Job summary
We are seeking a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgeon to join the team on a permanent basis. You will join a thriving and fully integrated Orthopaedic Directorate comprising currently of 28 Consultants, with a vast amount of skill sets and experience.

LTHTR provides a wide range of emergency and elective Orthopaedic Services, including tertiary services and is the Major Trauma Centre, Regional Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre and Neurosurgical centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria.

The successful applicant would be expected to take part in developing and delivering the Orthopaedic knee service across the Trust and will be part of the On Call rota for Major Trauma. Currently 1:16 rota.

You must be registered with the GMC on the Specialist Register for Trauma and Orthopaedics (or within 6 months of gaining entry onto) and willing to participate in Teaching and Clinical Governance Provision.

LTHTR is across 2 hospital sites, Royal Preston Hospital (RPH) and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital (CDH). Although you may need to cover both sites, you will be based at Royal Preston Hospital.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will participate in the existing General Trauma and Orthopaedic on call rota. As a Major Trauma Centre, Trauma Surgery at Royal Preston Hospital includes General and Major Trauma cases. Non-spinal Orthopaedic Surgeons are not on call for Spinal Surgery. Spinal Trauma is managed by the Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeons and Neurosurgeons.

This post is 10 PAs and will have an elective and trauma component.

Due to the fortnightly departmental structure of fracture clinics, mutually cooperative arrangements are in place between Consultant colleagues to facilitate review of patients at one week time intervals, if required.

The successful candidate will be part of an established team, involved in MDT meetings. 1.5 SPA will be provided for revalidation; with job planning there will be opportunity to increase this SPA in line with local guidelines.

There will be appropriate administrative time within the job plan, equivalent to all consultants within the department.

On Call will be provided as a 1:16 cover, providing a 'hot week' model 1:8. Elective work will be split between outpatient clinics on both sites and theatres on the Chorley site. Elective work will be five days a week, with on-call commitments spanning seven days a week.

The job plan will be discussed and finalised with the candidate on appointment, but will initially be based on flexible theatre session days.

About us
This post will have equitable working conditions to their established Consultant colleagues and will involve clinical sessions in Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital. The base hospital will be Royal Preston Hospital.

We aim to provide excellent care with compassion and believe that creating a positive working environment, where staff feel valued, supported and empowered, will enable us to achieve this aim for every patient, every time.

Our strategic aims define our long-term ambitions, and describe our core business, these are:

• To expand and develop specialised and tertiary services
• To deliver local services for Preston, Chorley and South Ribble
• To enhance our workforce and our reputation through education, research and innovation

Our key delivery strategies set out our plans to help us work towards achieving our strategic aims, which are:

• Quality
• Workforce and Organisational Development
• IT
• Operational Effectiveness
• Clinical services

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Current full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• Essential: MBBS or equivalent
• Essential: FRCS (Trauma and Ortho) or equivalent

Experience and Skills

• Essential: Minimum 12 months fellowship Arthroplasty subspecialty training
• Essential: Wide range of experience in orthopaedic trauma with minimum of 12 months Major Trauma Centre Experience
• Essential: Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining a UK CCT in Orthopaedics
• Essential: Evidence of suitable logbook experience in Hip and Knee Trauma
• Essential: Valid ATLS/ ETC certificate or equivalent
• Desirable: Minimum 12 months Arthroplasty post CCT fellowship

Management

• Essential: Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Essential: Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
• Desirable: Evidence of training in leadership

Research and Development

• Essential: Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications
• Essential: Relevant National or International Orthopaedic presentations
• Essential: Relevant publications
• Desirable: Higher degree

Personal

• Essential: Proven examples of effective communication skills and how they worked.
• Essential: Works well within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Essential: Good organisation skills (with examples).
• Essential: Resident within 30 minutes travel time to Chorley/Preston.

Health

• Essential: Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice

Teaching and Training

• Essential: Evidence of teaching and training
• Desirable: Evidence of training in Clinical and Educational Supervision
• Desirable: Evidence of training in Medical Education

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: RPH, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Consultant and Clinical Director Miss Charlotte Cross, Charlotte.Cross@lthtr.nhs.uk, 01772528374

Date posted: 05 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 438-CA862A
Job locations: RPH, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT, United Kingdom