Specialty Doctor -Spinal Surgery

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a full-time Specialty Doctor in spinal surgery to provide support to existing consultants. The role involves managing emergency spinal patients, participating in a comprehensive spinal service, and engaging in active clinical governance. This fixed term position offers growth and excellent experience within a collaborative team dedicated to exceptional patient care.

Qualifications

• Fellowship trained in a large Tertiary centre.
• Evidence of surgical competence at consultant level for acute spinal conditions.
• Participation in peer-reviewed publications in Spine journals.

Responsibilities

• Management of spinal emergency patients under care.
• Supporting consultant colleagues in both elective and emergency spinal services.
• Ongoing responsibility for the proper functioning of the department.

Skills

Surgical competence in routine emergency and elective spinal procedures

Ability to supervise junior medical staff

Evidence of participation in audit and teaching

Education

Fellowship in spinal surgery

Full GMC registration

Eligibility for Specialist Register

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Main area Surgery Grade Specialty Doctor Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 hours per week) Job ref 164-7211214

Site Queen's Medical Centre Town Nottingham Salary £59,175 - £95,400 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking a full-time Specialty Doctor with responsibility to support existing consultants in emergency spinal surgery for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for a fixed term appointment for 12 months renewable for a further six months subject to satisfactory performance.

The Job Description details the expected roles of the post, which historically has led to an excellent outcome for previous Associate Specialists, all of whom have gained excellent experience in Spinal Surgery and have gone on to secure substantive posts.

Applicants must be Spinal fellowship trained and fully registered with the GMC, and on the GMC specialist register, or be within 6 months of attaining specialist registration at the time of interview.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details.

Main duties of the job

A full range of spinal emergency patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under his/her care.

Supporting Consultant colleagues with a comprehensive elective and emergency spinal service. Including supporting consultant on-call rota, outpatient clinics, contributing to MDTs and provision of reciprocal cover for periods of leave.

Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.

These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her colleagues and the Trust.

The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of his/her time to the duties of the post and give them priority at all times

Governance and Audit

Appointees will be supported to undertake an active role in clinical governance activities including (but not restricted to) clinical audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management, CPD and Evidence-Based Practice.

Working for our organisation

The CSSS is based within Queens Medical Centre of Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. NUH is a large university hospital trust, the regional Major Trauma Centre, and is a tertiary referral unit for all aspects of complex spinal pathology. The CSSS is a recognised AOSpine Training Centre and is the only spinal unit in the UK with 6 Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) approved and certified advanced fellowship posts. The team covers all aspects of spinal surgery with special emphasis on deformity (paediatric and adult), in addition to a busy spinal trauma and tumour practice. We are a very friendly department with close collaboration between the consultants and colleagues from other disciplines.

Within the CSSS, we have a research team with a trials coordinator, data entry clerks and research nursing staff. The unit runs a number of commercial and non-commercial studies in addition to a project-bank with support from the senior staff. Fellows are expected to complete at least one project culminating into a publication per year. Interested fellows can also apply for a higher academic degree (DM/PhD) through the University of Nottingham and can be mentored academically in house or in collaboration with a number of distinguished basic sciences academics. Journal club meetings, research meetings and formal teaching seminars are common practice within the unit and run on a programmed basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role additionally provides:

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

The Trust has extremely close links with Nottingham University, and has academic departments in the majority of its clinical specialties. There are University and Trust research facilities. The Trust has a research strategy and management framework which aligns its funding for research with the research and innovations activities it supports.

Person specification

Professional Registration

• Full GMC registration
• Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register (orthopaedic or neurosurgeon)
• CCT expected within 6 months of interview date

Professional Qualifications

• Have completed a fellowship in spinal surgery

Clinical Skills/Experience

• Fellowship trained in a large Tertiary centre
• Evidence of surgical competence in routine emergency and elective spinal procedures consistent with NUH practice
• Exposure to complex reconstructive and anterior spinal surgery
• Surgical competence at consultant level for all acute spinal conditions (log book extract)
• Spine subspecialty area of interest
• Fellowship at NUH or equivalent

Management Skills

• Evidence of necessary skills to manage a consultant case load

Personal Skills/Qualities

• Ability to supervise junior medical staff
• Adherence to GMC good medical practice.
• Ability to relate to patients with acute spinal conditions
• Ability to manage all aspects of patients care

Teaching, Audit & Research

• Evidence of participation in audit and teaching
• Peer reviewed publications in Spine related journals
• Evidence of training to be a medical educator

Practical Requirements

• Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

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Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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