Senior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in London is seeking a Trust Resident Doctor in Neurosurgery. The role involves managing acute and elective conditions, leading multidisciplinary teams, and participating in teaching and auditing processes. Candidates must have a medical degree, GMC registration, and surgical experience. This position offers career development and the opportunity to work with leading clinicians in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working options

Staff recognition schemes

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in acute and elective cranial and spinal neurosurgery.
• Eligibility for GMC registration and medical qualifications.
• Experience in teaching and training of undergraduates.

Responsibilities

• Manage common acute and elective neurosurgical conditions.
• Contribute to MDT and supervise junior medical staff.
• Participate in auditing and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Teaching and training experience

Ability to speak and write English to a professional standard

Clinical audit principles

Education

MBBS

MRCS

Full GMC Registration with license

Job description

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

The Department of Neurosurgery is the sole provider of neurosurgical care in West London (formerly the North West Thames Region). It offers comprehensive services for both emergency and elective adult cranial and spinal neurosurgery, as well as paediatric Neurotrauma.

At Charing Cross Hospital (CXH), neurosurgical patients are primarily cared for on 11 South Ward, which has 25 beds, with an additional 3 beds located on 10 North Ward. The hospital is equipped with two CT scanners, two MRI scanners, and advanced angiographic facilities for the endovascular treatment of neurovascular conditions. A 24/7 thrombectomy service is also available. Daily elective cranial and spinal surgery lists are carried out, with access to the NCEPOD theatre when needed.

St Mary's Hospital (SMH) handles all acute cranial and spinal emergencies, including neurotrauma, except for neurovascular cases, which are managed at CXH. At SMH, patients are treated across the Intensive Care Units, a 19-bed Major Trauma Ward, and additional surgical wards. The hospital houses three CT scanners, three MRI scanners, and maintains a dedicated neurosurgery emergency theatre list from Monday to Friday, with access to the NCEPOD list as clinically required.

Main duties of the job

The Trust Resident Doctor (at SpR/ST3+ equivalent level) has the responsibility for the management of common acute and elective neurosurgical conditions, both cranial and spinal. The post holder will share a rota to carry the on-call bleep and take online as well as telephone queries regarding patients from surrounding District General Hospitals. The post holder will be expected to attend theatre either as the primary or assistant surgeon, and to review patients in the outpatient setting (face to face and remotely). They will also be expected to participate in the regular Multi-Disciplinary Team and Mortality and Morbidity meetings, undertake audits/Quality Improvement work, contribute to teaching with preparation of case presentations as per the teaching rota, and supervise the resident doctors (at SHO level) and multi-professional neurosurgical workforce.

The duties are performed at both Charing Cross and St Mary's Hospitals.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical staffing (to include key research/practice interests)

a. The post provides excellent experience in acute and elective cranial and spinal neurosurgery and is suitable for those pursuing a career in neurosurgery.

b. The post is not recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons for Training purposes. Seminars are organised for further postgraduate teaching and there are opportunities to take study leave.

c. There are weekly MDT meetings with Neurovascular, Neuro-oncology, Skull Base, Pituitary Complex Spine, CSF Disorders, Craniofacial, and Functional subspecialties.

3 Key areas of responsibilities
• Provide high quality care to patients in Neurosurgery

The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC registration.

o To develop and maintain the competencies necessary to carry out the duties required of the post.

o To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
• Research, teaching and training

o Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust's translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of research governance.

o To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by Clinical Director.
• Performance management

o To work with medical, nursing, allied health and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

§ Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.

§ Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates

§ Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
• Governance

o To participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.

o To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.

o To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the divisional director/clinical director

o To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Leadership and team working

o To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national initiatives.

o To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Imperial College London as required.

o To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.

o To adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS
• Full GMC Registration with license
• MRCS
• Operative experience in Neurosurgery

Desirable criteria

• FRCS or equivalent qualification(s)

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching and training

Language

Essential criteria

• Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements

Audit

Essential criteria

• Experience of the principles of audit

Desirable criteria

• Experience of auditing surgical results

Academic Achievements including Research/ Publications

Essential criteria

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment level at HHNT

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• Appropriate to job description

Relevant Experience in Specialty/ Sub Specialty

Essential criteria

• Experience or aptitude for clinical activity appropriate to job description

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 400.3KB)
• Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 246.3KB)
• Advert Skullbase Fellow (PDF, 424.6KB)
• Time Table (PDF, 183.4KB)
• Aspire to values (PDF, 132.8KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)