Clinical Fellow in Cleft Lip and Palate Services

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the South West Cleft Service. The post-holder will learn and be exposed to all aspects of Cleft care and would assist in a range of cleft outpatient and inpatient care. The post-holder would also be encouraged to undertake research with the Cleft collective at the University of Bristol if they wished.

The South West Cleft Services, based at the University Hospital North Bristol and Weston NHS Trust in Bristol, is one of the 9 national cleft centres that caters for patients with cleft lip and palate from the South West of England. We are accredited to provide the whole spectrum of care for patients with cleft lip and palate, including surgery, psychology, speech therapy, dental and orthodontic care and specialist cleft nurse support. The hub unit at Bristol accepts referrals from the South West of England. Outreach Clinics take place in Gloucester, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth and Truro throughout the year. We treat 70+ new babies per annum and also have a significant caseload of children and adults with non-cleft related VPD (velopharyngeal dysfunction). We host specialist clinics for children and adults with 22q11 deletion and well as regular nasendoscopy and videofluoroscopy speech investigation clinics. We also manage a constant case load of patients with facial deformity and have an ever-increasing case load of patients with craniofacial deformities.

Cleft clinics - attendance of all the multidisciplinary clinics based at the hub unit based in Bristol. There will also be opportunities to attend peripheral clinics across the South West Region. Clinics vary with access to speech investigation clinics, cleft audit clinics, paediatric dentistry clinics, orthodontic clinics and adult restorative dentistry. All aspects of the management of the patient with cleft lip and palate will be covered, including antenatal counselling, new baby assessment, assessment for speech surgery, structured audit and follow up, combined orthodontic and maxillofacial clinics, and adult clinics.

The postholder will assist operating lists at The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and at The Bristol Royal Infirmary. The postholder will fully participate in pre- and post-operative care of patients on the operating lists that they attend.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For more the detailed job description and person specification, please see the attached document. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

This advert closes on Tuesday 19 May 2026

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