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
The BSSH form does not state salary or funding
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months (historical BSSH form, c. 2018)
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureAdult and paediatric hand-surgery exposure across Whiston and Alder Hey, with current Alder Hey service expertise in congenital hand abnormalities, nerve reconstruction, cerebral palsy and upper-limb trauma
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 dateAugust (historical BSSH form); BSSH's last Whiston advert reference is from November 2023
Application route / cycleHistorical form: apply to the Burns and Plastics Department, Whiston Hospital; monitor the employing trust or NHS Jobs for a new advert
Official contactDavid Bell, Fellowship Director0151 430 1262
Post-fellowship-exam career grade (historical BSSH form)
Plastic or orthopaedic background; no on-call commitment, with some locum opportunities depending on background
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
Published by official source
Online application via NHS Jobs
Validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date (person specification)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A Mersey hand-fellowship identity spanning Whiston and Alder Hey. Current institutional evidence confirms a shared consultant hand surgeon and relevant paediatric hand, nerve and upper-limb expertise, while the fellowship duration, capacity and next recruitment cycle remain unpublished.
Intended for: Senior orthopaedic or plastic-surgery trainees and post-training surgeons seeking advanced hand-surgery experience; host-specific entry criteria apply
HOST INSTITUTION
About Whiston Hospital / Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Alder Hey's current plastic-surgery page confirms Zahid Hassan's hand-surgery role across Whiston and Alder Hey and publishes his paediatric hand and upper-limb practice. It does not publish a current fellowship vacancy.
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 →
Edinburgh Trauma FellowshipTrauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum · Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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