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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Contact

Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary; Queen Victoria Road; Newcastle upon Tyne; Tyne and Wear; NE1 4LP
Contact Number: 0191 282 0999 option 2

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Ref: 317-CON-25-132 Vacancy ID: 7175294

Consultant Neurosurgeon

Accepting applications until: 16-May-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 16-May-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Neurosurgery Specialty - RVI
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode: NE1 4LP
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Salary

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Consultant)

Specialty

Main area: Neurosurgery

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Providing a regional general neurosurgery service along with consultant colleagues.

· Responsibility for on-call general neurosurgery.

· Contributing to the subspecialist skull base surgery service

· Within a typical job plan with 8 weekday timetabled DCC PAs there are dedicated sessions for outpatients (1.5 sessions per week), operating sessions (average of 3 per week - one full elective day every week and all day attending list alternate weeks), pre-operative assessment (0.5 session per week) and ward rounds / ward review

· 1.5 SPA session is provided for administration, audit, research, and teaching. Additional allowance can be given with agreement for additional duties, including clinical/educational supervision, management, governance or teaching roles

· Participating in internal CME, and consultant meetings (rolling annual schedule)

· Participating in audit and to contributing to the smooth running of the neurosurgery service with the Head of Department.

· Participating in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary audit and risk management activities.

· Providing a contribution to the work necessary for NHSLA assessments.

· Assisting the Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints – working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Education & Qualification

Essential criteria

MBBS or other recognised equivalent medical qualification.
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register, (or for UK trainees entry expected within 6 months from the date of the AAC)

Desirable criteria

Intercollegiate Fellowship in Neurosurgery or equivalent
MD, PhD or equivalent in a relevant area.

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of training in clinical neurosurgery and achieving independent practice.
Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within neurosurgery.
Minimum of 1 year's fellowship with subspecialty interest in skull base surgery - experience in anterior and lateral open surgery and in endoscopic surgery

Desirable criteria

Ability to offer expert clinical opinion within MDT setting on complex skull base pathology
Portfolio evidence of independent competence in advanced skull base surgery including endoscopy

Management and Administration

Essential criteria

Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
An understanding of Clinical Governance.

Desirable criteria

Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
Evidence of leadership / project management.
Evidence of having implemented change.
Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

Essential criteria

Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills..

Desirable criteria

Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential criteria

Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
Research/critical review of literature.
Publications in the last five years.