Senior Clinical Fellow in Neuro-Oncology

The successful applicant will work within the Oncology team which consists of 4 consultant neursurgeons who between them undertake all aspects of routine and complex neuro-oncology surgery. He/She will attend the weekly neuro-oncology MDT, atleast one weekly clinic in addition to other ad-hoc clinics, 1 -2 theatre days per week and other admin work. Depending on their interest they can spend time with the clinical neuro-oncologists at the Bristol Oncology centre attending oncology clinics and planning gamma knife radiosurgery. There is a regular oncology journal club which the appointee will be expected to lead and a regular oncology M&M meeting which the appointee will be expected to take responsibility for.
They will be working closely with the second RCS Oncology fellow already in the department.

There is a daily 8:00 a.m. combined clinical and radiology meeting; a weekly tumour MDT, fortnightly skullbase MDT, weekly epilepsy and movement disorders MDT, regular journal clubs and an academic teaching program. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to participate in departmental teaching and would be expected to participate in clinical governance and audit activities.. The out of hours commitment is a hybrid rota (consisting of 18 doctors) of four tiers of middle grade doctors depending on their experience in neurosurgery with the senior most tier providing support as non resident on-call. The emergency neurosurgical work will be from the same catchment population. There is a separate rota of complex spine surgery consultants (drawn from both neurosurgical and orthopaedic spinal units) who support the on-call registrar.

North Bristol NHS Trust is a progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation, and a specialist regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of £550m and 8,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare, personally delivered. Our acute services moved into the brand new, £430 million state of the art Brunel Building in May 2014 enabling us to work together to create the environment for exceptional healthcare. This 800 bed hospital at the Southmead site offers some patients single rooms with en-suite facilities, greatly improving privacy and dignity and helping to control the spread of infections but most importantly of all, enabling each patient to be treated as a person. At the heart of what we do is a caring and compassionate workforce. We treat some of the most difficult medical conditions, in an increasingly complex patient
population. Our vision is to be the provider of choice for patients needing our specialist care. We want to deliver innovative services with excellent clinical outcomes in the most appropriate setting for our patients. We are committed to maintaining a culture of openness, transparency and candour in all we do and especially in the way we communicate with our patients and their families, If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
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The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT's workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.

Applications are invited for a Royal College of Surgeons approved fellowship for surgical training in Neuro-oncology at Southmead Hospital . This post is full time with on-call commitments at middle grade level, and is available initially for 12 months duration from April 2024 extendable by mutual agreement.
The post holder will work in the award winning Brunel building at Southmead Hospital, and will benefit from the well-developed multi-disciplinary team and state of the art facilities including advanced neuronavigation, a navigated intra-operative MRI suite, intra-operative neurophysiology, and an anaesthetic and nursing team who are well rehearsed in complex Neuro-oncology awake surgery. The department treats a wide range of complex cranial and spinal Neuro-Oncology caseload from an adult catchment population in excess of 2.5 million across the southwest of England. The successful applicant will be a senior neurosurgical trainee who is comfortable with basic elective and emergency neurosurgery and wishes to pursue Neuro-oncology as a sub-specialist interest.
This fellowship post has been accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons towards sub specialty training in neuro-oncology. Further details of the post and the department can be learnt by downloading the job description and person specification., The Neurosurgical Department undertakes approximately 4000 operative procedures per year, in a suite of 6-7 dedicated Neurosurgery theatres. Neurosurgery patients benefit from access to a fully functional Intraoperative MRI scanner, intraoperative CT scanner, NeuroMate Robot and Intraoperative ultrasound with state of the art navigational aids. The team are fully supported by access to specialist Neurosciences services including Neuroradiology, Neuropathology, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychiatry, and therapy services, as well as a dedicated team of Specialist Nurses and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. There are roughly 64 acute ward beds in 2 adjacent wards and access to centralized ITU and HDU ward beds with a total capacity of 48 beds. The Neurosurgical Department undertakes approximately 4000 operative procedures per year, in a suite of 7 dedicated Neurosurgery/spinal theatres.