Job summary
- Main area
- Neurosurgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: n/a
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Plus general on call)
- Job ref
- 160-7104433
- Employer
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Walton Centre
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 Plus 3% On Call
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Neurosurgeon
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
The Division of Neurosurgery at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (WCFT) is seeking to recruit a Consultant Neurosurgeon with an interest in neuro-oncology and hydrocephalus. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic, enthusiastic and established team.
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust has a comprehensive neuro-oncology programme. The neuro-oncology service achieved Tessa Jowell Brain Centre Mission Centre of Excellence Status in 2021 and successfully renewed in 2024. The Centre manages approximately 500 new case a year and covers the full spectrum of CNS tumours. There are 7 operating theatres fully equipped with image-guidance (Brainlab and Medronic), ultrasound, intra-operative MRI, fluorescence (5-ALA) microscopes, ultrasonic aspirators, intra-operative neurophysiology, awake craniotomy and ventricular endoscopy. The hospital has a full-service tissue bank and all brain tumour patients are invited to participate (around 450 patients per year gift tumour tissue). In addition, there is an extensive clinical trials portfolio and all members of the team recruit patients.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work independently within the Neuro- oncology and hydrocephalus services, joining a 1:6 neuro-oncology take rota and participate in weekly neuro-oncology and hydrocephalus MDT meetings.
The successful candidate will provide general on-call neurosurgical cover (1:19).
Working for our organisation
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- FRCS or equivalent
- Oncology Fellowship
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of relevant operative procedures undertaken (e.g logbooks): Satisfactory operative experience to perform emergency general neurosurgical procedures and skull base procedures.
Personality
Essential criteria
- Trustworthy, reliable, caring attitude and initiative
- Ability to cope with high pressure
- Able to take responsibility
- Good communication and excellent interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and all members of the clinical team
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Flexibility and the ability to respond to change
Management and organisation
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise oneself and others in a multi-disciplinary team
- An understanding of the NHS organisation, clinical governance and resource constraints
- An understanding of the funding and finance issues in the NHS
- Knowledge of recent reports and plans for the development of the NHS
- Evidence of leadership and management
Desirable criteria
- Degree in management and / or teaching
Audit, Research and Teaching
Essential criteria
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit & research ethics
- Evidence of personal experience of audit.
- Evidence of teaching
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emmanuel Chavredakis
- Job title
- Clinical Director for Neurosurgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Mr Emmanuel Chavredakis, Clinical Director for Neurosurgery, [email protected]
Professor Andrew Brodbelt, Consultant Neurosurgeon, [email protected]
Professor Michael Jenkinson, Consultant Neurosurgeon, [email protected]
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