Fixed Term Consultant Spinal Surgeon

This post is offered as a 12 month fixed term post. The appointee will be part of a team of 9 neurosurgical consultants and four spinal consultants delivering regional adult spinal neurosurgical services. The neurosurgery unit in Sussex is based at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH) in the newly opened Louisa Martindale Building where all elective and emergency activity takes place in dedicated theatres. There is a combined neurosurgical and orthopaedic spinal surgery service with a separate 24/7 on call rota. The neurosurgical ward is also located in the Louisa Martindale Building with a current bedbase of 38 beds with expansion planned in line with plans to expand catchment area to deliver care to all of Sussex. Spinal trauma is accommodated in the Major Trauma on the Millennium Building of the Royal Sussex County. The service has two dedicated overnight recovery beds for postoperative care and access up to 9 Neurosurgical ITU and HDU beds on level 5. There are currently 3
theatres dedicated to Neurosurgery and Spine in the newly opened Louisa Martindale Building. These state of art facilities include interoperative MRI. There is a large recovery area with dedicated overnight recovery beds for Neurosurgical and Spinal patients. There is a dedicated biplane angiogram suite adjacent to the theatres.

We are looking for experienced clinician with appropriate expertise to work independently in the specified areas as well as participate on a general cranial on call rota. This is a full time clinical post. Please note that the area of subspecialist interest (complex spinal surgery) is fixed and applicants will be expected to demonstrate experience of autonomous practice in these areas appropriate to consultant level in order to be considered.

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