RCS Approved Neuro-Oncology Fellow

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff.

Main area: neurosurgery

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Contract: 12 months (12 Months Fixed term)

Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week

Job ref: 164-6933645

Site: Queen's Medical Centre

Town: Nottingham

Salary: £70,425

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59

Job overview:

Whole-time, Royal College of Surgeons approved Fellow in Neurosurgery with interest in Neuro-Oncology to the University Hospital, Nottingham, based at Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham. The post is suited for a post CCT or senior trainee looking to gain expert specialist experience in Neuro-Oncology and develop insight into service delivery and resource utilisation as a clinician. This post is RCS England Approved.

The Neurosurgery Service at Nottingham University Hospital provides an extremely busy specialty service in brain and intra-dural spinal tumours to the population of the East Midlands and beyond. The centre undertakes around 500 tumour operations annually and is recognised as a Tessa Jowell Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence. There are established multidisciplinary clinics for management of high and low grade tumours as well as specific MDTs for general Neuro-Oncology, brain metastases (SRS), skull base tumours and pituitary tumours. The medical staff are well supported by a team of neuro-oncology specialist nurses. There is also access to an intraoperative MRI scan equipped theatre suite and extensive use is made of neuronavigation, intraoperative high quality ultrasound, 5-ALA guided craniotomy and awake craniotomies with cortical mapping & anatomical and subpial resection techniques as appropriate. The fellow will gain experience of all of these.

Main duties of the job:

• Experience will also be possible in intradural/intramedullary spinal tumours if desired.
• The department has a number of on-going clinical trials and strong collaboration with university academic departments.
• There is an active audit programme and opportunity to develop personal projects both within Nottingham and in collaboration with the UK Neuro-Oncology community.
• The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the care of Neuro-Oncology patients via running rapid access Neuro-Oncology clinics, a leading role in ward rounds and to participate in the on call rota as a senior trainee.
• The post is designed to offer a comprehensive clinical experience and administrative skills to prepare the post-holder for a position as a Neurosurgery Consultant with an interest in Neuro-Oncology.

Working for our organisation:

This is a teaching hospital situated on the campus of the Queen's Medical Centre, which includes the Medical School. It currently houses all acute major specialties except for Cardiothoracic Surgery which is carried out in Nottingham City Hospital. There are approximately 1,400 beds. There are facilities for Intensive Care both in Adult Neurosurgery and separately in Paediatric Neurosurgery. The hospital also contains facilities for all branches of medicine and surgery and maintains a close contact with the university academic departments. NUH is the Major trauma centre for the East Midlands.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Clinical Clinics - to attend clinics related to the specialty including neuro oncology post MDT rapid access clinic.
• Ward Rounds - daily with Registrars, SHOs, Specialist Nurses and separately with Consultant, expected to lead morning ward rounds or any other as required by the department.
• Operating - expected to get involved with specialist procedures as appropriate.
• Research - expected to undertake clinical research and ongoing clinical trials while being in the post. All duties are within University Hospitals, Nottingham.

Teaching:

There will be opportunities to teach undergraduates and nursing staff and other health professionals.

Person specification:

• Professional Registration: GMC licence to practice, MBBS or other recognised equivalent medical qualification registerable with GMC.
• Professional Qualifications/Development: MRCS (UK) or equivalent. In neurosurgical specialist training or have completed such training, GCP certification, Higher academic degree e.g. MD or PhD.
• Clinical Skills/Experience: Evidence of commitment to Neuro-oncology, Experience of intra-operative imaging.
• Teaching, Audit & Research: Participation in, and commitment to Clinical audit. Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. Publications and knowledge of recent developments in areas of specialist interest.
• Personal Skills/Qualities: Hepatitis B immune. Clear, fluent and articulate in verbal and written presentation.

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 the 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.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges: 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.