Senior Clinical Fellow in Functional Neurosurgery

Job overview

For the purposes of this job description this clinical fellowship is intended to allow an experienced neurosurgical trainee to obtain experience over one to two years in a sub-specialist interest within neurosurgery.  This post will provide experience sufficient to allow a successful fellow to offer himself/herself for appointment to a consultant position involving a substantial commitment to this specialist area of neurosurgery.  To achieve this the trainee will be given experience in the following broad areas.

Main duties of the job

The assessment and investigation of patients undergoing functional neurosurgery in particular those with movement disorders, intractable pain and epilepsy, and experience of the operative techniques involved in treating these patients. Experience will be obtained in both adult and paediactric cases.

• The opportunity to conduct research into functional neurosurgery and publish research papers in peer reviewed journals.
• The participation in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of functional neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, neurologists, psychologists, psychiatrists and specialist nurses.
• The fellow will be expected to assist and in time perform (depending on his/her level of experience) the majority of the functional neurosurgical cases.
• The fellow will also be expected to attend one or two national/ international meetings each year and present abstracts.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Fellow’s duties will comprise assistance with the care of patients on the wards, assistance in the operating theatre, attendance at appropriate clinics and review of appropriate literature and clinical data.  A timetable for these activities is set out below.

In addition, the Fellow will be given an opportunity to take part in the general neurosurgical activities, and will contribute to the SpR duty rota.