Names in the programme record: Nasser Kurdy · Anand Pillai · Anna Fox
Profile completeness92%
Comprehensive · Source does not publish application deadline, commencement date
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Doctor - other, fixed term: £73,992 a year per annum, as advertised August 2025; the post is available for 6 months with potential to extend to 12 months
Deadline
Not published
Duration
6–12 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureProgressive foot-and-ankle operative responsibility mapped to the RCS–BOFAS framework, including simple, complex and advanced procedures, complication management, multidisciplinary care, research, audit and practice development
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 & AVAILABILITY83% 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 dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleRCS directs fellowship applicants to NHS Jobs; monitor MFT Careers and NHS Jobs because no current programme-specific vacancy, deadline or commencement date is linked
Professional behaviour and clinical competence appropriate to a post-training foot-and-ankle fellowship
Maintain a foot-and-ankle operative logbook and participate in research or audit
Engage with BOFAS educational activity; programme-specific credentials and employing-trust requirements also apply
Application documents
Not published
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A post-training fellowship based in MFT's Wythenshawe orthopaedic service. Its published framework combines advanced surgery with rheumatology, diabetic-foot, plastics, radiology and infection MDTs, plus research, audit and BOFAS academic engagement.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
The curriculum requires at least 500 operative-framework points per six-month period, a research project, an audit or practice-development project and academic engagement with BOFAS, including scientific submission and congress or course participation.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust / Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust / Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester, United Kingdom is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes progressive foot-and-ankle operative responsibility mapped to the RCS–BOFAS framework, including simple, complex and advanced procedures, complication management, multidisciplinary care, research, audit and practice development.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust / Wythenshawe Hospital
Clinical focus
Foot and ankle surgery
Anand Pillai’s Manchester practice focuses on foot and ankle surgery. His specialist training included fellowships in Adelaide, Oxford and Ilizarov limb reconstruction.
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