# Locum Consultant Neurosurgeon > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-neurosurgeon/3e52740d-444c-4cbf-80f1-c91966dbea11 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-neurosurgeon/3e52740d-444c-4cbf-80f1-c91966dbea11.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Neurosurgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Locum: 9 months - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-25T10:10:50.454Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Greater_London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neurosurgery/Neurosurgery-v8194870 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8194870?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Department of Neurosurgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital is advertising for a Locum Paediatric Consultant Neurosurgeon. The Locum Consultant will be working within Neurosurgery as a member of a multidisciplinary team that includes colleagues from different professional groups, including trainees in neurosurgery, fellows in paediatric neurosurgery, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Trainee Nurse Practitioners. The Locum Consultant will work closely with colleagues in the Brain Directorate and other specialities at Great Ormond Street Hospital to deliver care for their patients and support related services within Great Ormond Street Hospital. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will share in the responsibility for providing emergency and elective neurosurgical care. He or she will also be involved in delivering the Paediatric spine, Cranio-cervical junction. The expectation is that the post holder will undertake to be on call for emergency neurosurgical care on a 1 in 7 basis. Please see further details in the full Job Description and Person Specification. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Daily ward rounds, weekly outpatient clinic and elective and emergency operating sessions To undertake responsibility for the teaching and training of the junior paediatric neurosurgical staff. Each consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of the service allowing for appropriate delegation for the training of their staff. Please see detailed Job Description and Person Specification ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - High level written and oral communication skills - Ability to organise and prioritise own workload - Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment - Ability to prioritise clinical needs - Understanding and proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical/organisational context - Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills - Ability to work on own initiative within an ever-changing environment. **Desirable** - Leadership skills - Presentation skills ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of teaching and presenting to students and multi-disciplinary team - Experience of leading in Clinical Audit processes - Awareness of the importance of Clinical Governance through experience of participating in quality or safety improvement projects **Desirable** - ESPN training course in Paediatric Neurosurgery - Published research in peer reviewed journals in relevant area - Previous experience at consultant level ### GOSH Culture and Values **Essential** - Always welcoming - Always helpful - Always expert - Always one team - Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. - Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace. - Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - Full GMC registration (specialist register for neurosurgery) with Licence to Practice - Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent - Completion of recognised one-year fellowship in paediatric neurosurgery with experience in complex congenital spinal cord malformations and fetal surgery **Desirable** - Higher degree – MSc, MPhil related discipline ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 976.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10560604) - [terms and conditions (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10564993) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) - [diversity and inclusion (pdf, 166.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2485) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.