Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust
The paediatric neurosurgical service is both the regional and a supra-regional service. All subspecialty aspects of paediatric neurosurgery can be delivered. We have a state of the art operating theatre with a 3T intraoperative MRI scanner, Renishaw robot and a hybrid theatre with a cone beam dyna CT (Zeego). Alder Hey is a nationally designated centre for Paediatric Craniofacial services. The multidisciplinary team is led by Mr Chris Parks and supported by Mr David Richardson (consultant maxillo-facial surgeon), Mr Christian Duncan and Mr Adel Fattah (consultant plastic surgeons) and Mr Ajay Sinha and Mr Jon Ellenbogen (consultant neurosurgeons). The team performs more than 100 operative procedures per year.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful applicant will be expected to work closely with the 7 Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeons and supporting staff based at Alder Hey. There will be multiple opportunities to go to theatre, receive appropriate training in all of the advanced paediatric neurosurgical subspecialties listed above, and take part in outpatient activity and MDTs in neuro-oncology, craniofacial, spasticity, spine, epilepsy, and fetal CNS anomalies. Post holders will work towards maintaining standards, including audit, as detailed in the Safe & Sustainable Paediatric Neurosurgery Services document.
About Us
Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europes biggest and busiest childrens hospitals providing care for over 200,000 children and young people each year. It is one of only four stand-alone paediatric trusts in the UK and is staffed by 2,800 employees. Alder Hey offers 20 specialist services including being the designated national centre for Craniofacial Surgery and a Centre of Excellence for Paediatric Oncology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology, and Orthopaedics. It is a teaching hospital and trains 550 medical and 400 nursing students each year. A child and adolescent mental health service is also provided with an in-patient unit based at the Trust. Recent expansion has seen the provision of additional theatres (there are 13 operating theatres in total) and the opening of a new Neuro-sciences development. Alder Hey serves not only the children of Liverpool but is the tertiary referral centre for children from Merseyside, Cheshire, parts of Lancashire, Shropshire, and North Wales for many sub-specialties of paediatrics. The Trust provides a range of community services including school nursing, home carers, and a child development centre. The hospital has over 300 beds, including day beds for surgery, a medical day care unit, and an Emergency Decision Unit. A purpose-built Education Centre is situated on the hospital site and is available for all postgraduate educational activity.
Job Responsibilities
The successful applicant will be expected to work closely with the 7 Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeons and supporting staff based at Alder Hey. There will be multiple opportunities to go to theatre, receive appropriate training in all of the advanced paediatric neurosurgical subspecialties listed above, and take part in outpatient activity and MDTs in neuro-oncology, craniofacial, spasticity, spine, epilepsy, and fetal CNS anomalies. Post holders will work towards maintaining standards, including audit, as detailed in the Safe & Sustainable Paediatric Neurosurgery Services document.
Person Specification
- Full Registration and license to practice with GMC
- Previous experience in Core specialty
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Clinical Lead
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