Consultant in Complex Spine Surgery with specialist

Consultant in Complex Spine Surgery with specialist interest in Spinal Cord Injury

This substantive consultant role is essential to supporting and developing the complex spine surgery service at Barts Health NHS Trust.

The post will involve working across multiple sites, primarily at the Royal London Hospital and Newham University Hospital, with on-call commitments based at the Royal London Hospital - The Major Trauma Centre for the North East London and Essex Trauma Network and home of London's Air Ambulance. The successful candidate will contribute to the consultant-led complex spine on-call rota, which is a 1:9 Consultant on the Week (COW) model and will lead the Spinal Cord Injury service for the North East London and South Essex Spine Network. The complex spine sub-specialty is a critical part of the trust's elective programme and is undergoing further development to ensure high-quality patient care.

Applicants with either Neurosurgery or Orthopaedic Spine training are encouraged to apply.

The anticipated interview date for this post is the 24th of April 2025.

Main duties of the job

The Complex Spine Service is an integral part of the Neurosciences & Stroke Directorate and is currently undergoing significant development to enhance service delivery. This integration aims to provide a seamless, high-quality, single-access service for patients requiring complex spine care.

Job responsibilities

Patient Care:

Maintain continuous responsibility for the care of patients under their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care. The appointee will be expected to lead ward rounding in the morning during their Consultant of the Week duties and on their post-operative patients. The post holder will have full professional independence in medical matters but will be managerially accountable to the Trust and the Chief Executive through their lead clinician, clinical director, and CAG group director.

Leadership:

Lead, develop, and organise the services under their charge in alignment with the Trust's business plans. Engage with key stakeholders, including the lead clinician, General Manager, Service Manager, Clinical Director for Orthopaedics & Plastic Surgery, and the Surgery/Cancer Clinical Academic Group (CAG) Director.

Specialty Development:

With the agreement of the Clinical Lead and Clinical Academic Unit Director, actively participate in research programmes and develop personal interests and specialisms within the field.

Management of Junior Doctors:

Assume corporate and individual responsibility for managing doctors in training, including the approval and monitoring of on-call schedules and locum appointments.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Entry of the GMC Specialist Register via one of the following: CCT within 3 months of completion. CESR European Community Rights)

Desirable

• Doctorate or Master's level research degree or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Experience and a track record in the independent management of complex spine neurosurgery, as evidenced by logbook
• Spine Fellowship training
• Experience and a track record of caring for complex spinal pathologies within a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Clinical Governance and Service Development
• Fellowship in Paediatric Spine Surgery
• Experience in Clinical Supervision

Knowledge
Essential

• Clinical expertise in complex spinal conditions including Trauma, MSCC, degenerative pathologies requiring instrumentation and infection
• Clinical expertise in neurorehabilitation following spinal cord injuries

Desirable

• Clinical expertise in advanced pain procedures including neuromodulation

Skills
Essential

• Presentation and teaching skills for undergraduates and postgraduates
• Clinical expertise in the use of Spinal Navigation
• Teamwork, interpersonal, and communication skills

Desirable

• Active involvement in developing departmental research infrastructure
• Ability to organise academic meetings within the area of interest
• Experience in the use of intra-operative robotics during spine procedures