Locum consultant orthopeadic interest in hand and wrist

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

This post is for a Locum Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Hand & Wrist Surgery, supporting the existing substantive consultant workforce in delivering high-quality elective and trauma orthopaedic care across the full patient pathway.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the delivery of elective Hand & Wrist services, helping to increase clinical capacity, address the elective backlog and reduce waiting times for patients. The role will include outpatient clinics, elective operating lists, inpatient and day-case activity, alongside appropriate support to the trauma service, including trauma operating and fracture clinic activity where required.

The post holder will work closely with the existing Hand & Wrist multidisciplinary team and contribute to the assessment and management of a broad range of hand and wrist conditions, supporting safe, effective and timely patient care.

This is a locum post initially offered on a 12-month fixed-term basis within the Musculoskeletal & Specialist Surgery Clinical Management Group (MSS CMG). The majority of elective activity will be delivered at Leicester General Hospital, with trauma activity primarily delivered at Leicester Royal Infirmary. The post holder may also be required to work across other UHL or associated sites in line with service requirements.

and & Wrist care across designated Trust sites. They will join the established Hand & Wrist multidisciplinary team and support the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective patient care.

This is a 12-month fixed-term Locum Consultant post established to support elective recovery, reduce waiting list pressures and increase capacity within the Hand & Wrist service. The post holder will manage a broad range of elective hand and wrist conditions and support the delivery of additional activity aimed at improving access and reducing waiting times for patients.

Duties will include consultant-led outpatient clinics, elective operating lists, inpatient and day-case activity, multidisciplinary team working, service improvement initiatives and elective recovery programmes.

The post holder will also contribute to the Trauma and Orthopaedic service where appropriate, including the assessment and management of hand and wrist trauma, trauma operating lists and fracture clinic activity. The post does not include participation in the consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic on-call rota.

Applicants should have significant experience in Hand & Wrist surgery and be able to support both elective and trauma activity within the specialty. Fellowship-level training in Hand & Wrist surgery is desirable, together with experience in the assessment and surgical management of a broad range of elective and trauma-related hand and wrist conditions.

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Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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• To deliver consultant-level elective care within the Hand & Wrist service, supporting elective recovery and the reduction of waiting list pressures.
• To work collaboratively with the Hand & Wrist multidisciplinary team to support elective recovery, service delivery and ongoing service development.
• To take responsibility for the management of inpatients and outpatients under the post holder’s care, ensuring safe, effective and timely clinical management.
• To contribute to consultant-led outpatient clinics, elective theatre activity, day-case services and multidisciplinary clinical decision-making.
• To provide appropriate support to Hand & Wrist trauma services, including fracture clinics and trauma operating activity, according to service requirements.
• To provide supervision, training and teaching to junior medical staff, allied health professionals and medical students.
• To work collaboratively with Trauma & Orthopaedic colleagues and other relevant specialties as required. There is no formal consultant on-call commitment associated with this post.
• To participate fully in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, quality improvement, appraisal, mandatory training and relevant service improvement initiatives.

This advert closes on Monday 9 Nov 2026