Names in the programme record: Professor Robert Middleton and Mr Kieran Gallagher
Profile completeness80%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, official contact
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Salary £73,992 per year (September 2025 advert).
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureElective hip surgery including cemented and uncemented primary and revision hip arthroplasty, with involvement in the unit's joint-replacement clinical research; no out-of-hours on-call. Service relocated from Bournemouth to Poole Hospital (planned winter 2025). The long-running Hip Fellowship programme was set up by Professor Middleton with the Orthopaedic Research Institute.
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 applicants can apply, but UK clinical fellow posts require full GMC registration with a licence to practise (and FRCS(Tr&Orth) or equivalent where stated); a Skilled Worker visa/sponsorship would be needed and is not confirmed in the advert.
?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.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—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 dateSeptember 2025 advert recruited principally for August 2027 and October 2027 starts
Fellowship or specialist year 5/6 training in hip surgery
Minimum 4 months NHS experience
Research, audit and first-author publications
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Twelve-month post-training hip fellowship supervised by Professor Robert Middleton and Mr Kieran Gallagher, focused on primary and revision hip arthroplasty with ORI research involvement and no on-call. The latest advert (September 2025, now closed) recruited for August/October 2027 starts.
HOST INSTITUTION
About University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (Poole Hospital), with the Orthopaedic Research Institute, Bournemouth University
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (Poole Hospital), with the Orthopaedic Research Institute, Bournemouth University in Poole, England, United Kingdom is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes elective hip surgery including cemented and uncemented primary and revision hip arthroplasty, with involvement in the unit's joint-replacement clinical research; no out-of-hours on-call. Service relocated from Bournemouth to Poole Hospital (planned winter 2025). The long-running Hip Fellowship programme was set up by Professor Middleton with the Orthopaedic Research Institute..
