NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Main area: Trauma & Orthopaedics
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (2016 Contract (non-training))
Hours: 40 hours per week (None)
Job ref: 434-MSCC-329
Site: Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Town: Aylesbury
Salary: £49,909 - £70,425 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/03/2025 23:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area. We care for over half a million patients every year:
* Provide specialist spinal services at our world-renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics.
* Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services.
* Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke, and cardiac services.
* Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals, and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures, and backgrounds work for us. We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family-friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact bht.recruitment@nhs.net or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has a vacancy for an Advanced Spinal Fellowship in T&O. This is for a Fixed Term 12 months contract starting August 2025.
We anticipate this to be a popular post, so we urge interested candidates to apply early; this post may close sooner than the advertised closing date.
All applicants MUST hold a GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice in the UK.
Duties and responsibilities - Indicative Job Plan
1. Monday: All day elective spin clinic. There is a weekly lunchtime clinical/radiology MDT which all consultants and trainees attend, including aspects of audit and governance.
2. Tuesday: AM spinal clinic / PM SPA/audit research. All day theatre – elective and emergency.
3. Thursday (AM): Flexible arrangements.
4. Friday: All day theatre – elective and emergency.
Independent Operating and clinic arrangements may be worked flexibly to fit in with spare operating capacity.
No out-of-hours on-call commitments would be required. Extra sessions may be undertaken by mutual agreement.
Main duties of the job
The Fellow will be involved in the daytime on-call spinal rota with back-up of a Consultant. There is no formal out-of-hours commitment.
Over the last 20 years, spinal surgery has become an important part of the treatment of spinal cord injured patients at the National Spinal Cord Injuries Centre, where the overall management of acute cases is undertaken by specialised spinal rehabilitation consultants. Spinal surgery in these cases is highly complex and often performed as dual consultant. Late reconstructive surgery following trauma, paralytic scoliosis, and charcot spine are some examples. NSIC is the only centre that treats children and is a world leader in the management of spinal cord injury in this age range.
Working for our organisation
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and ensuring all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide high-quality Medical and Surgical Care to Orthopaedics Spinal Patients under Treatment. Applications are invited from suitably qualified orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons pursuing a career in spinal surgery. The post is ideally suited to an individual who has CCT and wishes to enhance experience and develop skills prior to taking up a consultant appointment.
For further information on this role, please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification Documents.
Person specification
* Communicates openly, honestly, and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships.
* Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
* Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
* Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative.
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* MBBS or Equivalent
* Registration with the GMC & Licence to practice in the UK
* ALS Certificate
EXPERIENCE
* Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the patient as a central focus of care.
* Demonstrate broad clinical skills in the management of acute medical patients.
* Competence in basic clinical procedures. Ability to prioritise clinical need.
* Understanding of the principles of patient confidentiality and data protection.
* Familiar with working practices in the UK.
COMMUNICATION & INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
* Able to communicate effectively in written English.
* Able to discuss treatment options with patients and carers in a way they understand.
* Able to work on own initiative.
* Well organised.
* Willing to take on responsibility.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
MAINTAINING CLINICAL COMPETENCE
* Maintenance of clinical and non-clinical skills.
* Understand the basic principles of Audit.
* Evidence of participation in audit (Desirable).
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
* Prepared to take part in all aspects of the post.
* Ability to travel between hospital sites.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, depending on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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