University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Advanced Arthroplasty Practitioner
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Are you an experienced and compassionate clinician looking to make a lasting difference?
We are seeking a dedicated Advanced Arthroplasty Practitioner (Lower Limb) to join our Trauma & Orthopaedics team.
In this rewarding role, you will work at an advanced clinical level, acting as a trusted point of contact for patients with lower limb orthopaedic conditions. You will independently assess, diagnose, and manage care within outpatient settings, working closely with orthopaedic consultants and the multidisciplinary team to deliver seamless, high-quality care.
You will guide patients through their treatment journey, from assessment and optimisation for surgery to follow-up and ongoing management, always placing patient wellbeing, dignity, and understanding at the centre of care.
The role offers the opportunity to:
- Lead clinics
- Contribute to service development
- Support audit, research, and innovation
- Continue your professional development
- Act as a role model and source of expertise for colleagues across the team
The post is based at the Royal Derby Hospital, with occasional travel to community clinics across Derbyshire.
If you are passionate about delivering excellent patient care, enjoy autonomous practice within a supportive team, and are motivated to improve patient outcomes, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Duties
In this role, you will be supported to develop and practise at an advanced level while making a meaningful difference to patient care. Main duties include:
- Delivering expert clinical care by assessing, diagnosing, and managing patients with complex lower limb orthopaedic conditions using advanced clinical judgement and running autonomous outpatient clinics
- Planning and coordinating treatment pathways, preparing patients for surgery, supporting shared decision-making, and, where appropriate, listing patients for procedures
- Requesting and interpreting investigations, including imaging and blood tests, to guide safe and effective treatment plans
- Working closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide holistic, patient-centred care while recognising when to seek support or escalate complex cases
- Providing specialist advice and support to colleagues across the Trust and community, contributing to learning and service improvement
- Communicating sensitively with patients and families about diagnoses, treatment options, and complex information with empathy and clarity
- Contributing to service development, audit, and research to improve patient outcomes and shape future practice
- Acting as a role model, promoting professionalism, high standards of care, and the Trust’s CARE values
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As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
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In Return We Will Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Ashley Still
- Job title: Deputy General Manager
- Email address: ashley.still@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01332 789701
We’d love to hear from you! If you have any questions about the role, team, or working environment, feel free to get in touch for an informal chat. Speaking with us before applying is completely optional, but it can help you decide if this opportunity is the right fit for you.
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