Consultant Neurosurgeon

Job Summary

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Consultant Neurosurgeon. The appointee can undertake a wide range of mixed practice if experience and requirement of the service demands. The successful candidate is expected to complement the existing consultants' subspecialties interests and develop their own clinical specialist service. It is advantageous if there is interest in spinal dysraphism, management of intradural spinal pathologies across the age range amongst other specialist interests.

The post holder may have to travel between sites for providing clinical, administrative and training functions. This will be job planned if required and travel compensated as per government rules.

Main Duties of the Job

The job is advertised as 10PA. Extra PAs may be available for undertaking further clinical activities, administrative, managerial, teaching and external roles. The job requires being on call with departmental adult (1 in 14) and paediatric consultant (1 in 5) on call rota if paediatric practice is included in the job plan. The on call rota is non-residential. The new consultant will be supported in discharging professional duties. Administrative support and office space will be made available on appointment. The consultant will have equal access to all clinical facilities, professional supports, junior doctors and allied health staff as members of the broader team. 1.5 PAs are available for mandatory training, appraisal, CPD, audit, governance, job planning and teaching and training in day-to-day practice. The Trust has arrangements to ensure that all surgeons have an annual job-planning, appraisal with a trained appraiser and support surgeons going through the revalidation process. The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) as laid down by the GMC and surgical colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities. The department supports new consultants in identifying appropriate mentors. The department will signpost to specialist society supported well-being and mentoring opportunities as appropriate.

About Us

With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job Responsibilities

The QMC Neurosurgery department is one of the busiest neurosurgical departments in the country. We provide both adult and paediatric services to a wide regional area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire with a catchment population of around three and a half million. Our highly specialised unit undertakes around 2500 neurosurgical emergency, urgent and elective operations annually, around 250 -300 of these in children. We are a part of the East Midlands Trauma Service and a major trauma unit. We run four modern, fully equipped theatres and have access to additional emergency theatres as required every day. The department has the latest neuro navigation systems, stereotactic frames, intraoperative ultrasound, 5-ALA and ICG-enabled microscopes and endoscopes. We have intraoperative MRI and an integrated neurosurgical operative suite. We have recently acquired a neurosurgical robot. Nottingham University Hospitals brain tumour centre is one of only two Trusts in the country to be recognised as a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for both Adult and Paediatric tumour treatment. We are currently the only centre in the Midlands providing age-comprehensive Functional neurosurgery and Neuromodulation service. Our fellowship programme is well sought-after and we currently run RCS fellowships in Functional Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Reg/Eligible for Specialist Register/CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
• Desirable: GCP

Professional Quals/Development

• FRCS Neurosurgery or Equivalent
• Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery
• Desirable: Other higher degrees or diplomas

Clinical Experience

• Ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to show career progression and commitment to special interest
• Demonstrate ability to work flexibly
• Experience in iMRI
• Desirable: Demonstrate competency in Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy; Experience in managing paediatric tone clinic

Teaching, Audit & Research

• Evidence of participating in Clinical Audit
• Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
• Desirable: Research; Publications; Teaching qualifications; Involvement in national trials; Higher degree in education

Management Skills

• Demonstrate an understanding of future direction of the specialty
• Demonstrate experience in quality improvement in clinical and teaching domains
• Able to delegate appropriately
• Able to work in a team
• Desirable: Example of management QI activities where change has been initiated

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "we are here for you" behavioural standards
• Desirable: Patient Support Development

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Employer Name: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH

Employer's Website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/