Post CCT Senior Spinal Fellowship in Spinal Surgery

Job overview

We are inviting applicants to apply for the Senior Fellowship in Spinal Surgery at Ipswich Hospital. This is post is for period of 12 months, extendable to 18 to 24 depending on needs, performance and availability.

The post would be ideally suited to an orthopaedic or neurosurgical trainee after the end of their training with a specialist interest in spinal surgery techniques and complex spinal reconstruction.

This post is to start as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

The post offers experience in all aspects of spinal surgery except paediatric deformity & intradural work.

The Senior Spine Fellow will have the opportunity to be involved in regular day case procedures, out-patient clinics and in-patient operating lists.

The Senior Spine Fellow will be responsible for supervising the regular review of the ward patients and admission of spinal emergencies from surrounding hospitals with the junior Fellows and Training Registrars.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Senior Spine Fellow will be assigned to a named Clinical Educational Supervisor within the Spinal Unit for six months blocks. Within a 40hr contract, the Senior Spinal Fellow will contribute approximately:

• Supervised clinical activity within theatre of approximately 2-3 Full day sessions per week
• Supervised clinical activity within out-patient clinics of approximately 2-4 sessions per week
• Involvement in clinical teaching of ST/FY doctors and medical students
• Participation in assessment, appraisal and revalidation activity
• Supervising the Fellows’/Registrars’ management of trauma patients while on-site as per the needs of the service