A 12-month full-time locum consultant post in paediatric spinal surgery at Evelina London Children's Hospital, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The work is operating on children with spinal deformities of every cause, often alongside other complex conditions. The surgeon joins a five-consultant service doing 145 to 180 deformity operations a year, and helps build regional services. Fit turns on a spinal fellowship with a significant paediatric deformity element and FRCS(Orth) or equivalent.
What the job involves
- Provide surgical care to children with complex spinal problems and comorbidities
- Manage elective spinal needs across all aetiologies of paediatric spinal deformity
- Cover congenital, neuromuscular and syndromic, osteochondrodystrophic, mesenchymal, NF, and spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis cases
- Work with multidisciplinary paediatric teams to develop services in the region
- Contribute to a service performing 145 to 180 paediatric spinal deformity operations a year
- Support transition of care for young people moving into adult services
Qualifications
- Adult and paediatric spinal fellowship of at least two years, with significant paediatric spinal deformity surgery
- FRCS(Orth) or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with Specialist Register entry, or within 3 months of CCST
Experience
- Demonstrable paediatric spinal deformity reconstructive surgery and specialist training in this field
- Significant adult spinal surgery experience to support paediatric transition care
Skills & knowledge
- Clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills
- Aptitude for taking part in departmental research goals
- Experience of teaching undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Other
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Nice to have
- Higher degree
- Evidence of management training
- Evidence of teaching training
- Third year of paediatric and/or adult spinal fellowship or training
- Involvement in and completion of clinical audits
- Evidence of original research and publication
- Appraisal training
- Teaching qualification
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
