Specialty Doctor -Spinal Surgery

Job overview

We are seeking a full-time Specialty Doctor with responsibility to support existing consultants in emergency spinal surgery for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for a fixed term appointment for 12 months renewable for a further six months subject to satisfactory performance.  The Job Description details the expected roles of the post, which historically has led to an excellent outcome for previous Associate Specialists, all of whom have gained excellent experience in Spinal Surgery and have gone on to secure substantive posts.

Applicants must be Spinal fellowship trained and fully registered with the GMC, and on the GMC specialist register, or be within 6 months of attaining specialist registration at the time of interview.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details.

Main duties of the job

A full range of spinal emergency patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under his/her care.

Supporting Consultant colleagues with a comprehensive elective and emergency spinal service. Including supporting consultant on-call rota, outpatient clinics, contributing to MDTs and provision of reciprocal cover for periods of leave.

Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.

These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service.  If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her colleagues and the Trust.

The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of his/her time to the duties of the post and give them priority at all times

Governance and Audit

Appointees will be supported to undertake an active role in clinical governance activities including (but not restricted to) clinical audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management, CPD and Evidence-Based Practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role additionally provides:

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

The Trust has extremely close links with Nottingham University, and has academic departments in the majority of its clinical specialties. There are University and Trust research facilities. The Trust has a research strategy and management framework which aligns its funding for research with the research  and  innovations  activities  it  supports.