Names in the programme record: Adrian Chojnowski (unit lead trainer)
Profile completeness62%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months (JCST TIG hand fellowship)
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureSupernumerary post with no service commitment: 5 operating lists a week (elective hand, hand trauma, paediatric), orthopaedic and plastics outpatient clinics, combined new-patient clinic, hand-therapy and musculoskeletal upper-limb radiology MDTs, a research session and a fellow-led virtual finger-fracture clinic. Trained by 8 consultants (4 orthopaedic, 4 plastic). A recent fellow's logbook recorded 474 cases in a year, including 36 trapeziectomies, 21 arthroplasties, 27 fusions, 4 replants and 2 free flaps.
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
UK national post-CCT training scheme recruited via the Severn PGME office; aimed at UK/Irish specialist-level surgeons with GMC registration. International applicants would need GMC specialist-level registration, and the scheme is currently unfunded for NHS England units.
?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
GMC registration with licence to practise required for UK clinical work (JCST/NHS post).
—Not published
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY55% of core application fields verifiedChecked 8 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-06
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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 / cycleRecruitment historically run nationally through Severn Postgraduate Medical Education; central funding for NHS England units was withdrawn in 2024 and BSSH, BOA, BAPRAS and JCST are negotiating its reinstatement (BSSH notice, 21 Jan 2026).
Official contactNo programme-specific contact published
TIG hand fellowships are JCST-approved post-CCT fellowships (BSSH)
Applicants from Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery or Plastic Surgery meeting the JCST person specification
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Norfolk and Norwich is a listed JCST Training Interface Group unit for the national post-CCT Hand Surgery fellowship, combining orthopaedic and plastic-surgery hand training. The fellow is supernumerary with five operating lists a week and research access. New appointments to NHS England TIG units are paused pending restoration of central funding.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Hand Unit, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery)
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Hand Unit, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery) in Norwich, England, United Kingdom is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes supernumerary post with no service commitment: 5 operating lists a week (elective hand, hand trauma, paediatric), orthopaedic and plastics outpatient clinics, combined new-patient clinic, hand-therapy and musculoskeletal upper-limb radiology MDTs, a research session and a fellow-led virtual finger-fracture clinic. Trained by 8 consultants (4 orthopaedic, 4 plastic). A recent fellow's logbook recorded 474 cases in a year, including 36 trapeziectomies, 21 arthroplasties, 27 fusions, 4 replants and 2 free flaps..
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 →
