Main area Critical Care Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow Contract Fixed term: 6 months (Potential option to extend.) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 001-MP094.26
Employer: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – University Hospital Wales, Town Heath Park, Cardiff. Salary £47,946 – £74,328 pa. Salary period Yearly. Closing 18/06/2026 23:59.
Junior Clinical Fellow in Adult Critical Care
Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together
Job overview
The Critical Care Directorate of Cardiff and Vale UHB has a national and international reputation as a progressive department, particularly in the fields of clinical research, organisation and management innovation, and technical innovation. The Directorate played an important role in advising and assisting the Audit Commission in the review of UK-wide critical care provision, and the Welsh Assembly Government in the development of standards for critical care in Wales. Long established in the forefront of high dependency care development, we were among the first to develop combined Level 2 and 3 facilities.
The Directorate management team (DMT) consists of the Clinical Director, Lead Clinicians, Directorate Manager, Service Manager, Assistant Directorate Manager, Directorate Nurse, and Senior Nurse.
Applications are invited for a Junior Clinical Fellow in Adult Critical Care at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board based at the University Hospital of Wales.
The post will be available from August 2026.
Main duties of the job
The major part of training & service consists of assisting in the day to day management of patients within the Critical Care areas, resuscitation, establishing and performing cardiovascular and respiratory (and other organ system) monitoring and support, prescribing drugs and nutrition on a daily basis and keeping regular medical notes on up to 32 ICU patients. The post holder will be expected to perform procedures (under the appropriate level of supervision). The post holder will spend a proportion of their day time duties providing day to day clinical management in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU), in consultation with the various medical and surgical teams. The post offers unrivalled experience for any doctor who wishes to gain familiarity with intensive care and the post-operative management of major surgical problems, i.e. ideal for physicians, surgeons and anaesthetists. The post also offers exposure to HFOV, critical care echocardiography and critical care ultrasound. The post holder will be expected to provide support to more junior team members (F1 doctors and medical students) and supervise as well as teach those more junior trainees within the directorate.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent
* Intercalated Degree
* MSc or PHD
Previous Experience
* Clinical Experience
* ALS
Skills, Knowledge, Abilities
* Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
* Up to date with current medical practices
* Ability to take appropriate clinical decisions when necessary
* Teaching Experience
* Audit
* Teaching
* Motivated and efficient
* Able to relate to patients, staff and medical colleagues
* Flexible, caring and hardworking
* Ability to work as part of a team
Personal Qualities
* Evidence to work both alone and in a team
* Committed to working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Other Requirements e.g. on-call Duty
* Current GMC certificate with a licence to practise
* Satisfactory immigration status for length of contract
* Satisfactory Health Clearance
* Satisfactory DBS Clearance
* Ability to speak Welsh
Managing your application:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status. We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applications are welcomed from Welsh speaking candidates.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Welsh language skills are not necessary.
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