# Senior Clinical Orthopaedic Shoulder/Elbow Fellow in T&O

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- **Town:** Cardiff
- **Region:** Cardiff
- **Country:** Wales
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £70,380 - £80,730 Pa
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term until August 2028)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (40HRS)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-16T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09T10:42:24.118Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/english/english-v8079304
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8079304?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

### Clinical Orthopaedic  Fellow in Elbow/Shoulder Surgery

Applications are invited for the above post commencing to start from either 4th  August 2027.

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 Upper Limb Team at the University Hospital Llandough and serves a local population of 500,000 and provides a tertiary referral service for a population of 1.5 million.

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will gain experience in Elbow/ Shoulder replacement Surgery and  arthroscopic surgery. The successful candidate will be expected to take part in ongoing research projects together with specific research.

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.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
- Effective and demonstrable communication skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
- Effective IT (computer) skills
- Self-motivated and flexible approach to work
- Values aligned to those of the Health Board

### Research

**Essential**

- Evidence of active research interests
- Ability to critically appraise research

**Desirable**

- Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication

### Teaching

**Essential**

- Evidence of teaching medical / dental students and resident doctors / dentists

**Desirable**

- Organisation of (undergraduate and / or postgraduate) teaching programmes

### Experience

**Essential**

- Some experience in shoulder and elbow surgery

### Management

**Essential**

- Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process
- Evidence of effective leadership skills

**Desirable**

- Evidence of management training

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBBS or equivalent
- Current GMC certificate Training in Radiation Protection or agreement to attend next available course (state higher qualifications if applicable)

**Desirable**

- Intercalated Degree
- MSc or PHD
- Academic Excellence (Prizes, merits, distinctions etc.,)

### Other Requirements

**Essential**

- Satisfactory immigration / right to work status
- Satisfactory Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure (DBS) check or equivalent
- Travel to other locations to fulfil requirements of the job plan

### Clinical Governance

**Essential**

- Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
- Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent)

## Documents

- [cardiff visitor guide (pdf, 26.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1104)
- [occupational health form (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10371469)
- [shoulder & elbow fellow jd (pdf, 425.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10399602)
- [train work live - north wales (pdf, 3.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1808)
- [data protection privacy notice (m&d) (pdf, 423.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1408)
- [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422)
- [guidance notes for applicants - medical & dental (pdf, 288.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1106)
- [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421)
- [shaping our future wellbeing strategy 2023-35 (welsh) (pdf, 4.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2177)
- [shaping our future wellbeing strategy 2023-35 (english) (pdf, 992.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1107)

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