Oncological Fellow in Neurosurgery

Job overview

TITLE OF POST: Post CCT Fellow in Oncological Neurosurgery (RCS recognised)

GRADE: Senior Clinical Fellow

SPECIALTY: Oncological Neurosurgery

REASON FOR VACANCY: Vacancy to fill

SUPERVISING CONSULTANTS: Mr Stacey/Prof Plaha/Mr Apostolopoulos

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME: Full time

BASE HOSPITAL: West Wing, John Radcliffe

WORK PATTERN: To be agreed with supervising  consultants

AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 48 hours. Two Tier ROTA, on second tier

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: FRCS (SN) and CCT in Neurosurgery

GMC REQUIREMENT: Full registration

This is not an approved training post.

Start date for this post is August 2026.

Main duties of the job

To provide further sub-specialisation experience in Oncological Neurosurgery for fully trained neurosurgeons aspiring to be oncological neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex oncological neurosurgery. The team has extensive experience and carries out a high number of awake craniotomies and also endoscopic procedures for gliomas and intraventricular tumours. The post also offers excellent opportunities of learning by attending the neuro-oncology MDT and Neuro Oncology clinics. The service is very research focused and running multicentre national trials and therefore research opportunities are plenty in intraoperative surgical technology, advanced brain imaging techniques for intraparenchymal tumours.

To provide 16 - 32hrs of general neurosurgery on-call cover per week. The oncological neurosurgical work offers opportunities of up to 3 theatre lists a week, an MDT.

Two Tier ROTA, on second tier.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide further sub-specialisation experience in Oncological Neurosurgery for fully trained neurosurgeons aspiring to be oncological neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex oncological neurosurgery. The team has extensive experience and carries out a high number of awake craniotomies and also endoscopic procedures for gliomas and intraventricular tumours. The post also offers excellent opportunities of learning by attending the neuro-oncology MDT and Neuro Oncology clinics. The service is very research focused and running multicentre national trials and therefore research opportunities are plenty in intraoperative surgical technology, advanced brain imaging techniques for intraparenchymal tumours.

To provide 16 - 32hrs of general neurosurgery on-call cover per week. The oncological neurosurgical work offers opportunities of up to 3 theatre lists a week, an MDT.

Two Tier ROTA, on second tier.

The post-holder must hold full registration with the General Medical Council.

Specialty

Initiated by Sir Hugh Cairns in 1938, the Oxford Regional Neurosurgery Unit has developed to offer a fully comprehensive service.

Modern theatres, two dedicated wards, ITU facilities and Paediatric beds enable the department to look after both Paediatric and adult patient with all types of neurosurgical problem.

In addition to intracranial vascular and tumour surgery, there is expertise in the fields of functional surgery, epilepsy, pituitary surgery and skull base surgery. There is a great interest in all types of spinal disorders, including those of rheumatoid disease of the neck, and spinal tumours.