Clinical Attachment in Neurosurgery

The Neurosurgery department in Northern Care Alliance NHS trust (based in Salford Royal Hospital) is pleased to advertise a 6-12-week clinical attachment placement in an honorary (unpaid) capacity. Start date: January 2025.

This is particularly useful for doctors starting their career in the NHS and wishing to gain NHS knowledge and experience before they apply for a job. It can also be useful for Neurosurgeons in training in other countries wishing to pursue a career in the UK.

The successful candidates will be given an opportunity to gain clinical experience, participate in an audit, quality improvement project or ongoing research within the department. They can also benefit from attending post grad junior doctor teaching sessions as well as the local department teaching., This is purely an observer role which gives the applicant an opportunity to closely observe how the NHS works.

The successful candidate is not allowed to undertake any clinical duties but will shadow and observe members of the neurosurgical team and must be directly supervised at all times.

The attachment doctors will have multiple educational opportunities including:

• Induction


• IT training


• Information governance training


• Basic life support training


• Participate in weekly teaching sessions


• Participate in ongoing research, audit and quality improvement projects, In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.


We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.