National Spinal Fellow

Job summary

This post in Spinal Surgery is for senior Specialist Registrars wishing to gain advanced training and experience in Spinal Surgery. This post is suitable for a senior Orthopaedic or Neurosurgical trainee in their ST7/8 year. Possession of the FRCS or equivalent is essential and it is preferable that the candidate has been successful in the higher speciality examination (i.e., FRCS Tr &O or FRCS (Surgical Neurology)). Salary will be at the appropriate level on the Specialist Registrar scale. The post will be based at Leeds General Infirmary and the post holder will return directly to his or her original post in the training scheme at the end of this fixed term. For further information please contact Mr Borse vishal.borse@@nhs.net. The Postgraduate Dean has confirmed that this post has the required educational and staffing approval. This post in Spinal Surgery is for senior Specialist Registrars wishing to gain advanced training and experience in Spinal Surgery. This post is suitable for a senior Orthopaedic or Neurosurgical trainee in their ST7/8 year. Possession of the FRCS or equivalent is essential and it is preferable that the candidate has been successful in the higher speciality examination (i.e., FRCS Tr &O or FRCS (Surgical Neurology).

Main duties of the job

Within the West Yorkshire Locality there are two spinal surgery units with established reputations for the range of their practice and the quality of their training. In Leeds, at Leeds General Infirmary, there is an established orthopaedic spinal unit within the Academic Unit of Orthopaedic Surgery dealing with a full elective, acute, adult and paediatric orthopaedic spinal surgery service. The unit has an international reputation, in terms of surgical expertise and research into spinal deformity and spinal trauma. Also at Leeds General Infirmary, the regional neurosurgical unit provides a service to the whole of Yorkshire and has an international reputation for cervical and lumbar microsurgery and treatment of complex cervico-thoracic disorders.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

• Date posted: 21 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Salary: £76,582 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 001507
• Job locations: Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Name Vishal Borse Position Spinal Consultant Email vishal.borse@nhs.net Phone number Shortlisting Date: 29th July 2026 Interview Date: 5th August 2026

National Spines Fellow in the department of Spinal Surgery

The post will be based at Leeds General Infirmary and the post holder will return directly to his or her original post in the training scheme at the end of this fixed term. The Postgraduate Dean has confirmed that this post has the required educational and staffing approval.

This post is intended to provide interdisciplinary sub-specialty training in all aspects of spinal surgery for Specialty Trainees in ST7/8. The post is approved by the Deanery (under the guidance from the Royal Colleges and BOA) as an Interface National Fellowship in Spinal Surgery for those candidates who are aiming to achieve sub-speciality training in Spinal Surgery during their training programme.

Applicants must be eligible to take the intercollegiate speciality examination in orthopaedics or neurosurgery and preference will be given to applicants who already possess the intercollegiate specialty fellowship. The post is modular in structure and it is intended that the successful applicant would be able to choose from the available modules to complement his/her previous training.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share. Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the hospital, which can be arranged by contacting:

Mr Vishal Borse Consultant Spinal Surgeon vishal.borse@nhs.net

Mr Peter Loughenbury Consultant Spinal Surgeon p.loughenbury@nhs.net

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD: 5th August 2026

Why you should join our Team

SPINAL SURGERY UNIT AT LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY

During the past twenty-five years, the University unit has developed a major spinal service attracting patients from a wide area. In recent years, only 40% of the patients treated within the units came from the Leeds conurbation, with 40% arising from the remainder of the Yorkshire Locality and 20% representing referrals from across the UK and beyond.

What you will bring to the role

The holder of the post will be encouraged to take part in the research programme of both the orthopaedic department and the neurosurgical departments. If required, a period of full-time research would be available as one module of the training programme. The Academic Unit includes a full-time non-clinical Senior Lecturer in Bioengineering, who together with colleagues in allied departments such as Mechanical Engineering, Medical Physics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, coordinates interdisciplinary research.

The scheme is intended to be flexible and further modules may be created to allow the needs of the holder to be met by local facilities.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

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