Consultant Neurosurgeon with interest in Paediatrics Epilepsy

The remit of the postholder will be to support the paediatric neurosurgery service. The postholder will also be expected to provide leadership in research and teaching as well as contribution to the neurosurgery on call rota which includes emergency paediatric and adult patients.

The post holder will be based at King's College Hospital (KCH), work closely with colleagues at KCH, Evelina Children Hospital (ECH) and the Royal Marsden Hospital (RMH) and will be accountable to the clinical leads of paediatric and adult neurosurgery and the clinical director. The postholder will have responsibility for the patients on the ward, participate in the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings as well as clinics and theatre sessions. The postholder will show considerable flexibility in working pattern to optimise the use of theatre resources during the working week as well as the smooth running of the clinics and MDTs.

The postholder will be expected to actively develop the academic profile of paediatric and teenage and young adult (TYA) neurosurgery at KHP, supervise the neurosurgical registrars and facilitate teaching and training of junior colleagues., The post will be based at KCH with substantial commitments at ECH and the proposed Job Plan for 10 Programmed activities is attached consisting of 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care, with the remainder being allocated for Supporting Professional and/ or other activities. The On-Call commitment is 1:18 in the general Neurosurgical on call rota at KCH and 1:5 emergency paediatric cover.

As a senior employee of the Trust you will support and work in close co-operation with other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:-

The provision of a first class clinical service

Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King's College London School of Medicine and the Institute of Psychiatry

Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies

Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plans and strategic direction

Conducting clinical practice within the principles of good Clinical Governance and Risk Management

Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

The clinical department has excellent tertiary centre facilities including two and a half Cardiothoracic Theatres and a Cardiothoracic Recovery Unit. A total of more than 850 patients underwent open cardiac operations last year and approximately 250 thoracic operations were performed. The King's Cardiac Unit has a particular interest in innovative cardiac procedures. The Transapical Aortic Valve Programme was the first in the UK and we now have a selection of catheter-based therapies for structural heart valve disease. King's also has one of the most comprehensive minimal access Cardiac Surgical programmes in the country. The Trust in partnership with King's College London and Guys & St Thomas' Foundation was approved Academic Health Sciences Centre (King's Health Partners) and as part of this has recently opened a new £30 million research institute with a major cardiovascular focus. It is expected that the successful appointee will deliver an outstanding