Jonathan is currently an ST8 in Trauma & Orthopaedics on the HESW(Peninsula) rotation as well as being an Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bristol. He completed his MD at the University of Bristol entitled “Extended benchmarking in hip replacement” as part of the NJR/RCS(Eng) fellowship. He completed the distance learning MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine whilst completing his MD and achieved a distinction in this.

He was subsequently appointed as an NIHR ACL in Trauma & Orthopaedics at the University of Bristol in 2019, where he is the programme director of the MSc in Orthopaedic Research Methods and Evidence-Based Medicine. He works closely with a broad range of academics and clinical academics in the Musculoskeletal Research Unit based at Southmead Hospital. He is currently the BOA Associate Sub-Specialty Lead for adult orthopaedic research and was appointed as the Clinical Fellow of the National Hip Fracture Database in 2021.

His current, primary research interest is in peri-prosthetic femoral fracture and he is completing an analysis of HES linked NJR data investigating the epidemiology of peri-prosthetic fracture sponsored by Orthopaedic Research UK. He plans to take work this onwards to apply for higher research fellowships in the next year, based around peri-prosthetic femoral fractures.