Job summary
We are seeking a dynamic Consultant Adult & Paediatric Spinal Surgeon to join our expanding spinal surgery team at Barts Health NHS Trust. This substantive post supports the development of our complex spinal surgical service, which plays a vital role in the Trust's elective programme and major trauma care.
You will primarily work across the Royal London Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital sites, participating in a 1:9 Consultant of the Week (COW) on-call rota based at the Royal London Hospital. This role includes contributing to the establishment of a consultant-led designated spinal trauma rota, delivering care for both adult and paediatric spinal trauma patients.
The position offers an exciting opportunity to lead in the development of our paediatric scoliosis service and to deliver comprehensive spinal trauma and elective care within a hyper-specialised, multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
1. Patient Care: Maintain continuous responsibility for the care of patients under their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care. The appointee will be expected to lead ward rounding in the morning during their Consultant of the Week duties and on their post-operative patients. The post holder will have full professional independence in medical matters but will be managerially accountable to the Trust and the Chief Executive through their lead clinician, clinical director, and CAG group director.
2. Leadership: Lead, develop, and organise the services under their charge in alignment with the Trust's business plans. Engage with key stakeholders, including the lead clinician, General Manager, Service Manager and Clinical Director for Neurosciences.
3. Efficiency Improvement: Contribute significantly to departmental initiatives to enhance efficiency, including:
o Meeting the 18-week referral-to-treatment standard.
o Reducing patient length of stay.
o Optimising the ratio of new to follow-up outpatient attendances in line with commissioner expectations.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Comprehensive Spinal Surgical Service: Provide a full adult and paediatric emergency spinal surgical service, including instrumented surgeries for the population of North East London. This includes:
o Inpatient and day-case surgeries.
o Ward rounding, on each morning of the COW-week and on post-operative patients.
o Outpatient clinics, including supervision of Registrar, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Extended Scope Practitioner clinics.
o Ongoing and regular liaison with the provided patient pathway coordinators (PPCs) provided to support the appointees practice.
2. On Call Service Adult Spine: Participation in a 1 in 9 Consultant of the Week on-call rota as part of a 24/7 service. Complex Spine Consultants are on call and receive referrals that require Instrumentation, Spine Infections and Metastatic Spine Cord Compression (MSCC) referrals.
3. On Call Service Paediatric Traumatic Spine: As part of the Adult On Call service, the post holder will be expected to support emergency paediatric referrals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Comprehensive Spinal Surgical Service: Provide a full adult and paediatric emergency spinal surgical service, including instrumented surgeries for the population of North East London. This includes:
o Inpatient and day-case surgeries.
o Ward rounding, on each morning of the COW-week and on post-operative patients.
o Outpatient clinics, including supervision of Registrar, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Extended Scope Practitioner clinics.
o Ongoing and regular liaison with the provided patient pathway coordinators (PPCs) provided to support the appointees practice.
2. On Call Service Adult Spine: Participation in a 1 in 9 Consultant of the Week on-call rota as part of a 24/7 service. Complex Spine Consultants are on call and receive referrals that require Instrumentation, Spine Infections and Metastatic Spine Cord Compression (MSCC) referrals.
3. On Call Service Paediatric Traumatic Spine: As part of the Adult On Call service, the post holder will be expected to support emergency paediatric referrals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview or CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration
- Full GMC Registration
Desirable
- Doctorate or Master's level research degree or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience in scoliosis surgery and Major Trauma Centre oncall for spines
- Complex Spine Fellowship training.
Desirable
- Experience of working as Complex Spine Consultant
- Fellowship in Paediatric Scoliosis Spine Surgery & Adult Spine Trauma
Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical expertise in complex instrumented spines
- Paediatric deformity scoliosis service and trauma Instrumented trauma service for adult and paediatric spines
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of elective and emergency problems Full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Desirable
- ATLS
- Previous consultant-level experience in scoliosis operating Experience in teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview or CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration
- Full GMC Registration
Desirable
- Doctorate or Master's level research degree or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience in scoliosis surgery and Major Trauma Centre oncall for spines
- Complex Spine Fellowship training.
Desirable
- Experience of working as Complex Spine Consultant
- Fellowship in Paediatric Scoliosis Spine Surgery & Adult Spine Trauma
Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical expertise in complex instrumented spines
- Paediatric deformity scoliosis service and trauma Instrumented trauma service for adult and paediatric spines
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of elective and emergency problems Full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Desirable
- ATLS
- Previous consultant-level experience in scoliosis operating Experience in teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
