Job summary
- Main area
- Neurosurgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 12 months (n/a)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Plus general on call)
- Job ref
- 160-7727517
- Employer
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Walton Centre
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Plus 3% On Call
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Neurosurgeon with complex Spine interest
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
The Division of Neurosurgery at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (WCFT) is seeking to recruit a Consultant Neurosurgeon with an interest in Complex Spine. The successful candidate will work independently within the Complex Spine service.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work independently within the Spinal services, joining a 1:12 Complex Spine take rota and participate in Spinal MDT meetings. The successful candidate will provide general on-call neurosurgical cover (1:19).
Working for our organisation
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There will be a 1 in 19 on call rota for all neurosurgical referrals from the region, in which the successful candidate would be expected to participate.
The surgeons currently work in teams for the purposes of service organisation, audit, and distribution of junior staff at WCFT.
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- FRCS or equivalent
- Spinal fellowship
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of relevant operative procedures undertaken (eg logbooks): Satisfactory operative experience to perform emergency general neurosurgical procedures and spinal procedures
- Previous Spinal experience at Consultant Level
Personality
Essential criteria
- Trustworthy, reliable, caring attitude and initiative
- Ability to cope with high pressure
- Able to take responsibility
- Good communication and excellent interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and all members of the clinical team
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Flexibility and the ability to respond to change
Management and organisation
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise oneself and others in a multi-disciplinary team
- An understanding of the NHS organisation, clinical governance and resource constraints
- An understanding of the funding and finance issues in the NHS
- Knowledge of recent reports and plans for the development of the NHS
- Evidence of leadership and management
Desirable criteria
- Degree in management and / or teaching
Audit, Research and Teaching
Essential criteria
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit & research ethics
- Evidence of personal experience of audit.
- Evidence of teaching
Desirable criteria
- Papers published, presentations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emmanuel Chavredakis
- Job title
- Clinical Director for Neurosurgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Mr Emmanuel Chavredakis, Clinical Director for Neurosurgery, [email protected]
Mr Martin Wilby, Consultant Neurosurgeon & Spine Lead
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