Locum Consultant in Paediatric Neurosurgery

Main area: Neurosurgery

Grade: Locum Consultant

Contract: 12 months (Fixed term)

Hours: Full time – 10 sessions per week (On call 1:6)

Job ref: 411-SUR-25-7072061

Employer: Alder Hey Children\’s NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Alder Hey Children\’s NHS Foundation Trust

Town: Liverpool

Salary: £105,504 – £139,882 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 02/04/2025 23:59

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Neurosurgery

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust\’s values and behaviours. At Alder Hey, we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

This is a locum (10 PA) post, based at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in the department of paediatric Neurosurgery with a view to giving the candidate an opportunity to develop a sub-specialty interest. The successful applicant would join a team of 6 Consultants at Alder Hey and would become part of a 1 in 6 on-call rota.

The post-holder will report through the Clinical Lead to the Chief Executive with professional support from the Divisional Director.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the paediatric neurosurgery department providing outpatient clinics, surgical intervention and will be part of the 1:6 on-call rota.

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children\’s NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be part of the paediatric neurosurgery department. This post is 10 programmed activities per week (8.5 PA direct clinical care and 1.5 PA supporting professional activities). The post holder will participate in the teaching and training of undergraduates and postgraduates, supervise junior staff and partake in departmental meetings. Develop research interests in their area of interest and expertise.

Person specification

• Full registration and licence to practice
• Paediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship for a minimum of 1 year in a recognised unit
• Publications related to Neurosurgery

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact the recruiting manager of the vacancy or the recruitment team at or call 0151 282 4599.

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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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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