Senior Clinical Fellow in Skull Base Endoscopic Surgery

Senior Clinical Fellow in Skull Base Endoscopic Surgery Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area Neurosurgery Grade Senior Clinical Fellow Contract 12 months (fixed term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (40 basic hours, plus additional hours as per work schedule) Job ref 339-NMSK3615-MJA

Site Southmead Hospital Town Bristol Salary £61,825 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/04/:59

Job overview

This job will be suitable for candidates with experience in Neurosurgery at a trainee level ( 5 years) and ideally for those who have completed their neurosurgical training or are practicing neurosurgeons with a desire to obtain experience in expanded endoscopic endonasal and complementary open skull base work. It will be ideal for those with some prior experience of open skull base and basic endoscopic endonasal neurosurgery.

The successful applicant will be exposed to the full spectrum of endoscopic endonasal surgery with an emphasis on the expanded techniques. This will include relevant work in the sagittal and the coronal skull base with comprehensive exposure to expanded sellar and suprasellar approaches as well as the transpterygoid approaches. The surgical pathologies being treated using the expanded endoscopic endonasal and complementary open skull base approaches when applicable, will include pituitary (functional and non-functional adenomas) with an emphasis on complex adenomas; craniopharyngiomas; skull base meningiomas with a particular emphasis on tuberculum sella and planum meningiomas; chordoma and chondrosarcomas; sinonasal pathologies including esthesioneuroblastomas and adenocystic carcinomas; trigeminal schwannomas; other posterior fossa meningiomas and anterior cranio-cervical pathology. The fellow will also be exposed to complementary open anterolateral and posterior skull base approaches during the treatment of skull base and vascular pathologies.

Main duties of the job

A large majority of the surgical procedures are undertaken in conjunction with the ENT skull base surgeons and the fellow will therefore acquire an understanding of the reconstruction paradigm in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery ranging from free grafts to pedicled nasoseptal flap and other advanced reconstruction techniques.

The fellow will provide assistance in theatre gradually assuming increasing responsibility under supervision; undertake a daily ward round and liaise with the team regarding management decisions. They will attend outpatients and the clinical meetings.

Specific to the skull base/pituitary service there will be: complex endoscopic endonasal clinic (once/month); open skull base/vascular clinic (once/month); joint pituitary clinic (twice/month); post-operative sinonasal clinic (twice/month) and fortnightly skull base/pituitary MDT. These clinics will highlight our paradigm pertinent to the preoperative work up and postoperative care of the patients.

In addition to above, there is a daily 7.30 a.m. combined clinical and radiology meeting; a weekly general Neuro-oncology tumour MDT, weekly epilepsy and movement disorders MDT, regular journal clubs and an academic teaching program.

Person specification Qualifications

• FRCS or equivalent
• Higher Research Degree
• NHS Experience

Experience

• Neurosurgical Experience
• Experience with advanced cranial surgery

Research and Publication

• Demonstrate interest in research
• Evidence of contribution to published skullbase/vascular research

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.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.