Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Spinal

Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Spinal

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTPaediatric Spinal Surgery Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Spinal Surgery £51,017, p.a excl LZ Nodal Point-4 Full-time - 40 hours per week Fixed-term - 12 months

The Paediatric Spinal Surgery Department at the Evelina London Children's Hospital offers a tertiary Children's Spinal Service for South London and associated counties. The Paediatric Spinal Department has complex spinal surgical procedures.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will, under the relevant consultants, be responsible for the provision of orthopaedic service to the Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital Trust. This will include:

• Developing skills in the assessment and management of spinal patients in acute and elective children's services.
• Enhancing practical skills in children's spinal surgery.
• Undertaking theatre lists and outpatient clinics with or without supervision.
• Gaining understanding and appreciation of the contributions of the other disciplines involved in children's orthopaedic care in a multidisciplinary setting sensitive to the needs of the patient and their family.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with a staff of around 13,650, a turnover of over £1.3 billion, and 2 million patient contacts a year.

The Trust comprises two of London's oldest and best-known teaching hospitals. The hospitals have a long history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. Both hospitals have built on these traditions and continue to have a reputation for excellence and innovation.

We are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC is one of only five in the UK. It consists of King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. King's Health Partners includes seven hospitals and over 150 community-based services, is responsible for seeing 2 million patients each year, has 25,000 employees and 19,500 students, and a £2 billion annual turnover. It brings together the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver groundbreaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. See www.kingshealthpartners.org

Job responsibilities

You will join a team of 5 Consultants and 2 specialist orthopaedic nurses and will be expected to provide an elective spinal service in conjunction with colleagues. You will be expected to participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care, to take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training, and to contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development. The Department is keen to help the post holder to develop their area(s) of clinical interest and has a flexible approach in this regard.

This is a non-on-call post but you will be required to support with weekend ward rounds. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

The fellowship is a 12-month appointment: we are delighted to invite applicants for the one-year fellowship post.

Our excellent benefits include a final salary pension scheme. Please visit our website to find out more.

Equality of opportunity is our Policy. The Trust provides health services to a diverse community.

Department Information

This is the tertiary Children's Spinal Service for South London and associated counties. It is also the local hospital for many children in South London.

The current consultant staff in the Children's Spinal Surgery Unit in the Evelina Hospital is:

Tom Ember - Head of Service

Jonathan Lucas - Spinal Consultant

Mark Harris - Spinal Consultant

Adil Ahmad - Spinal Consultant

Zac Silk - Locum Spinal Consultant

The successful candidate will be accountable to Mr Ahmad, who will act as the educational supervisor and medical appraiser for the post holder throughout the fellowship post.

Applications open: until 24th April at midnight

Interview date: 15/05/2025 shortlisted candidates will be given the option of virtual (via Microsoft Teams) or face-to-face interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Full GMC Registration
• FRCS(Tr and Ortho) or equivalent
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Full GMC Registration on Specialist Register

Clinical Experience

• Extensive clinical experience in Spinal surgery
• Previous experience in children's Spinal surgery
• Log book that documents children's Spinal operative experience
• Previous experience of paediatric Spinal in a specialist children's hospital
• Previous fellowship in children's Spinal surgery

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to communicate effectively and well with children and parents
• Ability to learn from instruction and from self-directed learning
• Sound judgement and decision-making
• Attendance on specialised paediatric Spinal courses
• Attendance at national/international paediatric Spinal meetings
• Membership of Paediatric Spinal Societies

Research and Audit

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research/audit
• Evidence of original research/academic activity
• Evidence of completion of audit
• Evidence of original research/academic activity in paediatric orthopaedics
• Evidence of completion of audit in paediatric orthopaedics

Teaching

• Experience of teaching
• Postgraduate qualification in teaching
• Teaching certificate (e.g., 'Train the Trainer Course' or equivalent)

Management

• Evidence of participation in quality improvement projects
• Understanding of the role of management in regional service provision
• Evidence of participation in quality improvement projects in paediatric Spinal

Other

• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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