Job summary
Nottingham University Hospitals Department of Neurosurgery is looking to appoint a Locum Consultant Neurosurgeon. The post holder will require to complement existing departmental specialist interests and service delivery priorities. This post is for 4 months
Main duties of the job
Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Consultant adult and paediatric neurosurgeon interested in adult hydrocephalus and paediatric functional neurosurgery. The successful candidate is expected to complement the existing consultants' subspecialties interests and develop their own clinical specialist service. It is advantageous if there is interest in developing paediatric functional neurosurgery and CSF disorders across the age range.
The job is advertised as 10PA. Extra PAs may be available for undertaking further clinical activities, administrative, managerial, teaching and external roles. The job requires being on call with departmental adult (1 in 14) and paediatric consultant (1 in 5) on call rota. The on call rota is non -residential
About us
The QMC Neurosurgery department is one of the busiest neurosurgical departments in the country. We provide both adult and paediatric services to a wide regional area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire with catchment population of around three and half million.Our highly specialised unit undertakes around 2500 neurosurgical emergency, urgent and elective operations annually around 250 -300 of these in children. We are a part of the East Midlands Trauma Service and a major trauma unit. We run four modern, fully equipped theatres and have access to additional emergency theatres as required every day. The department has the latest neuro navigation systems, stereotactic frames, intraoperative ultrasound, 5-ALA and ICG-enabled microscopes and endoscopes. We have intraoperative MRI and an integrated neurosurgical operative suite. We have recently acquired a neurosurgical robot. Nottingham University Hospitals' brain tumour centre is one of only two Trusts in the country to be recognised as a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for both Adult and Paediatric tumour treatment. We are currently the only centre in the Midland providing age-comprehensive Functional neurosurgery and Neuromodulation service. Our fellowship programme is well sought-after and we currently run RCSfellowships in Functional Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the main responsibilities and key relationships of the job.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the main responsibilities and key relationships of the job.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
Desirable
- GCP
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
- Post CCT trainees or candidates in national training program within 6 months of CCT.
Professional Qualifications/Development
Essential
- FRCS Neurosurgery or equivalent
Desirable
Clinical Skills/Experience
Essential
- Ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability show career progression and commitment to specialist interests
- Career progression to show proficiency and aptitude for excellence
Desirable
- Completed fellowship in paediatric neurosurgery
- Completed fellowship in adult neurooncolgy
Management Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of future direction of the specialty.
- Demonstrable experience in quality improvement in clinical and teaching domains.
Management Skills Personal Skills/Qualities
Essential
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Able to use the NHS IT systems
Teaching, Audit & Research
Essential
- Evidence of participation and leading in clinical governance roles.
- Publications as first author
- Clinical research
Desirable
- Multi centre research projects and PI
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
Desirable
- GCP
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
- Post CCT trainees or candidates in national training program within 6 months of CCT.
Professional Qualifications/Development
Essential
- FRCS Neurosurgery or equivalent
Desirable
Clinical Skills/Experience
Essential
- Ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability show career progression and commitment to specialist interests
- Career progression to show proficiency and aptitude for excellence
Desirable
- Completed fellowship in paediatric neurosurgery
- Completed fellowship in adult neurooncolgy
Management Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of future direction of the specialty.
- Demonstrable experience in quality improvement in clinical and teaching domains.
Management Skills Personal Skills/Qualities
Essential
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Able to use the NHS IT systems
Teaching, Audit & Research
Essential
- Evidence of participation and leading in clinical governance roles.
- Publications as first author
- Clinical research
Desirable
- Multi centre research projects and PI
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).