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Job summary

Main area
Spinal
Grade
MN37
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
392-MS331-SCF-B
Employer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stanmore
Town
Stanmore
Salary
£37,068 - £57,570 + £2,162 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59

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Spinal Clinical Fellow

MN37

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. 

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field.  We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients

  • Rated Good by the CQC
  • Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
  • Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
  • Recognised as a centre of excellence,  leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
  • Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
  • In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
  • Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

  • Patients first, always
  • Excellence, in all we do
  • Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
  • Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

Job overview

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital provides a comprehensive range of neuro-musculoskeletal health care ranging from the most acute spinal injury or complex bone tumour to orthopaedic medicine and specialist rehabilitation for chronic back pain sufferers. This broad range of neuro-musculoskeletal services is unique within the NHS. The Spinal Unit is very busy and an integral part of the RNOHT. It includes the largest Spinal Deformity service in the UK, a Degenerative Spine service with four surgeons and allied professionals, and it provides a surgical service for Spinal Injuries, Spinal Infection and Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression.

The Fellowship is designed to provide skills and competencies above and beyond what is currently required to obtain a CCT in the relevant surgical specialty. 

Demonstration of a commitment to training in spinal surgery, good communication and team working skills are essential. Other experience in the form of audit or research is desirable. Applicants should either have the CCT or be close to obtaining it.

 This Fellowship is designed to provide skills and competencies above and beyond what is currently required to obtain a CCT in the relevant surgical specialty.

Main duties of the job

The post is based predominantly at the Stanmore site; however, the successful candidate may be expected to undertake outpatient clinics in central London at our Bolsover Street outpatient department.

Candidates should have  Full registration with GMC , FRCS, NTN in relevant surgical speciality within 6 months of CCT date.

Applicants should already be experienced in Spinal Surgery, and the Fellowship offers exposure to a wide range of Degenerative, Adult Deformity surgery and paediatric deformity surgery.  

The Fellowship is in Spinal surgery focusing primarily on Spinal deformity. The fellow will also gain competence in computer navigated spinal surgery.

He/she will be expected to develop knowledge both clinically and surgically over the year fellowship.  The aim of the surgical fellowship is to prepare the successful candidate for complex spinal surgery at consultant level.  The case mix of spinal surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital is extensive:  paediatric and adult complex spinal deformity, spinal tumours, spinal infections, low back and neck surgery and spinal trauma including osteoporotic fracture management.

The fellow will also develop sufficient knowledge and leadership in order to take a leading role as a Consultant in a department dealing with complex spinal conditions and their sequel, which, with altered life style, expectations and medical advances means that spinal surgeons are expected to handle increasing complex cases.  

Working for our organisation

Our Team is tight knit and work well together, we have 12 Spinal Consultants with 2 of the Spinal consultants specialising in Neurosurgery, 3 paediatric clinical nurse specialist, 3 Adult CNS and a full complement of clinical fellows and registrars there is also a set of junior surgical trainees proving day to day ward care.

his fellowship year will provide specialist training in spinal surgery focusing on treatment of complex spinal deformities (primary and revision). The spinal fellowship is designed to provide skills and competencies above and beyond what are currently required to obtain a CCT in spinal surgery.  The post will provide experience in deformity surgery. A detailed plan of work setting out the objectives of the post, success criteria and timetables for achievement of specific areas of sub-specialty interest will be set within one month of taking up the appointment, against which in-post and end-of-post monitoring and evaluation will take place. 

The departmental fellows are responsible for the continuing education program for junior doctors, and the research output of the department

The directors of this fellowship program is:

Mr Hanny Anwar , Mr Michael Mokawem , Mr Robert Lee & Mr Rooz Shafafy

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This fellowship year will provide specialist training in the following:

  • MDT administration and delivery for tertiary referrals
  • Pre and post-op ward rounds
  • Surgical multidisciplinary procedures
  • Clinics & theatre list
  • Clinical research including data collection and audit. 
  • Preparation of abstracts and papers for presentation and publication

The post is dedicated to the development of high level clinical and research experience in the field of spinal deformity correction Additionally the fellow will prepare a surgical plan for each patient.

Participation and presentation of interesting/complex cases at the weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings for spinal deformity patients.  In addition to routine clinical commitments and research session the fellow may also be called upon to occasionally teach MSc students, specialist registrars and more.

Person specification

Postgraduate qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with GMC FRCS NTN in relevant surgical specialty Within 6 months of CCT date

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in spinal surgery at SpR level. Already developed an interest in spinal surgery, especially spinal deformity correction surgery, including adolescent, and degenerative scoliosis. Some experience in spinal trauma surgery is also preferable.
Desirable criteria
  • Research with higher degree ideally in relevant specialty Experience of MDT working

Knowledge/ skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of good written and verbal communication skills An understanding of the major risk factors for spinal surgery at a population level and at the level of the individual
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of specific needs of spinal injury and spinal deformity patients and their carers, issues relating to service provision for spinal surgery patients in hospital and the community Ability and enthusiasm to teach medical undergraduates and Allied Health Professionals Personal participation in audit

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
sandra moore
Job title
service manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0203 947 0622
Additional information

Call between the hours 08.00-16.00 Monday - friday

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