Fellowship in Spinal Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

Exeters excellence in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery has a worldwide reputation for excellence. The Norman Capener Spinal Surgery Fellowship is dedicated to the advancements of thetheory and practice of all aspects of spinal surgery and is based at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter. The Fellows will form part of the PEOCs Spinal team and will be supervised by Mr Andrew Clarke, Mr Oliver Stokes, Mr Henry Budd, Mr Michael Anderton and Mr Wisam Selbi, Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeons.

The Exeter Spinal Unit covers a wide catchment area across Devon and Cornwall providing routine, emergency and complex spinal reconstruction surgery while also acting as a tertiary referral centre outside this region.

A full range of spinal disorders ranging from degenerative pathologies through to tumour resection and reconstruction surgery in all regions of the spine, (cervical, thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbar) are treated.

The Spinal Fellow will be instructed on the basic principles of evaluation and treatment of the spinal patients. He/she will gain experience in the exposure of the entire spine including posterior and importantly the anterior and lateral approaches to the spine. The Fellow will also gain experience in the use of the operating microscope and various neural decompression techniques including microsurgery and minimally invasive techniques.

The Fellow will also gain experience in anterior and posterior reconstruction techniques with a full range of spinal instrumentation methods undertaken in the unit and instructed.

Spinal deformity correction surgery is also regularly carried out in Exeter, which is the main spinal deformity centre for Devon and Cornwall.

We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you're starting out in the NHS, youll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.Our Medical workforce has separate arrangements.

You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

• See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full JD

Desirable

• See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full JD

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Exeter

Devon

EX2 5DW

Employer's website

https://royaldevon.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)