Clinical Spinal Fellow - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of (Orthopaedic) spinal surgery patients.

You will be responsible to the consultant of the firm and will be expected to assist in the operating theatre and operate supervised by the consultant or unsupervised in selected cases depending on his/her seniority.


It is anticipated that the post would enable the post holder to complete most requirements for experience towards completing the FRCS- this is self directed by the fellow according to their own curriculum needs.

For those post exam ample opportunities are present for gaining operative experience under normal circumstances.


Be part of the day-to-day care of all the patients under the consultant's care on in-patient or out patient basis.

Assist or operate in theatres for elective and emergency work. Special arrangements can be made to attend other theatre sessions by other consultants (orthopaedic, spinal or neurosurgical).

Provide on call cover for the spinal surgeon and the Spinal cord Injury Centre.

The on call is 1 in eight and takes spinal cases only. Major Trauma Cases are admitted initially to the trauma ward. Following the treatment of their injury patients are stepped down from the trauma ward

Attend the functions of the Spinal Surgery Group (x-ray meetings, combined clinics).

Develop and maintain a close working relationship with his colleagues in the Spinal Surgery Group (Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery)


The Trust is the cancer centre within the Teesside, South Durham and North Yorkshire Cancer Care Alliance and Trauma Level I Centre.

The Regional Spinal Injuries Unit provides a comprehensive Spinal Cord Injury service for the North of England (population 3.4 million).


The Trust is a district general hospital for:

Around 270,000 people living in Middlesbrough and the local area of Redcar and Cleveland 122,000 people in an area stretching from the North Yorkshire Moors to the central Pennines, the borders of York district in the south and the borders of Darlington in the west.


It also covers a range of highly specialist services extending to 1.5million people in Teesside and parts of Cumbria, Durham and North Yorkshire with leading expertise in heart disease, cancer, trauma, neurosciences, renal services and spinal injuries.

South Tees was given trust status in 1992, incorporating three hospitals across Middlesbrough.

It merged with the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton in April 2002, and now provides all secondary care to Middlesbrough, Langbaurgh and Hambleton & Richmondshire PCTs, a population of approximately 400,000.

It also provides tertiary services to the wider Tees valley area, and parts of County Durham, North Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

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