Junior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery (ST1/2 equivalent)

Junior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery (ST1/2 equivalent)

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

The South East Neurosurgery/Spinal surgery unit consists of 9 Neurosurgical and 4 spinal consultants (with orthopaedic or neurosurgical training). The medical team includes 11 registrars, 7 SHO level doctors, 1-2 Foundation year doctor(s), and 2 Advance Clinical Practitioners (ACP). There are 2 dedicated neurosurgical wards at the RSCH and a number of beds on critical care. The department is based in the new Louisa Martindale Building (3Ts) providing state-of-the-art facilities including 3 dedicated neuro/spinal theatres with intra-operative MRI facilities, a brand new Neurointerventional angiography suite, O-arm, 3 Neuro-navigation systems, CT/MRI facilities near neuro-theatres, and multiple MDT rooms.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful applicants will cover both elective and emergency adult neurosurgery and spinal conditions working on wards, theatres, ICU/HDU, and the emergency department. The SHO on-call rota is 1:7, and you will be working with highly motivated nursing, therapy, and pharmacy teams. This is an excellent opportunity for junior doctors who aspire to become neurosurgeons, interventional neuro-radiologists, neurologists, neuro-oncologists, or neuropathologists. All our posts are well supported and closely supervised by consultants, and the successful post holders will be assigned an Educational and Clinical supervisor and will have regular career progress meetings. The trust strongly supports teaching and training, and the post holders will be encouraged to attend the MRCS exam preparation sessions organized by the Core Surgical training programme. Previous post holders have progressed onto Registrar posts within the department or in other units.

About Us

At UH Sussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff, which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work-life balance - because we know that to look after others, we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching, and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career, we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UH Sussex, you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UH Sussex.

Job Responsibilities

Please see the job description and the person specification attached to the advert for further details.

Person Specification

Experience/Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• Higher Degree
• Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent

Clinical Skills and Experience

• A minimum of 12 months post-graduate medical experience
• Understanding of clinical risk management
• Experience within neurosurgery or neuroscience-related specialties
• Evidence of career progression

Knowledge

• Breadth of experience in and outside specialty

Organisation and Planning

• Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
• Understanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints
• Evidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended

Teaching Skills

• Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching
• Recognised teaching qualification

Academic and Research

• Evidence of participation in audit
• Research experience
• Publications
• Prizes and honours
• Appropriate progression of career to date

Personal Attributes

• Evidence of good communication skills both oral and written

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.