Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Locum Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics (Upper Limb)

The closing date is 20 November 2025

Job summary

Applications are invited for the role of a Locum Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics (Upper Limb).

The successful applicant would have elective and trauma commitments

The job plan will have some fixed and some flexible Pas

There will be a fixed Monday trauma list and some fixed clinic sessions

Elective theatre will take place mainly in the new CDSU and there will be job planned theatre time to perform elective upper limb surgery.

It is essential that the applicant has undergone advanced training in upper limb surgery, especially hand and wrist surgery including, complex wrist reconstruction and has ideally undergone fellowship training

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have a regular day surgery list at Castle Hill Hospital and potentially an in patient theatre list at Castle Hill Hospital. There may be the opportunity to run theatre lists at Goole District Hopsital where the trust is developing a HVLC elective hub

They will conduct elective clinic sessions at CHH or HRI.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Details

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year PA PR

Contract

Locum

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-7533301

Job locations

Hull Royal Infirmary

Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details in regard to this post, please see attached full job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details in regard to this post, please see attached full job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

Essential

  • oFull Registration with the GMC
  • oGMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • oMedical degree
  • oValid ATLS certificate
  • oFRCS T&O or equivalent

Desirable

  • oFellowship in Upper Limb surgery
  • oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
  • oPhD, MD

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • oAdequate breadth of training including general trauma skills (upper and lower limb)
  • oAdvanced training in upper limb surgery

Desirable

  • oPrevious experience as a consultant in Major trauma centre

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious experience leading medical/surgical teams
  • oPrevious experience in management role in department or within training
  • oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable

  • oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
  • oManagement qualification

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential

  • oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
  • oExperience of supervising middle grade surgical trainees
  • oNational presentation
  • oPublication in peer reviewed journal

Desirable

  • oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
  • oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
  • oInternational presentation
  • oMore than 5 publications in peer reviewed journals

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • oEvidence of leadership
  • oEvidence of team work
  • oEvidence of service development
  • oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

  • oAbove average attributes in communication, leadership, team work
Person Specification

Professional Registration

Essential

  • oFull Registration with the GMC
  • oGMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • oMedical degree
  • oValid ATLS certificate
  • oFRCS T&O or equivalent

Desirable

  • oFellowship in Upper Limb surgery
  • oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
  • oPhD, MD

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • oAdequate breadth of training including general trauma skills (upper and lower limb)
  • oAdvanced training in upper limb surgery

Desirable

  • oPrevious experience as a consultant in Major trauma centre

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious experience leading medical/surgical teams
  • oPrevious experience in management role in department or within training
  • oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable

  • oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
  • oManagement qualification

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential

  • oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
  • oExperience of supervising middle grade surgical trainees
  • oNational presentation
  • oPublication in peer reviewed journal

Desirable

  • oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
  • oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
  • oInternational presentation
  • oMore than 5 publications in peer reviewed journals

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • oEvidence of leadership
  • oEvidence of team work
  • oEvidence of service development
  • oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

  • oAbove average attributes in communication, leadership, team work

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Hull Royal Infirmary

Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Employer's website

https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Hull Royal Infirmary

Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Employer's website

https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director & Orthopaedic Consultant

Tom Symes

tom.symes2@nhs.net

01482875875

Details

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year PA PR

Contract

Locum

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-7533301

Job locations

Hull Royal Infirmary

Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 2JZ


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