Job Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

This is a temporary post for one year only, designed to give resident doctor experience in trauma and orthopaedics with the aim to prepare candidates for ST3 interviews.

The rota will consist of two 6-month posts. These will include on call cover to support the acute trauma rota as well as an elective specialty.

The main duties of the post will involve pre-operating sessions, post-operative care, theatre lists under consultant supervision, attending outpatient clinics including fracture clinics and On Call shifts on a rota which does include day, night and weekend shifts, attendance at MDT’s for trauma, and in some instances subspecialty MDT meetings.

The doctor accepts that he / she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where practicable with his / her colleagues, both senior and junior. It has been agreed between the profession and the Department of Health that while juniors accept that they will perform such duties, the Secretary of State stresses that additional commitments arising under this sub-section are exceptional and in particular that juniors should not be required to undertake work of this kind for prolonged periods or on a regular basis.

Interview date will be 02/06/2026

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• MRCS or equivalent

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Professional higher training in Orthopaedic Surgery at SHO/CT level

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable skills and experience within Orthopaedic Surgery at SHO/CT level
• Understanding of clinical risk management.

Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge.
• Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice.

• IT skills.
• Breadth of experience in and outside speciality.
• Effective, confident presentation ability.
• Experience in and outside specialty

Other

• Evidence in participation of audit
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Publications
• Prizes and honours
• Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026