Neurosurgery SHO/Junior Fellow

Job overview

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust wishes to appoint x4 neurosurgery SHO’s. The post holders will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the neurosurgery wards and will be part of a team of 9 SHO grades  (1x GP trainee, 1 x national neurosurgery trainee, 7 x junior clinical fellows) and 3 physician associates and will share 1:9 on-call duties equally based on an EWTD compliant rota.  These posts are not recognised for training. However, they do offer high quality experience and provide an excellent opportunity for candidates to gain valuable experience in a renowned neurosurgical unit. We work  very hard to deliver high quality training.

Main duties of the job

Junior Clinical Fellow for Neurosurgery The SHO works in the neurosurgical unit which is one of the busiest departments in the United Kingdom.

SHO’s are resident on call. The main rota is a 1 in 9 full shift system. Prospective cover and band  1B applies

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Junior Clinical Fellow for Neurosurgery The SHO works in the neurosurgical unit which is one of the busiest departments in the United Kingdom.

The SHO duties are to:  manage the day to day care of neurosurgery patients on the ward including the assessment of all  new admissions to the ward and, where necessary, in A & E  support the management of neurosurgery patients on the critical care units  attend daily neurosurgical team teaching  teach medical students and other staff on the unit  when on duty the SHO will have a neurosurgical registrar available at all times and a consultant is  available on-call from home  all SHO’s are encouraged to attend theatres when consultants on their firms are in theatre, provided  the wards are covered, and to learn how to do a burr hole and to raise a craniotomy flap. There is a  dedicated ‘theatre/clinic’ week in the timetable to support this  St. George’s Hospital is a designated University of London Teaching Hospital that has responsibility  for teaching both nurses and undergraduate medical students attached to the wards. There is a  daily meeting of the neurosurgical team as well as weekly multidisciplinary meetings in spine,  oncology, movement disorders, paediatrics and vascular neurosurgery and a fortnightly skull base  MDT  SHO’s are encouraged to take part in the many ongoing clinical research and audit projects. There  are no direct administrative duties, all the duties outlined take place in the Atkinson Morley Wing of  St. George’s Hospital. It is always accepted that occasional emergencies and unforeseen  circumstances may occur, which may involve the SHO in additional duties  at times, cover paediatric patients under the care of the neurosurgical team on the paediatric ward