Senior Trauma Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics in Leeds inLeeds PUBLISHED WED 4 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to commence the Senior Trauma Fellowship at the Leeds General Infirmary working under Professor Peter Giannoudis. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified trainees.

The post holder will join the Trauma team at LGI under the direct supervision of Professor Giannoudis as well as our established cohort of Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons. Our 12 Major Trauma and 14 Trauma consultants have a wealth of national and international experience. This post will help to prepare the successful candidate for their consultant post.

The successful applicant will receive advanced clinical and surgical training in all aspects of orthopaedic trauma surgery. Leeds Major Trauma Centre is based at Leeds General Infirmary; is one of the largest MTCs in volume of cases it treats per year (over 2,000 TARN eligible cases over the last year), and top performing centres in most key performance indicators

The post holder will provide support to the Trauma team and ensure resilience and appropriate response to complex orthopaedic trauma. You will therefore contribute to the service in its pursuit to provide the best levels of care for patients and become the best Trauma centre in the country.

In addition, they will be expected to take part in research studies as appropriate and help with the departmental audit and database. Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching will also be required. The trauma fellow will also take and organise tertiary referrals and take a role in the delivery of the Trauma injury clinic.

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Professor Peter Giannoudis on

Ms Emma Snowden - Business Manager -

About us

LEEDS MAJOR TRAUMA CENTRE (MTC) SERVICE

Through the West Yorkshire Major Trauma Network, the MTC serves patients across the region from incident to rehabilitation. Each morning the team has a Multi-disciplinary team meeting to discuss all major trauma patients within the hospital. Throughout the day the MTC receives acute admissions from around the region. Our Major Trauma Nurse specialists co-ordinate the care of our patients as soon as they come through the door into the emergency department. They then follow the patient pathway through the different levels of care that are required supporting both the patient and their relatives up until and beyond discharge.

The Network was established in 2to bring together Major Trauma Care across West Yorkshire and is a collaboration between ourselves and five Trauma Units in other hospitals in the region. This ensures all patients that require major trauma services have access to the right level of care at the right time, in the right environment.

We have invested a further £8m over the years to enhance facilities, including the creation of a dedicated MTC ward and theatre, and enhanced staffing.

As well as being the second largest MTC in the country we have consistently remained in the top three for outcomes. Over the last three years, Leeds MTC has been leading the way nationally in the management of major limb trauma requiring combined plastic and orthopaedic surgery which is a huge achievement.

The department is supported by Trauma co-ordinators, Major Trauma Case Managers, and clinical nurse specialists and a large rehabilitation team led by rehabilitation Fellows.

Leeds General Infirmary has 3 orthogeriatric wards, one major trauma-polytrauma ward, one trauma ward, one paediatric ward including 2 paediatric HDU beds, and an eight bedded HOBs ward shared with plastic surgery. There are 2 trauma theatres running all day lists and one major trauma-polytrauma theatre. All trauma outpatients are seen in a dedicated fracture clinic with supporting radiology facilities and the A&E Department are on the ground floor of the same building.

All orthopaedic trauma patients are admitted to the Leeds General Infirmary. Particular specialist services provided are pelvic and acetabular reconstruction, spinal injuries, open fractures, post injury limb reconstruction and complex fracture work. There is a specific interest in polytrauma and many peripheral trauma units refer most of their multiple injured patients straight to Leeds General Infirmary on day one.

This post is designed to support this well-established trauma service. The referral base is continuing to develop and grow and forms the basis of the new Trauma Centre at Leeds General Infirmary.

Junior Medical Staff

Within Major Trauma and General Trauma and Orthopaedics there are 20 SpR Drs from ST3-ST8 providing support on a registrar rota. Fifteen are supported through the Yorkshire deanery and a further five are Trust Grade Registrar posts. The CT rota of ten is comprised of three deanery trainees and seven trust grade Drs within the service establishment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

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DUTIES OF THE POST AND LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY

To participate in all weekly activities of the department, including; the morning trauma meeting, ward rounds, outpatient clinics, theatre sessions and research meetings. In addition, such activities are expected to be covered as:

Ward management

Dressings clinics

Post-operative intensive care

Discharge letters

Discussions with relatives

Initiation/change of treatment

TEACHING AND RESEARCH/STUDY AND TRAINING

Teaching

Regular undergraduate and post graduate teaching. Weekly teaching of the foundation year doctors, the ST1-2 (CST)s, the ST3+ trainees, the multidisciplinary Major Trauma team and allied health professionals.

Research

Facilities are available for clinical research and laboratory facilities can be arranged for special purposes. It is anticipated that the post holder will participate in a number of clinical research projects during this appointment. Research time may be incorporated into the job plan for these posts, subject to discussion and the individual personal development needs of the applicant.

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