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Spinal Surgery Fellowship commencing February 2025

For further information please contact:

Henry Budd Consultant Spinal Surgeon/Clinical Lead email-

Oliver Stokes Consultant Spinal Surgeon email-

Preference will be given to staff with Priority and \'At Risk\' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

About us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

Exeters excellence in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery has a worldwide reputation for excellence. The Norman Capener Spinal Surgery Fellowship is dedicated to the advancements of the theory and practice of all aspects of spinal surgery and is based at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter. The Fellows will form part of the PEOCs Spinal team and will be supervised by Mr Kahn, Mr Andrew Clarke, Mr Oliver Stokes, Mr Henry Budd, Mr Wisam Selbi, Mr Michael Anderton, and Mr Savi Prakesh (locum), Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeons.

The Exeter Spinal Unit covers a wide catchment area across Devon and Cornwall providing routine, emergency and complex spinal reconstruction surgery while also acting as a tertiary referral centre outside this region.

A full range of spinal disorders ranging from degenerative pathologies through to tumour resection and reconstruction surgery in all regions of the spine, (cervical, thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbar) are treated.

The Spinal Fellow will be instructed on the basic principles of evaluation and treatment of the spinal patients. He/she will gain experience in the exposure of the entire spine including posterior and importantly the anterior and lateral approaches to the spine. The Fellow will also gain experience in the use of the operating microscope and various neural decompression techniques including microsurgery and minimally invasive techniques.

The Fellow will also gain experience in anterior and posterior reconstruction techniques with a full range of spinal instrumentation methods undertaken in the unit and instructed.

Spinal deformity correction surgery is also regularly carried out in Exeter, which is the main spinal deformity centre for Devon and Cornwall.

Benefits

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers.

You will also have access to other benefits including:

National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.

Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter

Car lease schemes.

The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).

Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.

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