Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Overview

A Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics is required to commence from 05-August 2026 to work alongside 16 existing SPRs who support the Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate. The successful candidate will be based at the University Hospital of Wales and Llandough Hospital and will provide middle grade cover for clinical sessions and be on call for trauma along with the specialist trainees.

Independent operating sessions will be available along with supervised sessions with 16 Consultant Surgeons taking part in the Trauma service. This post is particularly suitable for Post FRCS (Orth) trainees interested in gaining focused training in Trauma and Orthopaedics.

The University Hospital of Wales is a busy trauma centre and provides tertiary referral service for spinal trauma, pelvic and acetabular trauma and complex limb trauma. The Elective service is based at Llandough Hospital and is one of the busiest orthopaedic centres in the UK with over 10,000 orthopaedic operations performed in the last financial year. We are a teaching health board with close links to Cardiff University.

The University boasts a high profile teaching, research and development role within the UK and abroad. Together we are training the next generation of medical professionals. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer.

Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well" and our vision is that every person s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research.

Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.