Well sourced · 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: £70,425 a year (MT05) per annum, as advertised April 2025
Deadline
Not 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 & 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 dateFixed term of six or twelve months (twelve preferable) from August-October 2025 (as advertised April 2025; BSSH lists this advert as the latest)
Application route / cycleMonitor NHS Jobs or Nottingham University Hospitals recruitment for a new hand fellowship post
Official contactNo programme-specific contact published
A BSSH-listed Nottingham hand fellowship. The current institution confirms a major orthopaedic service, but the accessible evidence does not publish a current hand-fellowship post, faculty, duration or application terms.
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
Advert (April 2025): research collaboration with the Evidence Based Centre for Hand Surgery in Nottingham, and support for preparation for the FESSH and BSSH hand surgery diplomas
HOST INSTITUTION
About Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Current NUH evidence confirms a major elective orthopaedic service and upper-limb activity, but no current hand-fellowship page. BSSH's linked NHS advert is from April 2025.
The cited evidence does not provide a programme-specific faculty roster that OrthoFellow can safely publish. Open the official source or submit an institutional correction; names and portraits are never inferred from department membership.
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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