Junior Locally Employed Doctor in Paediatric Neurosurgery

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Manchester is inviting applications for a paediatric neurosurgery position. This role involves managing both elective and emergency cases while contributing to research and teaching activities in a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should be driven to provide high-quality care and support the clinical and operational goals of the trust, while fostering a culture of inclusion and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• High-quality care to paediatric neurosurgical patients.
• Ability to manage elective and emergency cases.
• Participation in on-call duties and research activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide paediatric neurosurgical care in a multidisciplinary team.
• Accountable to the Lead Clinician.
• Support clinical quality and patient experience.

Job description

A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.


Applications are invited for the above posts for a period of 12 months to support the Paediatric Neurosurgery services at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is one of the largest paediatric neurosurgical units in the UK. Not only do we provide specialist neurosurgical care for children from the Northwest of England, we also have patients from other parts of the UK and abroad.

Currently there are six Paediatric Neurosurgery Consultants, four middle grade staff including Specialty Doctors/Clinical Fellows. There is also five advanced care practitioners and two specialist nurses supporting the team.

To provide high-quality care to paediatric neurosurgical patients as part of a multidisciplinary team in a tertiary referral hospital and major trauma centre. The role involves managing both elective and emergency cases, participating in on-call duties, and contributing to research and teaching activities.

The post holder will be accountable to the Lead Clinician.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Thursday 7 Aug 2025