Paediatric Neurosurgery Fellow

A full time post for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Neurosurgery, has become available at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Specialist experience in paediatric neurosurgery for fully trained neurosurgeons aspiring to be paediatric neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex paediatric and craniofacial neurosurgery. The team has extensive experience and carries out a broad range of craniofacial and paediatric neurosurgery cases

GMC Full registration required

This is not an approved training post.

Contact Mr A Calisto 01865 231507, for more details on this post.

Aims and responsibilities of the post

Specialist experience in paediatric neurosurgery for fully trained neurosurgeons aspiring to be paediatric neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex paediatric and craniofacial neurosurgery. The team has extensive experience and carries out a broad range of craniofacial and paediatric neurosurgery cases. The post also offers excellent opportunities of learning by attending the sub-specialty MDTs and clinics. Research opportunities are also available including craniofacial, trauma and craniocervical junction abnormalities.

It is expected that the fellow takes on leadership of the firm, assumes responsibility for the registrars and SHO’s and manages the day to day proceedings of the team. As there is only one paediatric neurosurgery fellow at a time in Oxford, that individual is expected to be involved in every operation and therefore the operative experience we offer is unique.

**(b) Clinical**:
The paediatric neurosurgical workload offers opportunities of 4½ theatre lists per week. In addition to general paediatric neurosurgery clinics there are also clinics for craniofacial, spina bifida, paediatric spine, spasticity and trauma. Weekly MDTs include craniofacial, neuro-oncology, spine and neuroradiology. The post holder will also be expected to provide general neurosurgery on-call cover as part of the neurosurgery registrar rota.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

The Trust works in close co-operation with the University of Oxford, and is a leading centre for research programmes in cancer, neurosciences, diabetes, genetics and many other fields. The Trust, jointly with the University of Oxford, has Biomedical Research Centre status, by the Department of Health, making it one of the five pre-eminent centres in the country for translational medical research. It has also been awarded with the Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) status.

Specialty

Initiated by Sir Hugh Cairns in 1938, the Oxford Neurosurgery Unit has developed to offer a fully comprehensive service.

Modern theatres, dedicated adult and paediatric neuroscience and specialist surgery wards, neuro and paediatric ITU facilities, enable the department to look after both paediatric and adult patients with all types of neurosurgical problems.

Paediatric neurosurgery in Oxford covers craniofacial, tumour, trauma, vascular hydrocephalus, craniocervical junction abnormalities, spasticity, spine and VNS.

**Department Members**:
Medical Staff - consultants

Paediatric Neurosurgery Consultants

Mr J Jayamohan

Mr S Magdum

Mr A Calisto

Mr T Lawrence

Paediatric Neurosurgery Specialist Nurse

Lisa Durkin

Juniors

1 Specialty Registrar

1 Clinical Fellow

1 FY2/ST1-3 (SHO)

Weekly Timetable;
Monday

8 am

Ward round

All day

Craniofacial theatre and

Paediatric neurosurgery theatre

Tuesday

8 am

Ward round

am

pm

Craniofacial clinic

Paediatric neurosurgery clinics

Wednesday

8 am

All day

Ward round

Paediatric neurosurgery theatre

Spina bifida clinic once a month

Thursday

8 am

Ward round

Paediatric neuro-oncology MDT

Spinal MDT

All day

Craniofacial theatre

Friday

8 am

Ward round

Craniofacial theatre (alternate weeks)

Neuroradiology MDT

Paediatric neurosurgery MDT

M&M

Journal club