Names in the programme record: Lisa Leonard · Laura Hamilton
Profile completeness83%
Comprehensive · Source does not publish duration, application deadline, commencement date
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Doctor - other, fixed term 12 months: £41,750 to £64,288 a year per annum, as advertised June 2025
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Not published
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureAdult elective and trauma hand and wrist surgery in a tertiary referral and Level I major-trauma setting, including soft-tissue nerve injury, complex polytrauma, tendon transfer and arthroplasty, with supervised progression toward independent practice
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
International doctors may apply only when they satisfy an eligible GMC registration route and the employing trust's selection requirements. BSSH directory inclusion does not confirm that an individual trust accepts international applicants or provides visa sponsorship.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
Clinical practice requires the appropriate GMC registration and licence. International graduates must use an eligible GMC route and provide the medical qualification, experience, English, identity and good-standing evidence required for that route.
✓Published by official source
Language
Doctors who need UK registration must satisfy the GMC that they have the English knowledge needed to practise safely; accepted evidence depends on the applicant's registration route.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Applicants who need UK work permission must confirm sponsorship with the employing organisation. The Health and Care Worker route requires an eligible job, approved employer, certificate of sponsorship, applicable salary and English requirements; directory inclusion does not confirm sponsorship.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY72% of core application fields verifiedChecked 2026-10-08 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateSenior Clinical Fellow post starting from 1 October 2026 for 12 months (as advertised June 2025); BSSH listing gives October
Application route / cycleNo application process is established by the BSSH row; confirm directly with the host
Not published in the BSSH row or its blank linked form
Appropriate prior orthopaedic or plastic-surgery training for the employing trust's fellowship post
Eligibility for the GMC registration and licence required for the post
Satisfaction of the employing trust's clinical competence, identity, good-standing and credentialing requirements
Application documents
Not published
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A historical BSSH directory identity for Brighton and Sussex. The linked form is blank, so duration, faculty, funding, eligibility and recruitment terms remain explicitly unpublished rather than inferred.
Intended for: Senior orthopaedic or plastic-surgery trainees and post-training surgeons seeking advanced hand-surgery experience; host-specific entry criteria apply
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Protected weekly research, quality-improvement and teaching time, limited major-trauma on-call, supervised clinics and theatre, and progressive operative independence
HOST INSTITUTION
About University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust / Royal Sussex County Hospital
BSSH retains the Brighton identity with a 2018 label, but the linked document contains only empty field headings. No host-specific terms can be recovered from it.
Bristol, England, United Kingdom · Historical 2016 form: 12 months, divided into 6 months of hand/wrist and 6 months of shoulder/elbow trainingView program profile →
British Society for Surgery of the Hand / Orthopaedic Research UK
United Kingdom · host university or NHS trust selected through the project · 2 years full-time, or longer at a minimum of 0.5 FTEView program profile →
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