Senior Clinical Fellow in Complex Spinal - London, United Kingdom - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This post will provide successful fellows experience sufficient for consultant appointment as a complex spine specialist.

The fellow will learn the following techniques:

Tubular and endoscopic access (cervical and lumbar)
MIS fusion and cement augmentation
Advanced spinal trauma surgery
Mini thoracotomy surgery and transoral surgery
Lateral and anterior lumbar surgery
En Bloc Vertebrectomy
Revision surgery
Cervical and thoracolumbar deformity correction
Cranio cervical instrumentation (trauma and deformity)
Pelvis Instrumentation
Advanced dural repair techniques

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London.

The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan.

In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.

The duties will comprise data collection, assistance with the care of patients on the wards, assistance in the operating theatre, attendance at appropriate clinics and review of appropriate literature and clinical data.

Excellent neurosurgical operative experience can be obtained with senior supervision and feedback provided.

The timetable for these activities is dependent upon which consultant the post holder will be working for, as is a list of possible review and research topics.

The post holder will collect data relevant to the spinal pathway but will also be involved in the management of patients on the ward, assisting with operations in the theatre or operate within their experience, and assist at Outpatient Clinics which may involve travel to other hospitals.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has an enviable track record in research and development and service innovation.

In partnership with King's College London the Trust has recently been awarded a National Research Centre in Patient Safety and Service Quality.

It is also a partner in two National Institute for Health Research biomedical research centres. The first is a Comprehensive centre with King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and the second is a Specialist centre with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation

There are 22 Consultant Neurosurgeons with a variety of interests, who provide both the general neurosurgical service as well as their special interests.

There are currently6 neurosurgical fellowshipsoffered at King's