Senior Clinical Fellow in Neurovascular Surgery

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 - June 2022.

Main duties of the job

For the purposes of this job description this clinical fellowship is intended to allow an experienced neurosurgical trainee to obtain experience over one year in the sub-speciality of neurovascular surgery.  This post will provide experience sufficient to allow a successful fellow to offer themselves for appointment to a consultant position involving a substantial commitment to this specialist area of neurosurgery.

This neurovascular fellowship was the first to achieve national accreditation as part of the Royal College of Surgeons National Surgical Fellowship Scheme. As such the fellow is under rigorous educational and clinical review and is required to give feedback at the end of his/her placement.

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, as is a list of possible review and research topics. 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 on an equal basis with other SpRs.  The duties of the regular SpRs are set out below for information.

The post holder will be required to be non- resident second on call (1 in 6).

It is expected that he/she will be taking an active role in identifying neurovascular patients and supporting the neurovascular surgeons in the management of these patients.

The Fellow will supervise the management of patients on the ward, assisting with operations in the theatre or operate within their experience