Senior Clinical Fellow Soft Tissue Knee & Joint Preservation Surgery: Sponsorship Available

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Duration: 12 Months (Fixed Term)

Start Date: October 2026

Interview date: August 2026

On-Call Commitment: None

Role Overview

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Knee Fellow in Soft Tissue Knee and Joint Preservation Surgery. This full-time, 12-month post offers high-volume, focused subspecialist training explicitly designed as a direct preparation for a specialist consultant soft tissue knee post.

While the fellowship is ideally suited for a post-CCT surgeon seeking final-stage refinement prior to applying for consultant interviews, high-quality pre-CCT applicants will also be considered.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will gain comprehensive, hands-on exposure to the full spectrum of modern elective knee surgery. The majority of the fellow’s clinical and operative time will be working directly with Mr. John Dabis, Consultant Knee Surgeon, providing immersive training in his specific areas of expertise.

To ensure a well-rounded and versatile training profile, there are additional dedicated opportunities to work with Mr. Ran Wei and Mr. Usman Bhatty, both within the primary unit and through external clinical networks.

Surgical Portfolio Exposure Includes:

Complex Meniscal Preservation: Advanced repair techniques, root repairs, and meniscal transplantation.

High-Volume Unicompartmental Knee Replacement: Extensive exposure to partial knee arthroplasty techniques and patient selection.

Joint Preservation & Realignment: Complex deformity correction utilizing both single and double-level osteotomies (High Tibial and Distal Femoral Osteotomies).

Ligament Reconstruction: Primary and revision ACL, PCL, and complex multi-ligament reconstructions.

Patellofemoral Stability: Soft tissue and bony stabilization procedures.

Total Joint Arthroplasty: mainly complex primaries and revision (excluding infection)

Key responsibilities include:

MDT Leadership: Organizing and running the Knee Unit Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings

Data & Quality Outcomes: Working in close collaboration with the unit’s Specialist Physiotherapist and Clinical Nurse Specialists

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • MRCS
  • FRCS (orth)
  • Completion of orthopaedic surgical training (CCT or equivalent)

Desirable

  • ATLS to provider level

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of audit and research methodology
  • Experience in arthroscopic surgery with evidence from your logbook

Desirable

  • Evidence of previous publications

Skills

Essential

  • Computer skills including the ability to manage databases and image processing systems, which generate reliable research and clinical outcome data sets
  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate well with colleagues at all levels

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of use of statistics for scientific research

Other

Essential

  • Commitment to learning
  • Potential to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Team worker and able to work independently using initiative

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 29 August 2026

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