Consultant in T&O (Special interest in Hand & Wrist Surgery): Sponsorship Available

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Applications are invited for a Substantive Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant with a special interest in Hand and Wrist Surgery at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful applicant will join the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department which comprises of 12 substantive consultants and a multi-disciplinary team including 4 Specialty Doctors, 4 Fellows, 2 Specialty trainees, 7 trainees on first on call rota.

We are looking for a dynamic colleague to join our department and complement the existing clinical expertise. You will be part of a friendly, forward thinking team dedicated to providing high quality care for our patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the orthopaedic team to provide a comprehensive service and continuing clinical responsibility for patients under their care. They will manage personal workload in such a way as to ensure that service contract levels are achieved and that work in excess of established contract is undertaken in accordance with the policy of the Trust.

The post holder will work with colleagues to ensure the Trust manages clinical care within the available bed complement and agreed facilities and contribute to the following:

  • Mortality and morbidity meetings
  • Development and application of agreed clinical guidelines
  • Clinical audit

The post holder will provide advice to the Trust, to General Practitioners and other relevant parties on the provision, planning and development of the Trauma and Orthopaedic services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
  • Appropriate Fellowship Training

Clinical experience

Essential

  • oExperience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
  • oUnderstanding of all aspects of specific focus of role
  • oKnowledge of NHS structures and management arrangements
  • oAbility to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies

Desirable

  • Evidence of research publications in field of expertise
  • Further Subspeciality skills

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: 8 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.