Skull Base and Vascular Fellow in Neurosurgery

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust wishes to appoint a Skull Base and Vascular Fellow in Neurosurgery. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the neurosurgery service and will join an existing team of 8 Specialist Registrars and 2 Academic Registrars at St George's Hospital and will share on-call duties equally based on an EWTD compliant rota banded at 1B (40%).

Main duties of the job:

• Full time position with ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Expected to run out-patient clinics and operating sessions accordingly (patients will be under a designated consultant).
• Working with a team of 8 clinical and 2 academic registrars.
• Cross-cover colleagues' absence as required.
• Perform on-call duties including operating out-of-hours at a level appropriate of a Senior SpR.
• On-call will be shared equally with the other ST4+ level post-holders and will be banded at 1B (40%).
• Ample opportunity to perform audit and research projects at St George's and at RMH and RSCH.
• This post would incorporate an element of service development.
• The post holder will be expected to travel between all the Trust sites and also those necessary to fulfil their duties.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with the Neuro-vascular and skull base CNS to facilitate the effective clinical management and seamless care of patients with vascular pathology and skull base tumours.

About us:

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals with an international reputation for patient care, education and research. It is at the heart of an integrated healthcare system that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement. The Trust is a national centre of excellence for specialist services such as neurology, cardiology and cancer care. It is also a major provider of trauma and emergency services, children's services, maternity care, care for the elderly, vascular and renal services.

Job responsibilities:

• A developing knowledge of the basic science of neuro-vascular and skull base and the ability to apply this to clinical practice.
• Ability to follow advice and instruction.
• Ability to make good medical and research notes.
• Computer skills including the ability to manage databases and image processing systems, which generate reliable research and clinical outcome data sets.
• A declared interest in vascular and skull base surgery.
• Commitment to learning.
• Potential to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Team worker and able to work independently using initiative.
• Ability to work with the wider clinical and management team to develop services.
• Training in a neurosurgical training programme of a minimum of 5 years.
• Experience of audit and research methodology.

Person Specification:

Skills:

• Essential: A developing knowledge of the basic science of neuro-vascular and skull base and the ability to apply this to clinical practice.
• Ability to make good medical and research notes.
• Computer skills including the ability to manage databases and image processing systems, which generate reliable research and clinical outcome data sets.

Personal:

• Essential: Potential to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility.
• Commitment to learning.
• Team worker and able to work independently using initiative.

• Desirable: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with the wider clinical and management team to develop services.

Education:

• Essential: FRCS (SN) Training in a neurosurgical training programme of a minimum of 5 years.

• Desirable: Experience of audit and research methodology.