The fellowship, lasting 18 months, requires fellows to engage actively in clinical responsibilities, including patient care, surgical procedures, and outpatient clinics, while also contributing to data collection and research. The role will provide essential experience for those aspiring to consultant positions in complex spine neurosurgery, as well as continuous support for job applications. Successful candidates will collaborate with a diverse team of 22 consultant neurosurgeons and participate in the running of the neurosurgical service, ensuring continuity of patient care.
'Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square'
Applications are invited to apply for the RCS Eng approved advanced fellowship programme in Complex Spinal Neurosurgery, a joint fellowship based at University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and King's College Hospital Foundation Trust. This clinical fellowship allows an experienced neurosurgical trainee to obtain sub-specialty experience across all aspects of complex spine neurosurgery.Both departments are national reference centres in the United Kingdom and are leading units in spinal oncology (primary and metastatic spinal cord), complex degenerative (including revision surgery) and spinal trauma. Fellows will be trained in complex intradural surgery, instrumentation and minimally invasive techniques using spinal robotics, navigation, ultrasound and spinal endoscopy.
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
The fellow is expected to complete the full 18 fellowship and will be fully supported in consultant job applications. Surgeons preparing to work as consultants must be intimately involved with the running of the neurosurgical service and in providing continuity of care for the patients since this will be an integral part of their practice as consultants.The fellow will therefore participate in the general neurosurgical rota during their rotation at King's and Queen Square.
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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.
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has an enviable track record in research and development and service innovation. In partnership with Kings 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 Kings College London and Guys 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 currently 6 neurosurgical fellowships offered at Kings
Further information about Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust can be found on its website www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsgt9i
