Job summary
- Main area
- Neurosurgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Can be extended to 18 months by mutual agreement)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-STH-25-170
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Hallamshire Hospitals
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £73,992 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Post CCT Research Fellow in Stereotactic Radiosurgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The Sheffield Neurosciences Directorate seeks to appoint a Research Fellow in the National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The Department is nationally and internationally renowned and has over 40 years of experience in high quality service delivery and development.
The Centre is a designated Supra-Centre in England and works closely with other Supra-Centres for the country. The Supra-Centres work closely with service providers and with NHS England to promote clinical excellence in this specialist field.
The Academic Neuroscience Directorate is based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield and provides a tertiary service to South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire, North Lincolnshire, and North Nottinghamshire, serving a population in excess of 2.2 million. The Directorate is extremely well appointed with services from Neurology, Neurosurgery, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Neurorehabilitation and Neurophysiology. There is a specialist 20 bedded Neuro Critical Care Unit.
The post will be for a fixed term period of 12 months (can be extended to 18 months by mutual agreement).
The successful candidate will be part of a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team. The Stereotactic Neurosurgical service is fully supported with access to extensive Neuro-Radiological investigational and interventional facilities with dedicated Neuro-Radiologists. In addition, there are dedicated Neuro-Pathology services.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative work plan.
The primary duty is full participation in Stereotactic Radiosurgery research in conjunction with the daily running of the Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Unit which would include patient treatments, outpatient clinics, data analysis, data collection and publications.
Working for our organisation
These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.
Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do
Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair and value diversity
Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve
Unity – Work in partnership with others
Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions
The Trust have developed a PROUD Behaviours framework which details specific behaviours we expect to see and do not expect to see, aligned to each of the five PROUD Values.
For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative work plan.
The duties of this post are equivalent to an individual holding a Certificate of Completion of Training. As this post is not recognised as a ‘training post’, full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GMC with a licence to practise
- Basic Medical Degree
- Postgraduate professional qualifications as appropriate to post: FRCS (or equivalent)
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- CCT or equivalent in Neurosurgery
Resaerch
Essential criteria
- Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practice where appropriate
- Previous experience in research environment
Desirable criteria
- Publication in peer reviewed journals
- Familiar with statistical software.
Teaching and Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching medical students and junior doctors (if considered appropriate to the post)
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values (see appendix)
- The applicant must demonstrate skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC’ good medical practice (2013).
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
- Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio
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
- Mr Julian Cahill
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01142713572
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
HR Department
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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