Who We Are
Smith+Nephew is a global medical technology company. We design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. We support healthcare professionals to return their patients to health and mobility, helping them to perform at their fullest potential.
From our first employee and founder, T.J. Smith, to our team today, it’s our people who make Smith+Nephew a unique place. Yes, we love to innovate and develop exciting technologies, and we offer competitive salaries and progressive benefits. But it’s our culture – of Care, Collaboration and Courage – that really sets us apart. Through a spirit of ownership and can-do attitude we work together to win. We’re a company of people who care about each other, about our customers and their patients, and about our communities. Together, we fulfill our shared purpose of Life Unlimited.
What We Do
We design and make technology that takes the limits off living.
Our products and solutions have earned the trust of surgeons and healthcare practitioners around the world. Through our three global franchises, we work to restore bodies and enable patients to be at their best.
- Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics includes an innovative range of Hip and Knee Implants used to replace diseased, damaged or worn joints, robotics-assisted enabling technologies that empower surgeons, and Trauma products used to stabilise severe fractures and correct bone deformities.
- Sports Medicine & ENT
Our Sports Medicine and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) businesses offer advanced products and instruments used to repair or remove soft tissue. They operate in growing markets where unmet clinical needs provide opportunities for procedural and technological innovation.
- Advanced Wound Management
Our Advanced Wound Management portfolio provides a comprehensive set of products to meet broad and complex clinical needs, to help healthcare professionals get CLOSER TO ZERO human and economic consequences of wounds.
Our History
Healthcare is in Smith+Nephew’s DNA. From a single pharmacy in Hull, UK to a global presence in over 100 countries. From bandages and surgical supplies on WW1 battlefields to virtual reality and robotics in today’s operating theaters. Our heritage is a century and a half of pioneering innovation at the leading edge of medical technology.
Our Culture
It’s our culture – of Care, Collaboration and Courage – that really sets us apart. Through a spirit of ownership and can-do attitude we work together to win. We’re a Company of people who care about each other, about our customers and their patients, and about the communities where we live and work.
