Consultant in Spinal Deformity Surgery

at  The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is seeking to recruit a Consultant Spinal Deformity Surgeon to maintain capacity and improve delivery of high-quality spinal surgery to fill from the retirement of a Spinal Deformity Surgeon. At the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, the Consultant would join a surgical team of eight orthopaedic and three neurosurgical spinal surgeons, working with colleagues to ensure and enhance effective patient centred care.
The department undertakes a comprehensive range of surgical procedures with particular expertise in reconstructive surgery for tumour, trauma, infection, and deformity.
This post is a replacement post for a retiring senior surgeon who subspecialised in complex paediatric spinal reconstruction surgery. The workload reflects that. Consequently, it is essential that the applicant is a well experienced Consultant Spinal Surgeon with subspecialty interest and proven track record over several years of delivering high quality effective care to complex paediatric spinal deformity patients. The surgeon was also skilled and experienced in anterior spinal surgery for adults and paediatric patients and the Appointee would preferably be able to deliver this as well.
The department is looking for someone who can help lead clinical and non-clinical care in a challenging national environment. Consequently, it is desirable that the applicant have recent Consultant experience of leading services (Clinical Lead or similar).
The post is expected to attract 10 PA’s with an on-call commitment of approximately 1:11 providing emergency routine spinal care to Birmingham and Worcestershire, and beyond.
The appointee will have particular interest in paediatric spinal deformity surgery. They can also deliver adult spinal deformity alongside adult degenerative spinal surgery. This will maintain a level of competence commensurate with participating in a comprehensive spinal on call service including decompression and stabilisation for spinal cord and cauda equina compression. There is no requirement to undertake intradural surgery.
The department is looking to grow its adult deformity service and consequently the applicant would preferably have experience for a number of years in leading in adult deformity spinal surgery.
The individual appointed to the post will have competed orthopaedic training and have completed Spinal fellowship with particular interest in adult and paediatric spinal deformity surgery. They will have at least 5 years of consultant practice delivering and leading in-patient and out-patient paediatric spinal surgery, preferably more than 8. They will join the Spinal On-Call rota providing cover to the West Midlands and Worcestershire. Currently, on call intensity is 1:10. The spinal on-call rota is separate to the rest of the hospital therefore, there is no requirement to cover orthopaedic patients with non-spinal conditions.
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.
Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we’re always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.
The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.
The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.
If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.
In addition to this post, the surgical department consists of eleven consultant spinal surgeons some of whom work between the Children’s Hospital and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. There are six surgeons Consultant Spinal Deformity Surgeons who undertake all their paediatric In Patient work at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The appointee would join to become the seventh of this sub-specialty team. The The remaining spinal surgeons undertake the majority of degenerative procedures and undertake the non-emergency oncology procedures. The majority of consultants will support the deformity service, acting as ‘second surgeons’ on two consultant cases.
Consultant Spinal Deformity Surgeons are required to practice at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH) and hold honorary contracts and enjoy admitting privileges at BCH for this.
Immediate and non-operative fracture care of children is provided by the BCH neurosurgeons. Hoverer, due to skill mix, the Spinal Deformity surgeons lead the surgical treatment of paediatric spinal fractures supported by the BCH neurosurgeons. Consequently the appointee will have Consultant experience of more than 5 years of delivering and leading on such care, ideally at least 8
Junior support is provided by 4 Specialist Registrars from the West Midlands training programme and has an additional 4 Spinal Fellow post. SHO level doctors deliver the “ward work” supported by SpRs and Consultants.
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