Clinical Fellow SpR Level in Trauma & Orthopaedics - Spines | North Bristol NHS Trust

North Bristol NHS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is seeking Clinical Fellows at SpR level in Spinal Surgery for a 6-month fellowship. This role is ideal for post-CCT neurosurgical and orthopaedic surgeons committed to spinal surgery. The fellowship allows participation in complex spinal surgery while providing opportunities to work with the neurosurgery team. Candidates will gain the skills to undertake spinal surgery at a consultant level by the end of the program. Applicants are invited to advance their careers in a reputable clinical environment.

Qualifications

• Post-CCT neurosurgical and orthopaedic surgeons committed to spinal surgery.
• Fellows should undertake spinal surgery to the level of a consultant by the end of the fellowship.

Responsibilities

• Work primarily in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery.
• Participate in the orthopaedic on-call rota.
• Collaborate with the neurosurgery team.

Skills

Commitment to spinal surgery

Experience in neurosurgery

Experience in orthopaedics

Education

Post-CCT neurosurgical or orthopaedic training

Job description

NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST

Clinical Fellow SpR Level in Spinal Surgery (FULL TIME)

There are two senior fellow posts in Spinal Surgery working primarily in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery for a duration of 6 months. Additionally there is one post for a Royal College of Surgeons (Eng.) accredited fellowship in complex spinal surgery. This post is for 6 months, with the fellow based in orthopaedic spine surgery but given more opportunities to work with neurosurgery in the second 6 months.

Applications are invited from post‑CCT neurosurgical and orthopaedic surgeons committed to spinal surgery.

Applications are invited for a Senior Clinical Fellow Speciality Registrar level in Spinal Surgery. This post will be based at the Brunel Building, at the newly built Southmead Hospital. The post is specifically aimed at Neurosurgeons and Orthopaedic Surgeons in their final year of training. For Orthopaedic Surgeons there is the possibility of participating in the orthopaedic on‑call rota, for Neurosurgeons there may be provision to join the neurosurgery on‑call rota. Neurosurgical trainees will be considered for this role.

The overall objective of the fellowship is for the successful candidate to be able to undertake spinal surgery to the level of a consultant by the end of the fellowship. Please review attached job description for all main duties.

North Bristol NHS Trust is a progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation, and a specialist regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of £550m and 8,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

Work of the Department

The Bristol Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery Team is the regional tertiary referral centre for complex spinal surgery. The team provides adult care at Brunel Building as part of the Avon Orthopaedic Centre (AOC), which is the largest specialist elective orthopaedic centre in the Southwest. The team provides paediatric care at the Bristol Children’s Hospital and works closely with the neurosurgical team to provide specialist spinal trauma support as part of the Major Trauma Centre for the Severn region based out of both Brunel Building (adults) and Bristol Children’s Hospital (paediatric).

All conditions including spinal deformity are treated in both adults and children. There are close links with the Neurosurgery department and pain service with a large tertiary referral practice.

The orthopaedic spinal team works as part of a Trauma and elective Orthopaedic service provided by a team of 39 North Bristol Trust and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Consultants, as part of a Bristol wide centralised orthopaedic service delivered at the AOC. The AOC consists of 2 trauma and 6 elective operating theatres and 16 outpatient rooms from which all elective, specialist and fracture clinics are delivered. The service is delivered through a 124 bed facility in Brunel Building. Within this service footprint the orthopaedic spinal service has a dedicated theatre and bed base from which complex spinal services are delivered. Elective outpatient clinics, pre‑operative assessments and spinal fracture follow up clinic is based with the orthopaedic outpatient area which is adjacent to imaging service.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Dec 2025.