Job summary
Applications are invited for a Royal College of Surgeons approved fellowship for surgical training in Neuro-oncology at Southmead Hospital . This post is full time with on-call commitments at middle grade level, and is available initially for 12 months duration from April 2024 extendable by mutual agreement.
The post holder will work in the award winning Brunel building at Southmead Hospital, and will benefit from the well-developed multi-disciplinary team and state of the art facilities including advanced neuronavigation, a navigated intra-operative MRI suite, intra-operative neurophysiology, and an anaesthetic and nursing team who are well rehearsed in complex Neuro-oncology awake surgery. The department treats a wide range of complex cranial and spinal Neuro-Oncology caseload from an adult catchment population in excess of 2.5 million across the southwest of England. The successful applicant will be a senior neurosurgical trainee who is comfortable with basic elective and emergency neurosurgery and wishes to pursue Neuro-oncology as a sub-specialist interest.
This fellowship post has been accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons towards sub specialty training in neuro-oncology. Further details of the post and the department can be learnt by downloading the job description and person specification.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work within the Oncology team which consists of 4 consultant neursurgeons who between them undertake all aspects of routine and complex neuro-oncology surgery. He/She will attend the weekly neuro-oncology MDT, atleast one weekly clinic in addition to other ad-hoc clinics, 1 -2 theatre days per week and other admin work. Depending on their interest they can spend time with the clinical neuro-oncologists at the Bristol Oncology centre attending oncology clinics and planning gamma knife radiosurgery. There is a regular oncology journal club which the appointee will be expected to lead and a regular oncology M&M meeting which the appointee will be expected to take responsibility for.
They will be working closely with the second RCS Oncology fellow already in the department.
About us
North Bristol NHS Trust is a progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation, and a specialist regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of £550m and 8,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare, personally delivered. Our acute services moved into the brand new, £430 million state of the art Brunel Building in May 2014 enabling us to work together to create the environment for exceptional healthcare. This 800 bed hospital at the Southmead site offers some patients single rooms with en-suite facilities, greatly improving privacy and dignity and helping to control the spread of infections but most importantly of all, enabling each patient to be treated as a person. At the heart of what we do is a caring and compassionate workforce. We treat some of the most difficult medical conditions, in an increasingly complex patient population. Our vision is to be the provider of choice for patients needing our specialist care. We want to deliver innovative services with excellent clinical outcomes in the most appropriate setting for our patients. We are committed to maintaining a culture of openness, transparency and candour in all we do and especially in the way we communicate with our patients and their families
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Neurosurgical Department undertakes approximately 4000 operative procedures per year, in a suite of 6-7 dedicated Neurosurgery theatres. Neurosurgery patients benefit from access to a fully functional Intraoperative MRI scanner, intraoperative CT scanner, NeuroMate Robot and Intraoperative ultrasound with state of the art navigational aids. The team are fully supported by access to specialist Neurosciences services including Neuroradiology, Neuropathology, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychiatry, and therapy services, as well as a dedicated team of Specialist Nurses and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. There are roughly 64 acute ward beds in 2 adjacent wards and access to centralized ITU and HDU ward beds with a total capacity of 48 beds. The Neurosurgical Department undertakes approximately 4000 operative procedures per year, in a suite of 7 dedicated Neurosurgery/spinal theatres.
