Main area Trauma & Orthopaedics Grade Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (With potential for extension)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 040-CF744
Employer: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Grange University Hospital
Town: Cwmbran
Salary: £43,821 - £68,330 Per annum / pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/04/2025 23:59
Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via the email account you used to apply, so please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
This position involves Regulated Activity with children and adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:
* Enhanced check with barred list information, including an adults and children’s barred list check
Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.
Job overview
Applications are invited for the position of Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics from August 2025. This post would suit applicants who have completed core surgical training and preferably have undertaken at least 4 years of registrar level training. Post-holders must have completed FRCS/MRCS and ATLS. FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent will be needed for this senior registrar-level post.
Working at senior SpR level, the post-holder will be attached to a consultant firm rotating every 6 months. All consultants are subspecialists and the surgical experience gained will be equivalent to a training post. These posts are appropriate and approved for NTN trainees by the Deanery.
Start Date: August 2025
Main duties of the job
The progressive department is staffed by 30 Consultants which includes the past President of British Foot and Ankle Society, past President of British Shoulder and Elbow Society, ex-Educational Representative of British Orthopaedic Trainee’s Association, FRCS examiners and current Treasurer of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons. Other staff include 7 SAS, 19 Specialist Registrars (ST3+ and Senior Clinical Fellows), 4 Core Surgical Trainees, 6 FP2 and 16 Clinical Fellows (CT Level).
This position involves Regulated Activity with children and/or adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:
* Enhanced check without barred list information (only for posts with NO patient contact)
* Enhanced check with barred list information, including
- an adults barred list check
- a children’s barred list check
- an adults and children’s barred list check
Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information on job role and main responsibilities.
This position involves Regulated Activity with children and/or adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:
* Enhanced check without barred list information (only for posts with NO patient contact)
* Enhanced check with barred list information, including
- an adults barred list check
- a children’s barred list check
- an adults and children’s barred list check
Person specification
Qualifications
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Experience
* As per person specification
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Skills & Abilities
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Personal Attributes
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To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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