Senior Fellow in Paediatric Neurosurgery

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in Leeds seeks a Senior Fellow in Paediatric Neurosurgery. This fixed-term role offers extensive training for senior neurosurgical trainees, focusing on managing paediatric neurosurgery conditions. Responsibilities include clinical management and research opportunities, with integration into a multidisciplinary team. Applicants must possess a valid GMC registration and relevant experience in NHS Neurosurgery. Competitive remuneration and possible full/part-time options are available.

Benefits

Comprehensive training program

Research opportunities

Qualifications

• GMC registration required.
• Experience working in UK NHS Neurosurgery.
• Commitment to paediatric neurosurgery as a subspecialty.

Responsibilities

• Manage and operate on children with neurosurgical conditions.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams.
• Engage in research and teach within the department.

Skills

Teamwork

Research skills

Clinical management

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

CCT in Neurosurgery

Passed UK Neurosurgery Speciality Fellowship Examination

Job description

Senior Fellow in Paediatric Neurosurgery

Weare inviting applications for the Senior Paediatric Neurosurgery Fellow (ST8+Level) vacancy at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the Department ofNeurosurgery.

Thispost has been approved for training by the Royal College of Surgeons as part ofthe RCS Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme. The post is a fixed-term post for12-months, starting in August 2024. It is designed for Senior NeurosurgicalTrainees towards the end of UK training.

Weare looking for a dynamic individual to meet the demands of this prestigiousFellowship post in a high-profile area of complex and demanding surgery.

Thedepartment of Neurosurgery in Leeds provides World-Class PaediatricNeurosurgical services. The service is consultant-led and is delivered throughdedicated sub-speciality MDT services. The Fellowship is designed for seniorNeurosurgical trainees at the end of their training. It will providecomprehensive sub-speciality training in Paediatric Neurosurgery in preparationfor a consultant role in this field.

Main duties of the job

ThePaediatric Neurosurgery post will include a thorough grounding in the clinicalmanagement, investigation and surgical techniques for optimally managingChildren with all forms of neurosurgical disease including hydrocephalus, braintumours, craniofacial conditions, spasticity & SDR, spinal dysraphism,Chiari malformations, and neurovascular conditions. There are significantfurther opportunities to develop research. The Fellow is expected to join theclose MDT co-working with Neuro-oncologists, researchers and the clinical nursespecialist team. The fellow is expected to gain independent competencies indealing with Children with the breadth of paediatric neurosurgery conditions.

Considerationwill be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and thosewishing to job share.

About us

Itis a requirement that the applicant has valid full GMC registration at the timeof application, and it is highly desirable that they have recent or current UKNHS experience working in Neurosurgery.

Ifshortlisted, you will be required to give a 5-minute presentation on:

Shouldpaediatric neurosurgery be delivered by standalone units or Networks

Prospectiveapplicants are encouraged to visit the hospital, which can be arranged bycontacting:

MrJohn Goodden, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon & Lead Clinician forPaediatric Neurosciences,

Viasecretary on: or [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Interviewsto be held: TBC

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you doexperience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, pleasebear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.

Job responsibilities

TheLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust is one of the largest trusts in the UK andprovides comprehensive secondary services to Leeds and tertiary services toWest and North Yorkshire. The LeedsChildrens Hospital is based at the Leeds General Infirmary and is situated inthe centre of the city, adjacent to Leeds University, with which there arestrong links.

INFORMATIONABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

TheDepartment of Neurosurgery provides a comprehensive adult and paediatricneurosurgical service to the 2.5 million people of West and North Yorkshire.Due to Commissioning pathways, the catchment area for Paediatric Neurosurgeryextends North to Middlesbrough and East to Hull & East Yorkshire,increasing the catchment area to approximately 3.4 million. The NeurosurgicalDepartment is housed within the Jubilee Wing of the General Infirmary at Leeds.The paediatric neurosurgical service is located within the Leeds ChildrensHospital located in Clarendon Wing at the Leeds General Infirmary.

Thedepartment of Neurosurgery in Leeds provides world class PaediatricNeurosurgical care. The service isconsultant led and is delivered through dedicated subspecialty services. The Paediatric Neurosurgical service has verystrong links with Neurology, Neuroradiology, Neuropathology, and LeedsUniversity.

TheLeeds Childrens Hospital has one of the largest bed-bases in a UK ChildrensHospital. Paediatric neurosurgery inpatient care is shared with the paediatricneurologists on a combined paediatric neuroscience ward (L52) with 12 beds.Facilities in the Childrens Hospital include a fully equipped 16-bedpaediatric intensive care unit, 6-bed high dependency unit, neonatal intensivecare, neonatal unit, and 8 childrens operating theatres, including onepaediatric emergency theatre. The PICU, neuro-theatre and ward are co-locatedon the same floor. The paediatric neurosurgery theatre is well-equipped withBrainLAB neuro-navigation, a Zeiss Kinevo microscope (tracked), HD & SDendoscopes, intra-operative ultrasound and facility for intra-operative neurophysiologyas required. An intra-operative MRI scanner / BrainLab-integrated theatre suiteopened in Spring 2019. The Kinevo microscope is fully equipped with filters, 3Dfilm system and full digital integration to the BrainLAB operating theatresuite.

