At Smith+Nephew we design and make technology that takes the limits off living.

A leading portfolio medical technology company, we have around 16,000 employees worldwide and a presence in over 100 countries.

Our three franchise areas are: Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT and Advanced Wound Management.

Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics includes an innovative range of Hip and Knee Implants used to replace diseased, damaged or worn joints 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 Purpose

Physical health is never just about our body. It’s our mind, feelings and ambitions. When something holds it back, it’s our whole life on hold.

We’re here to change that, to use technology to take the limits off living, and help other medical professionals do the same.

So that farmworkers, rugby players, grandmas and their grandkids stare down fear, see that anything’s possible, then go on stronger. Inspired by a simple promise. Two words that bring together all we do…

Life Unlimited.

Our Values

Our values shape everything that we do as a business and form the basis of our relationships with all our stakeholders. Our values also underpin our approach to sustainable development where we continue to set challenging performance targets, particularly with regard to managing our environmental impact and increasingly in the area of social responsibility. Our values are articulated under the headings of Performance, Innovation and Trust.

Care
A culture of empathy and understanding for each other, our customers and patients

Collaboration
A culture of teamwork, based on mutual trust and respect.

Courage
A culture of continuous learning, innovation and accountability