Upper Limb Fellow

The Upper Limb Team are happy to advertise their Shoulder and Hand Fellowship.

The role is for 40 hours per week. Fellowships are due to start in August 2024.
- Attend clinics at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh as required.

Participate in elective, trauma and emergency surgery as required.

Attend arthroplasty meetings and prepare presentations for MDT meetings. One Fellow will be responsible for maintaining the Peri-Prosthetic Infection log.

The posts may require fellows to participate in the non-resident out of hour’s rota dependent upon the service requirements. This usually applies to the pre CCT fellows from the Deaneries.

Carry out ward rounds and clerk patients on the day of surgery. In addition to consent, all patients for theatre require a thromboprophylaxis assessment to be completed by the admitting doctor and full assessment of medications on admission.

Manage inpatients in conjunction with allied specialties at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (Wigan Infirmary).

Maintain clear and contemporaneous medical records.

On 6 January 2022, the Government made new legislation, approved by Parliament, which amended the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”). This extends the scope of mandatory vaccination requirements for staff beyond registered care homes to health and wider social care settings in England.

These new regulations come into force on 1 April 2022, requiring people who conduct Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulated activity in public (NHS) or independent sector health and social care settings in England, to have received two doses of a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved COVID-19 vaccine unless exempt.

The aim of the Fellowships is to provide advanced training in Upper Limb Surgery within the Upper Limb Department.