Clinical Fellow in Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen to advertise for a cleft fellowship at the South West Cleft Service. This post is in collaboration with Craniofacial Australia and the Cleft Collective.

The successful applicant will be exposed to all aspects of cleft care, and they will also undertake research with the Cleft Collective. The fellowship is designed for senior trainees in Plastic Surgery, ENT or Maxillofacial Surgery, who have completed their higher surgical training and have passed the appropriate Intercollegiate Specialty Examinations. The trainee will have demonstrated a clinical and an academic commitment to cleft surgery.

This is a 12-month programme that is geared to provide the Fellow with the required knowledge, skills and attitude to start independent practice as a consultant cleft surgeon within a multidisciplinary cleft team. Overseas candidates should have similar experience and have passed the relevant examinations

Main duties of the job

Cleft Clinics

The Fellow will attend all the multidisciplinary clinics based at the hub unit based in Bristol. There will also be opportunities to attend peripheral clinics, speech investigation clinics and cleft audit clinics.

Operative Surgery

The Fellow will attend operating lists at The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and at The Bristol Royal Infirmary to achieve competence, including the management of complications, in the techniques of primary and secondary cleft surgery standardised in the unit.

Research

The Fellow will join the research team at The Cleft Collective and spend 1.5 days undertaking research. A research project will be allocated to the Fellow at the start of the fellowship, following

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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