Senior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery

Job overview

King’s Health Partners is a pioneering collaboration between King’s College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

This unique combination brings together one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts

We are looking for highly motivated doctors to work in the Neurosurgical Department, King’s College Hospital.

King’s is one of the largest Neuroscience centres in the UK with a national and international reputation for excellence. The successful applicants will form part of the team delivering care to acutely unwell neurosurgical patients.

Applicants are expected to participate fully in the departmental teaching program and junior doctors in this department have an excellent record of subsequent advancement to specialty training. These posts are not however recognised at present for training. The department has an excellent record of career advancement in neurosurgery for previous post-holders and provides unique experience.

The clinical duties of the post will be the day to day care of patients admitted to the neurosurgical department including admission, clinical examination, co-ordination of investigation, liaison with senior colleagues and operating time. You will be rostered to attend neurosurgical operating theatres and teaching clinics on a regular basis.

Commencement in post - Aug 2026.

Main duties of the job

The duties will comprise assistance with and responsibility for the care of patients on the wards, assistance in the operating theatre, attendance at appropriate clinics and MDTs and review of appropriate literature and clinical data.   Excellent neurosurgical clinical and operative experience can be obtained with senior supervision and feedback provided. The timetable for these activities is dependent upon which consultant the post holder will be working for, as is the list of possible research topics.

In addition, you will take part in the 1 in 14 tier-one on-call rota with the responsibility of taking emergency referrals and triaging appropriately as well as providing emergency neurosurgical care under supervision.

The post may involve travel to other hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is suitable for a trainee who has full registration with the General Medical Council and has completed the MRCS examination or its equivalent. Previous experience of neurosurgery at least at ST2/3 level is required.

Although these appointments are not accredited for training the appointees will be expected to participate fully in the educational and training programmes. Appointees will have a named educational supervisor and clinical supervisor. Annual leave and study leave is commensurate with other post-foundation doctors. The experience and opportunities offered would be excellent experience for applicants planning a career in neurosurgery. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the teaching of more junior colleagues and students.

This post is intended to allow a neurosurgical trainee to obtain experience in all aspects of neurosurgery within a busy regional neurosurgical unit where all areas of subspecialist interest are represented.

The candidate will play a full part in the provision of neurosurgical services at middle grade level. This will include participation in the tier-one registrar on-call rota directly supervised by a post-CCT Specialist Fellow and Consultant.