Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Knee Surgery; T&O

Overview

The Post Holder will be expected to work at specialist Registrar level and will participate in the specialist Registrar on call rota at Llandough Hospital.

Duties and activities include clinics, review/research clinics; lists (own and supervised); and assigned 1 or 2 projects. There is access to university facilities and original research is encouraged.

• Duties will include retrospective review, liaising with university departments and screening and scoring patients.

The Orthopaedic and Trauma Department is based in the two Major Teaching Hospitals in the City of Cardiff, the Capital of Wales. The post is attached to the Cardiff Lower Limb Arthroplasty Unit, at both the University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough, serving a local population of 500,000 and providing a tertiary referral service for a population of 1.5 million.

The successful candidate will be exposed to all aspects of knee surgery and will be part of a fully established Research Unit. The candidate is expected to take part in ongoing research projects together with specific research opportunities.

Candidates should have ideally completed a basic Orthopaedic Registrar training programme and passed the appropriate exit examination.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we offer a diverse range of career opportunities. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we focus on the health and care needs of our local population while working with 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. 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 emphasis on innovation, 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 offer the best of both worlds.