Consultants
Sub-specialist interest(s)
Skullbase
Mr D G Porter
Vascular, Skull Base
Mr K Abhinav
Endoscopic skull base, Pituitary, Vascular
Mr Mario Teo
Vascular, Skull base
Mr Adam Williams
Endoscopic pituitary and pain
Neuro-Oncology
Mr Ven Iyer
Neuro-oncology & Spine
Mr G P Malcolm
Neuro-oncology & Spine
Mr Neil Barua
Neuro-oncology and Movement disorders
Mr Constantinos Charalambides
Neuro-oncology
Complex Spine
Mr Nitin R Patel
Complex Spine
Mr C Wigfield
Complex Spine
Mr Mark Nowell
Complex Spine
Ms Naomi Slator
Complex Spine
Functional
Ms R Ashida
Functional Neurosurgery
Mr N K Patel
Functional Neurosurgery, Pain
Epilepsy Surgery
Mr Angelo Pichierri
Epilepsy
Complex Hydrocephalus
Mr R Edwards
Complex Hydrocephalus, Spinal dysraphism
There is a daily 8:00 a.m. combined clinical and radiology meeting; a weekly tumour MDT, fortnightly skullbase MDT, weekly epilepsy and movement disorders MDT, regular journal clubs and an academic teaching program. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to participate in departmental teaching and would be expected to participate in clinical governance and audit activities.. The out of hours commitment is a hybrid rota (consisting of 18 doctors) of four tiers of middle grade doctors depending on their experience in neurosurgery with the senior most tier providing support as non resident on-call. The emergency neurosurgical work will be from the same catchment population. There is a separate rota of complex spine surgery consultants (drawn from both neurosurgical and orthopaedic spinal units) who support the on-call registrar.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Neurosurgical Department undertakes approximately 4000 operative procedures per year, in a suite of 6-7 dedicated Neurosurgery theatres. Neurosurgery patients benefit from access to a fully functional Intraoperative MRI scanner, intraoperative CT scanner, NeuroMate Robot and Intraoperative ultrasound with state of the art navigational aids. The team are fully supported by access to specialist Neurosciences services including Neuroradiology, Neuropathology, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychiatry, and therapy services, as well as a dedicated team of Specialist Nurses and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. There are roughly 64 acute ward beds in 2 adjacent wards and access to centralized ITU and HDU ward beds with a total capacity of 48 beds. The Neurosurgical Department undertakes approximately 4000 operative procedures per year, in a suite of 7 dedicated Neurosurgery/spinal theatres.
Consultants
Sub-specialist interest(s)
Skullbase
Mr D G Porter
Vascular, Skull Base
Mr K Abhinav
Endoscopic skull base, Pituitary, Vascular
Mr Mario Teo
Vascular, Skull base
Mr Adam Williams
Endoscopic pituitary and pain
Neuro-Oncology
Mr Ven Iyer
Neuro-oncology & Spine
Mr G P Malcolm
Neuro-oncology & Spine
Mr Neil Barua
Neuro-oncology and Movement disorders
Mr Constantinos Charalambides
Neuro-oncology
Complex Spine
Mr Nitin R Patel
Complex Spine
Mr C Wigfield
Complex Spine
Mr Mark Nowell
Complex Spine
Ms Naomi Slator
Complex Spine
Functional
Ms R Ashida
Functional Neurosurgery
Mr N K Patel
Functional Neurosurgery, Pain
Epilepsy Surgery
Mr Angelo Pichierri
Epilepsy
Complex Hydrocephalus
Mr R Edwards
Complex Hydrocephalus, Spinal dysraphism
There is a daily 8:00 a.m. combined clinical and radiology meeting; a weekly tumour MDT, fortnightly skullbase MDT, weekly epilepsy and movement disorders MDT, regular journal clubs and an academic teaching program. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to participate in departmental teaching and would be expected to participate in clinical governance and audit activities.. The out of hours commitment is a hybrid rota (consisting of 18 doctors) of four tiers of middle grade doctors depending on their experience in neurosurgery with the senior most tier providing support as non resident on-call. The emergency neurosurgical work will be from the same catchment population. There is a separate rota of complex spine surgery consultants (drawn from both neurosurgical and orthopaedic spinal units) who support the on-call registrar.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Higher Research Degree
- NHS Experience
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Experience with advanced cranial surgery
- Demonstrate interest in Neuro-oncology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Higher Research Degree
- NHS Experience
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Experience with advanced cranial surgery
- Demonstrate interest in Neuro-oncology
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
