Trust Grade in Neurosurgery

3 weeks ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust Full time

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIVERPOOL AREA AND THE LOCAL REGION Liverpool is a dynamic city. It has experienced a major revival over the past few years and Merseysiders enjoy a superb quality of life. It is unusually compact and a journey to the centre rarely takes more than 30 minutes. The county abounds with fine architecture, lively cultural pursuits and outstanding sport.

Tourism has become a major industry and 20 million people visited the city last year, attracted by both the areas natural and man made assets. Merseyside's theatres, museums and art collections are now amongst its strongest assets. The city is alive with independent theatre groups, authors, poets and dance groups. Photography, sculpture, street art and video makers abound.

The Walker Art Gallery contains a collection of equal to any in the provinces and the Tate Gallery opened in 1988 on Liverpool's waterfront in the refurbished Albert Dock. The Philharmonic Orchestra is nationally acclaimed and there is a full range of musical activities of all types. There are both Anglican and Roman Catholic Cathedrals and facilities for worship for every other faith in the city. There are excellent schools for both sexes, including a variety of denominational schools for both in the private and state sector.

The University Medical School and the Liverpool Medical Institution are within 20 minutes drive of the Walton Centre. Very good housing in pleasant suburbs near the sea and in rural areas are easily available, the cost of which is rather less than the national average. Two airports are within easy reach. Liverpool and Manchester International Airport are within half to three quarters of an hours drive time.

There are excellent train services and motorway links to all parts of the country, with easy access to the national parks, North Wales, the Peak District and the Lake District, as well as to both Lancashire and North Wales coasts. South Sefton is the home of the Grand National Racecourse at Aintree and also embraces the Freeport of Liverpool. There are several excellent nearby golf courses of which three host the Open Championship. In 2008 Liverpool will become the European City of Culture.

THE WALTON CENTRE NHS Foundation Trust The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (WCFT) is an independent specialist neurosciences NHS Trust hospital providing a high quality, integrated and multidisciplinary neurosciences service to Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and part of West Lancashire which totals a population of 3.2 million.. The Centre is adjacent to the University Hospital Aintree which is a busy District General Hospital Trust located 6 miles from the centre of Liverpool. The Centre is based in a purpose built building, opened in 1998. The Centre is virtually self contained and has 84 neurosurgical beds, 48 Neurological beds (including a day ward and a programmed investigation unit), and 4 pain relief beds.

Critical care facility comprises an 18 bedded dedicated Neuro-Intensive Care Unit and a 4 bedded high dependency area. The centre is organised into three divisions; neurosurgery lies in the directorate of neurosurgery, critical care and anaesthesia and pain services. The other directorates comprise neurology and diagnostics. Activity There are almost 4000 neurosurgical admissions per annum and 3500 operations of which 450 are pain relief procedures.

There are four fully staffed neurosurgical operating theatres and one Pain Relief operation theatre. An additional emergency theatre is available for a limited number of sessions per week. Outpatient clinics including specialised ones are held within the Centre; there are further clinics in surrounding hospitals including Chester, Whiston, and Wigan. Neurosurgical Staff In addition to the consultant staff, there are 10 higher surgical trainees, 7 Clinical Fellows and 7 Junior trainees (out of a pool of 15).

**Consultants currently in post and their special interests are**: Mr AR Brodbelt Neuro-oncology, general, spinal neurosurgery Mr N Buxton Spinal and vascular neurosurgery Miss D Bhargava General and functional neurosurgery Mr N Carleton-Bland General and complex spinal neurosurgery Mr D Carter Specialist neurosurgeon and Clinical Director Mr E Chavredakis General, neuro-oncology and vascular Mr S Clark General, complex spinal neurosurgery and Spinal Consultant Lead Mr J Farah General and functional neurosurgery Miss C Gilkes General, skull base neurosurgery Prof M Jenkinson Neuro-oncology, and general neurosurgery Mr D Lawson Neuro-oncology, general neurosurgery Miss M Lee Locum: General, complex spinal neurosurgery Miss C McMahon Trauma, general neurosurgery Miss C Morgan Orthopaedic complex spinal surgeon Mr F Olubajo General, trauma and neuro-oncology Mr TJD Pigott General, spinal neurosurgery Mr N Rath Orthopaedic surgery complex spine Mr A Sinha General, paediatric, pituitary neurosurgery (Alder Hey) Mr Z Sarsam General and complex spinal neurosurgery Mr M Wilby General



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