Post CCT Clinical Fellow In Vascular Neurosurgery

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The appointee will be responsible in their duties to all the Consultant Neurosurgeons and in some specific aspects of duties to any person that may be nominated by them. To provide the day to day clinical care of the neurosurgical patients which he/she is assigned. To take part on ward rounds - daily business ward rounds and additional Consultant ward rounds. To assist at or perform various operations within his/her range of competence.
To attend outpatient clinics as required. To provide out of hours services in rotation with other members of the junior staff. To undertake any specific clinical and related responsibilities delegated to him/her by the Consultant Neurosurgeons. To teach junior doctors, undergraduate medical students, nursing and other paraclinical staff as appropriate.
To take part and present cases at joint weekly departmental (Neurosciences, Neuroradiology, Neuropathology) and MDT meetings, at the regular Audit meetings, at the weekly Neurosurgical Trainees Teaching, and on the weekly Grand Round. To record relevant clinical details and maintain accurate case notes for patients admitted under the care of his/her firm. To summarise the clinical findings on presentation of all emergency patients admitted when working out of hours (full shift) To prepare detailed operation notes on the day surgery is performed with short, relevant pre-operative clinical data. To prepare discharge summaries on the day of discharge.
To deal with outpatient and other correspondence in an appropriate and timely manner

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