Senior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The paediatric neurosurgical service is both the regional and a supra-regional service. All subspeciality aspects of paediatric neurosurgery can be delivered. We have a state of the art operating theatre with a 3T intraoperative MRI scanner, Renishaw robot and a hybrid theatrewith a cone beam dyna CT (Zeego).Alder Hey is a nationally designated centre for Paediatric Craniofacial services. The multidisciplinary team is led by Mr Chris Parks and supported by Mr David Richardson (consultant maxillo-facial surgeon), Mr Christian Duncan and Mr Adel Fattah (consultant plastic surgeons)and Mr Ajay Sinha and Mr Jon Ellenbogen consultant neurosurgeons. The team performs more than 100 operative procedures per year.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to work closely with the 7 Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeons and supporting staff as listed above based at Alderhey. There will be multiple opportunities to go to theatre, receive appropriate training in all of the advanced paediatric neurosurgical subspecialties listed above and take part in outpatient activity and MDT's in neuro oncology, craniofacial, spasticity, spine, epilepsy and fetal CNS anomalies. Post holders will work towards maintaining standards, including audit, as detailed in the Safe & Sustainable Paediatric Neurosurgery Services document

About us

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals providing care for over 200,000 children and young people each year. It is one of only four stand-alone paediatric trusts in UK and is staffed by 2,800 employees.Alder Hey offers 20 specialist services including being the designated national centre for Craniofacial Surgery and a Centre of Excellence for Paediatric Oncology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology and Orthopaedics. It is a teaching hospital and trains 550 medical and400 nursing students each year. A child and adolescent mental health service is also provided with an in-patient unit based at the Trust. Recent expansion has seen the provision of additional theatres (there are 13 operating Theatres in total) and the opening of a new Neuro-sciences development.Alder Hey serves not only the children of Liverpool but is the tertiary referral centre for children from Merseyside, Cheshire, parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales for many sub-specialties of paediatrics. The Trust provides a range of community services including school nursing, home carers and a child development centre. The hospital has over300 beds, including day beds for surgery, a medical day care unit and Emergency Decision Unit.A purpose built Education Centre is situated on the hospital site and is available for all postgraduate educational activity.

Date posted

08 October 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£37,068 to £57,570 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

411-SUR-24-6580247

Job locations

Alder Hey

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will be expected to work closely with the 7 Consultant PaediatricNeurosurgeons and supporting staff as listed above based at Alderhey. There will be multipleopportunities to go to theatre, receive appropriate training in all of the advanced paediatricneurosurgical subspecialties listed above and take part in outpatient activity and MDTs inneuro-oncology, craniofacial, spasticity, spine, epilepsy and fetal CNS anomalies. Post holderswill work towards maintaining standards, including audit, as detailed in the Safe & SustainablePaediatric Neurosurgery Services document

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will be expected to work closely with the 7 Consultant PaediatricNeurosurgeons and supporting staff as listed above based at Alderhey. There will be multipleopportunities to go to theatre, receive appropriate training in all of the advanced paediatricneurosurgical subspecialties listed above and take part in outpatient activity and MDTs inneuro-oncology, craniofacial, spasticity, spine, epilepsy and fetal CNS anomalies. Post holderswill work towards maintaining standards, including audit, as detailed in the Safe & SustainablePaediatric Neurosurgery Services document

Person Specification

Application

Essential

Full Registration and license to practice with GMC

Desirable

oPrevious experience in Core specialty

Person Specification

Application

Essential

Full Registration and license to practice with GMC

Desirable

oPrevious experience in Core specialty

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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