Senior Clinical Fellow - Hand FellowNHS
Job summary
This post is for a Senior Clinical Hand Fellow in Burns & Plastics Surgery. This is a whole-time 12 month fixed term post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Surgeon looking to progress their career in burns, plastics and reconstructive surgery to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
The post is for senior trainees who wish to further their sub-speciality experience in the field of Hand Surgery.
The successful candidate will be attached to Consultant Plastic Surgeons with interest in elective hand and trauma surgery to gain further training with the expertise of these consultants. Exposure to the full spectrum of adult and paediatric hand surgery within Plastic Surgery is available.
Main duties of the job
To assist Consultants and Specialty Doctors with patient management. The successful candidate will assist with the day to day running of the service and to supervise, help and instruct the junior doctors as part of the team. Duties will include at outpatient clinics and operating lists, attendance on other departmental activities e.g., Audit M&M meetings.
Job description
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 19th August 2026
Closing date: 4th September 2026
Shortlisting date: 7th September 2026
Proposed Interview date : 16th September 2026
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.