Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Not published
Deadline
See the next employing-trust advert; no current date is published
Duration
Not published
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureHand and wrist fellowship training; operative responsibility, rotations, trauma, microsurgery, paediatric and peripheral-nerve exposure require confirmation in the host's current post description
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 & AVAILABILITY69% of core application fields verifiedChecked 2026-10-08 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
✓ programme title✓ institution / department✓ city and country✓ programme classification✓ subspecialty✓ current status evidence✓ funding✓ eligibility✓ international eligibility✓ language✓ registration✓ visa / work authorisation✓ official contact✓ faculty✓ verified faculty photograph✓ verified institution logo✓ official source✓ institutional source✓ accreditation / organisation source✓ verification date— duration · not published by the cited official source— positions · not published by the cited official source— commencement / intake · not published by the cited official source— benefits · not published by the cited official source— accommodation / relocation · not published by the cited official source— Current deadline not yet published · historical evidence only— application process · historical evidence only— required documents · not published by the cited official source— application portal · historical evidence only
APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineSee the next employing-trust advert; no current date is published
Commencing dateSee the next employing-trust advert
Application route / cycleApply through the employing trust when advertised; the form links a previous advert and does not prove an open post
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 Pinderfields hand fellowship led by Sharmila Jivan. The current BSSH form provides the faculty and contact pathway but delegates start dates, deadlines, eligibility and employment terms to the next NHS advert.
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 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust / Pinderfields Hospital
The January 2026 BSSH host form identifies the director, six-person consultant team, contact route and employing trust, while directing dates and terms to adverts.
Sharmila Jivan’s clinical interests include elective and trauma hand surgery and complex upper limb surgery. Her specialist training included hand fellowships in Coimbatore and Chelmsford.
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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