Senior Clinical Fellow - Neurovascular Fellowship

Job summary

Applications are invited for the 1 year post of Neurovascular fellow at Salford Royal Foundation Trust commencing in August 2024. This post is extendable to 2 years depending on intent to undertake endovascular training

The neurosurgical unit in the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences at Salford Royal Hospital has a busy neurovascular service. This post offers training in the management of the full range of neurovascular disease including the surgical management of cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and cerebral revascularization.

Salford Royal Hospital also has a long standing precedent in the endovascular training of neurosurgical fellows. For the appropriate candidate this fellowship will offer the opportunity of dual endovascular and microsurgical training.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work as part of the multi-disciplinary neurovascular team consisting of 4 neurosurgeons, 4 interventional Neuroradiologists, 2 specialist neurovascular nurses and a clinical co-ordinator. There will also be involvement in general neurosurgery and a 1:11 on call as the second on call registrar (resident full shift rota) with a junior registrar as first on call.

The post is suitable for senior neurosurgical trainees or junior consultants with a clear and demonstrable interest in neurovascular surgery. For the opportunity of dual endovascular training the candidate should have genuine prospects of being able to take up a hybrid consultant (or equivalent for international applicants) post following the fellowship.

The post would be suitable for the final year of training or those who have recently been awarded CST / CESR.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/about-us/our-values