Neurosurgery SpR

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust wishes to appoint 1 neurosurgery registrar. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the neurosurgery service and will join an existing team of 10 Specialist Registrars, 4 Senior Clinical Fellows and 2 Academic Registrars at St George's Hospital and will share 1:16 on-call duties equally based on an EWTD compliant rota., SpR Neurosurgery

• 1 Full time position with attachment to a Consultant Neurosurgeon
• Expected to attend out-patient clinics and operating sessions accordingly
• Working within a team of 10-11 clinical and 2-3 academic registrars and 3-4 fellows
• Cross- cover of colleague's absence is required
• Perform on-call duties including operating out-of-hours at a level appropriate of a StR
• cover the Neurosurgery Unit beds including assessment of all admission on the ward and where necessary in A & E.
• attend the daily pre-assessment clinic
• cover paediatric patients under the care of the Neurosurgical team on the paediatric ward
• attend daily Neurosurgical team teaching
• teach medical students and other staff on the unit.
- Expected to comply with Trust clinical targets for example: completion of discharge summaries in the appropriate time, turn-around of clinic letters, etc. - There may be opportunity to work as a functional neurosurgery fellow for a suitably qualified candidate. - SpR's are resident on call. The main rota is a 1 in 16 full shift system. Prospective cover.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals with an international reputation for patient care, education and research. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement. It is a national centre of excellence for specialist services such as neurology, cardiology and cancer care.The Trust is also a major provider of trauma and emergency services, children's services, maternity care, care for the elderly, vascular and renal services.