Senior Clinical Fellow in Neuro-Oncology
Main area: Neurosurgery
Grade: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Initially 12 months, with a view to extend.)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (40 basic hours, plus additional hours as per work schedule)
Job ref: 339-MPSRD793
Site: Southmead Hospital
Town: Bristol
Salary: £61,825 - £70,425 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/12/2024 23:59
Job overview
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.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work within the Oncology team which consists of 4 consultant neurosurgeons who between them undertake all aspects of routine and complex neuro-oncology surgery. He/She will attend the weekly neuro-oncology MDT, at least 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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 is 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* FRCS or equivalent
* Higher Research Degree
* NHS Experience
Experience
* Neurosurgical Experience
* Experience with advanced cranial surgery
* Demonstrate interest in Neuro-oncology
If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel 0117 414 1151.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
North Bristol Trust (NBT) is committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
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