✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
DECISION SUMMARY
What matters before you keep reading.
Eligibility
Requirements published
Funding
Historical 2025 NHS vacancy: GBP 70,425 annual salary; current salary is not published
Deadline
Historical vacancy only; current deadline not published by the official source
Duration
12 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Last checked
20 Aug 2026
Duration · published12 months
Clinical exposureShoulder reconstruction and arthroscopy; primary and revision shoulder and elbow arthroplasty; complex upper-limb trauma and post-traumatic reconstruction; structured research with five supervising consultants
Funding · publishedHistorical 2025 NHS vacancy: GBP 70,425 annual salary; current salary is not published
DestinationUnited Kingdom
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the official evidence currently supports
Decision-critical fields are separated into confirmed facts, partial information and points requiring direct confirmation.
—Not published
International applicant eligibility
The cited source does not explicitly confirm international-applicant eligibility.
✓Published by official source
Required training level
FRCS/MRCS or EU specialist training certificate with operative logbook · Full GMC registration · Post-CCT status · General trauma and shoulder-and-elbow experience · Clinical audit, teaching and research experience
✓Published by official source
Programme classification
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific.
?Confirm directly with host
Hands-on restrictions
Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration requirements are not published by the cited source.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
No licensing-examination information is published.
—Not published
Language requirements
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
The historical NHS vacancy accepted applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship, subject to UK immigration, criminal-record and professional-registration requirements; reconfirm this for any future vacancy.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
Historical 2025 NHS vacancy: GBP 70,425 annual salary; current salary is not published
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
38% of core application fields verified
Checked 20 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-16. Every unresolved field keeps its exact evidence state—unpublished, not yet researched, historical, conflicting, inaccessible or not applicable—so an absence is never converted into a fact.
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineHistorical vacancy only; current deadline not published by the official source
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleThe official NHS vacancy posted 28 January 2025 is closed and the published RCS approval period ended in May 2026; confirm reaccreditation and the next recruitment directly
Deadlines and intake dates can change between cycles. The data-quality ledger above explicitly labels application fields that the cited official source does not publish.
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
Published entry requirements
Clinical / academic eligibility
FRCS/MRCS or EU specialist training certificate with operative logbook
Full GMC registration
Post-CCT status
General trauma and shoulder-and-elbow experience
Clinical audit, teaching and research experience
Registration, licence & examinations
AHPRA, USMLE/COMLEX, ECFMG, medical-board or local-licence requirements are not stated by the cited source.
Visa / work authorisation
The historical NHS vacancy accepted applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship, subject to UK immigration, criminal-record and professional-registration requirements; reconfirm this for any future vacancy.
Application documents
CV, personal statement, recommendation-letter, transcript and identity-document requirements are not published by the cited official source.
Licensing, visa and document rules depend on the individual programme and application cycle. OrthoFellow does not infer USMLE, AHPRA, ECFMG, recommendation-letter or visa requirements from the country alone.
HOST INSTITUTION
About South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A detailed institutional profile has not yet been published by OrthoFellow for this listing. Use the official host or program link to review the hospital, university, training sites and facilities directly.
Fellowship supervisor / program leadershipOfficial profile & photo verified
Current position
Fellowship supervisor / program leadership
Affiliation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical focus
Shoulder & Elbow training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Amar Rangan is listed in the cited programme evidence as fellowship supervisor / program leadership for South Tees Shoulder & Elbow Surgery Fellowship. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Shoulder & Elbow training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Amar Rangan is listed by the official programme source as fellowship supervisor / program leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
PH
Faculty: Philip Holland
Teaching faculty / co-leadershipOfficial program roster
Current position
Teaching faculty / co-leadership
Affiliation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical focus
Shoulder & Elbow training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Philip Holland is listed in the cited programme evidence as teaching faculty / co-leadership for South Tees Shoulder & Elbow Surgery Fellowship. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Shoulder & Elbow training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Philip Holland is listed by the official programme source as teaching faculty / co-leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
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Host centres selected by fellow, International · Applicant-proposed overseas clinical visit completed before the following BESS annual meetingView program profile →
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