Thepaediatric neurosurgical service comprises 4 whole-time consultants (Mr AtulTyagi, Mr John Goodden, Mr Gnanamurthy Sivakumar, Ms Rebecca Chave-Cox). Theydeliver a specialist first on-call paediatric neurosurgery consultant rota.They work closely with the paediatric neurology team and the paediatricneuro-rehabilitation consultant providing shared care of inpatients. They aresupported by specialist nurses for hydrocephalus, craniofacial, spasticity andoncology.

Thepaediatric neurosurgery department's work grows each year. The paediatricoperative caseload is currently around 350-cases per annum, with approximately40 new tumour cases per year. Sub-specialist surgery services includenon-syndromic craniofacial surgery, Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR), spinaldysraphism and paediatric neurovascular surgery.

Theadult Neurosurgical Department has 64 adult beds in two wards with anadditional 7 bedded dedicated Neuro-intensive Care Unit as well as a 7-beddeddedicated High Dependency Unit. Thereare four adult operating theatres including one dedicated to emergency surgery24 hours per day. There is an integrated spinal service offering all aspects ofspinal surgery which is made up of 3 Neurosurgical and 7 Spinal OrthopaedicConsultants. The current adult caseload is approximately 3000 inpatients peryear and approximately 2000 operative cases per year.

TheNeurosurgical Department has close links with the other neurosciencespecialties that are all on site including Neuroradiology, Neurology,Neuroanaesthetics and Neurophysiology.The Neuropathology department is based on the St Jamess hospital siteand provides a full histopathology service, including an intra-operative frozensection service. A well-equipped molecular pathology service providesup-to-date oncology profiling of paediatric and adult tumours, includingH3K27M, IDH, TERT, BRAF, and 1p19q testing.

TheNeuro-Radiology Department is based at the Leeds General Infirmary andcomprises 6 Consultants, three of whom provide Endovascular services for adultsand children with neurovascular conditions.

TheGeneral Infirmary at Leeds is a Level 1 Trauma unit for both adult andpaediatric patients and there are close links with surgical specialtiesincluding trauma, maxillofacial, plastics and ENT surgery. An intra-operativeHigh-field 3T MRI complex opened in Spring 2019. This further enhances thecapability of the department and the training of the Fellow.

ANeurosurgery Skills Lab simulation facility equipped with Zeiss operatingmicroscope and endoscopic equipment is available for 24h use. This allows basicand advanced skills training and including micro-neurosurgery (includingvascular anastomosis), and endoscopic training.

Thefellowship is intended to allow an experienced peri-CCT UK-based neurosurgicaltrainee the opportunity to gain more experience over a one-year period inpaediatric neurosurgery. This post has been approved for training by the RoyalCollege of Surgeons as part of the RCS Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme.

TheRCS accreditation has been very valuable with the first two Fellows bothachieving successful Consultant appointments.

TheFellow is expected to be capable of working with increasing levels ofindependence as they progress through this one-year post. It is expected thatsufficient experience will be obtained from this fellowship to allow the Fellowto offer themselves for appointment to a Consultant position involving asubstantial commitment to paediatric neurosurgery. They will gain experience inthe assessment, investigation and operative management of patients presentingwith the full range of acute and elective paediatric neurosurgical pathology.The additional sub-specialist supra-regional services delivered in Leeds willfurther enhance this experience

THELEEDS WAY VALUES

Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this asa strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staffand set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally,the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Thebeliefs and attitudes that underpin effective performance within the jobrole. Emphasis should be on therequirements of the role not the individual when completing this section. Examples might include: quality focus,mistakes are used as a continual learning experience, honesty, integrity etc.

Person Specification

Additional Requirements

• Provide complete details of employment history.
• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
• Desire to develop career in Paediatric Neurosurgery as a subspecialty interest
• Aware of own training / career development needs Demonstrates probity
• Enthusiasm for all aspects of Paediatric Neurosurgery
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

• Up to date GCP certification from NIHR
• Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues.
• Demonstrates an interest in and commitment to the specialty beyond the mandatory curriculum
• Evidence of papers / publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Evidence of presentations in national / international relevant scientific conferences
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. prizes, awards, distinctions, other achievements
• Evidence of interest in, and experience of teaching

Experience

• Recently completed or approaching completion of UK higher neurosurgical training or equivalent
• Demonstrable interest in developing consultant level subspeciality skills in Paediatric Neurosurgery
• Evidence of surgical experience through provision of relevant logbook summary.
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. prizes, awards, distinctions, other achievements
• Evidence of interest in, and experience of teaching

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

• Full registration with GMC with current Licence to Practice please state GMC number
• Experience of at least 1-year working within Neurosurgery in NHS in UK.
• Skills in written and spoken English demonstrated by either: (1) undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or (2) academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• ARCP Outcome 1 at ST6 or equivalent experience
• Passed UK Neurosurgery Speciality Fellowship Examination (or equivalent) - FRCS(Neuro.Surg)
• CCT in Neurosurgery

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.