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Job summary

Main area
Neurosurgery
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
164-6791522-B
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queen's Medical Centre
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/01/2025 23:59
Interview date
19/03/2025

Employer heading

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Consultant Neurosurgeon

Consultant

Job overview

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Consultant neurosurgeon. The appointee can undertake a wide range 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 staffs 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 the 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. Department will signpost to specialist society supported well-being and mentoring opportunities as appropriate.Ìý

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 catchment population of around three and half million. Our highly specialised unit undertakes around 2500 neurosurgical emergency, urgent and elective operations annually around 250 -300 of these in children. ÌýWe 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 TrustsÌý Ìýin 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 Midland providing age-comprehensive Functional neurosurgery and Neuromodulation service. Our fellowship programme is well sought-after and we currently run RCS fellowships Ìýin Functional Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology.

Please make reference to the job description documentation for the job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

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

Professional Quals/Development

Essential criteria
  • FRCS Neurosurgery or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Other higher degrees or diplomas

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
  • Ability to show career progression and a committed all round neurosurgery experience
  • Oncology: Clinical Neuro-oncology experience (fellowship) 5 ALA Gliolan Trainug Spine: Neurosurgical Spine Experience( fellowship) CSF: Management and Quality improvement. Paediatrics emergency skills
Desirable criteria
  • Specific training in communication skills
  • Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
  • Neuro-endoscopy experience ( certification)
  • Neuro- Trauma Courses

Teaching, Audit &Research

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

Management Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
  • Able to delegate appropriately
  • Demonstrable experience in quality improvement in clinical and teaching domains.
  • Able to work in a team
Desirable criteria
  • Examples of innovation and initiative
  • Experience of change management
  • Examples of innovation and initiative

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mr Surajit Basu
Job title
Head Of Service for Neurosurgery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0115 9249924
Additional information

Mr Surajit Basu

[email protected]