Clinical Fellow – Skull base Neurosurgery

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in London is offering a Clinical Fellow position in Neurosurgery with a focus on skull base surgery. This full-time role provides a unique opportunity for post-CCT Neurosurgery trainees looking to deepen their skills in lateral skull base surgery through a one-year fellowship, with potential for extension. Candidates will participate in multidisciplinary clinics and team meetings to enhance their surgical decision-making skills.

Qualifications

• Post-CCT Neurosurgery trainee focused on lateral skull base surgery.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team settings.
• Ability to handle pre and post-surgical evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Participate in MDT skull base clinics.
• Present patients in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Gain experience in lateral skull base approaches.

Job description

Applications are invited to the post of Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery – Skull Base.

This post offers a unique training opportunity. It is suitable for a post-CCT Neurosurgery trainee, who wishes to pursue a focused one-year training in lateral skull base surgery, allowing her/him to pursue a career in skull base neurosurgery. The post is a full time appointment.

The fellowship is expected to be for 12 months duration; there may be an option for prolonging this for up to a second year.

The post holder would also be expected to participate in MDT skull base clinics with responsibility of seeing new and follow up patients. The post holder is integrally involved in the Multidisciplinary team meetings, and is expected to present patients during the meeting, gaining experience in pre and post -surgical evaluation and decision making.

We would welcome applications from any candidate whose career progression would be helped by a longer period of complex lateral skull base experience at registrar level including lateral orbital, subtemporal, transpetrous and retrosigmoid approaches.

About the Trust

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jadwiga Siwczak, Job title: Medical Recruitment Manager, NHNN, Email address: [e-mail]