Consultant in Spinal Surgery

A vacancy has arisen for a consultant spinal surgeon within the Trust. The successful candidate will have responsibility for the management of both elective and acute patients, including spinal on-call. Candidates with a background in either orthopaedics or neurosurgery will be considered., You will have significant spinal surgery experience. You will join a large team of existing orthopaedic consultants within the Trust, which includes 5 established spinal consultants. The spinal unit sees a large volume of patients and provides satellite clinics in a number of community locations.

The unit has high standards and a dynamic forward thinking team with plans to grow further. The unit is well resourced with its own clinic and a dedicated spinal ward and theatres, within the broader orthopaedic footprint.

The spinal team provides a full range of general and specialised surgical interventions, with the exception of intra-dural work and paediatric scoliosis. A dedicated intervention and diagnostic service is also available.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

o Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership developmento On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.o A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

o We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.o We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.o An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.o Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.o Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.o We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.o We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.