Post-Certification JCST TIG Fellowships-2024

Training Interface Group Fellowships Advanced Training Posts up to 49

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Hand Surgery

Details of the Fellowships

From 2023 the fellowships will be open solely to applicants that will be post-certification or appear on the GMC and/or Irish Specialist Registers at the start date of the post. These posts are suited to those applicants within two years of the completion of surgical specialty training. 

We are recruiting 10 fellows for posts starting on the 7th of August 2024 for a period of 12 months in training centres throughout the UK.  The 12 month posts offer a year of intensive training and are suitable for candidates who have trained in Plastic Surgery or Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, who have a demonstrable interest in Hand Surgery. 

Training Locations Available

The training centres that are approved to deliver the advanced training are:

  • North Bristol NHS Trust and Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham Women's & Children's NHS Foundation Trust
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
  • Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • St John's Hospital at Howden and Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - not available for 2024
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
  • Swansea Bay University Health Board
  • Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust and Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - 2 fellows for 2024
  • Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Trust
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

The application process for new centres is in process so there is a possibility that new centres may be added to the list.  Although approved for training not all centres listed above will be available or will be accepting a fellow for 2024.  Further details of the fellowships, the units and the training available can be viewed on the JCST website.

Recruitment

Applications open on the 16th October 2023 and should be submitted via the on-line portal (Oriel) until the 1st December 2023.  To access Oriel click the 'Apply Now' button at the top of this page. 

The interviews will be virtual and will be held on the 22nd of January 2024.

For full details of the the selection process please view the

The Selection Process

The selection process will be made of two components

Curriculum Vitae and Logbook  

As part of the selection process we are asking candidates to provide a validated logbook demonstrating experience relevant to the sub-specialty and a structured CV.  The CV should be no longer than 4 pages in length, text a minimum of 12 point font, and include the information listed below.  

Candidates will be asked to email both documents to england.sevrecruitment.sw@hee.nhs.uk by no later than 10:00am on the 8th of January 2024.   

List of contents    

 Additional Qualifications  

Please list additional qualifications other than FRCS or equivalent, including year of attainment and institution. Give a short summary of the work involved and outcome. Please state if a qualification is in progress or completed. 

  Prizes   

Please listup to 5 prizes you have, when they were awarded and for what reason. Research grant awards can be included. 

  Courses /conferences 

Please list a short summary of relevant specialty specific training course or conferences you have attended in the last 3 years. 

  Audit   

Please list a summary (maximum of 6) of audit experience, highlighting relevance ofthe audits, your participation in the audit, where the audit was presented including examples of closing the loop audits. 

  Publications   

Please list a short summary and reference of your publications, highlighting relevant specialty papers and your involvement in the publication. Book chapters can be included. 

  Presentations    

Please list a short summary of your poster/oral platform presentations,highlighting relevant presentations only.   

 Teaching Experience   

Please summarise your teaching experience, listing your involvement ie organisation of teaching programs, delivery of teaching, faculty teaching experience, participation in an educational committee, qualification in teaching (not included in additional qualification section).  Briefly summarise any feedback for each role 

 Management &  Leadership   

Please list any managerial roles/leadership training including designing and leading any healthcare improvement project (within the last 3 years). Include any formal qualification in management or active participation in NHS committee work 

Achievements outside medicine 

List your achievements outside medicine  

Motivation 

Why you are applying for this fellowship programme, and what you hope to gain from it? highlight any previous exposure to interspecialty working 

Commitment to specialty 

Describe how you have demonstrated to date your commitment to interdisciplinary working and how this has influenced your application for TIG Fellowship

Virtual Interview

The interview will consist of two individual interview panels and both interviews will be approximately 15 minutes in length. The interview panel will be made of a combination of specialty representatives. Below is the outline of the interview and more specific information will be given to candidates when invited to interview.

Panel 1 (15 minutes - 7.5 mins per competence) 

  • Research
  • Clinical Scenario 

Panel 2 (15 minutes - 7.5 mins per competence) 

  • Leadership/Management 
  • Audit/service improvement 

Updates about the selection process will be posted on this page as we progress through the process.