A Vacancy at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The department of Neurosurgery is part of the Neuroscience Care Group which includes as well Neurology, Stroke Medicine.
This post is for Locum Consultant Neurosurgeon with special interest in Vascular Neurosurgery and Skull Base.
The post holder is required to support inpatient and outpatient Neurosurgery services and will play a critical role in delivering Neurosurgery for Hull, the Yorkshire & Humber region and North East Lincolnshire. The Service treats patients from Hull, Scarborough, Bridlington, York, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Louth and Doncaster.
The purpose of this post is to provide a regional Neurosurgical service to patients with neurological disorders and to develop an interest in a specialist field of cranial vascular and skull base Neurosurgery. The post is a temporary post with a view to look at a substantive appointee in the future.
The appointee will be expected to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to them at the Neurosurgical centre. The holder of the post will work in team with other consultants with subspecialty interest in vascular and skull base neurosurgery.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Mar 2025