Scotland since 2021. The MTC overs 2.7 million people, and sees >60% of all major trauma in Scotland. We admit 1300-1500 new trauma cases per year via the MTC, in addition to general orthopaedic trauma. We have vacancies for 1 post-CCT fellowships from February 2025. These fellowships can be for a period of 6 or 12 months. In addition to great clinical experience, we would expect our fellows to take a lead in research and present 2 research projects per 12 months with at least one being published. Fellows will be involved in both elective and trauma, including on-call. The current rota is full shift, occupied by 22 middle-grade staff and banded as 1A (50% Supplement). Each fellows role will reflect their seniority and they will be expected to show excellent leadership & management skills. The available subspecialty interests include:

Hip Preservation / Young Adult Hip

Fellowships are coordinated by Mr. Christopher Crome, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. For informal general discussions, please contact on Christopher.crome@ggc.scot.nhs.uk, or for subspecialty specific discussions, please see below.
Hip surgery
We provide the full range of hip surgery with a large volume primary hip arthroplasty, complex primary hip arthroplasty, revision hip arthroplasty, hip arthroscopy and young adult hip surgery (including periacetabular osteotomy). In addition to this, we offer unparalleled experience in metastatic tumour hip surgery and emergency hip surgery for prosthetic joint infection and peri-prosthetic fractures. We perform 122 revision hip replacements per annum and fixation of 32 peri-prosthetic hip fractures per annum. Research is encouraged and will be actively supported.
For informal discussions please contact Mr. Dominic Meek, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at dominic.meek@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
This is a non-training post and is not recognised for training.
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