Senior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgical Oncology

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This post is designed as a 1-year post for Senior Neurosurgical Trainees who have obtained their certificate of completion of training (CCT) in neurosurgery (or are ST7 + equivalent), and who wish to develop their skills and gain experience in advanced neurosurgical oncology in a major centre of excellence. Both UK and overseas candidates are welcome to apply.
The Fellow will be expected to develop the skills to successfully organise and lead a busy neurosurgical oncology practice.

THEY WILL PARTICIPATE AND OBTAIN EXPERIENCE IN:

Advanced surgical techniques including comprehensive awake (and asleep) brain mapping of motor, language and other functions for primary brain tumours
Supra and infratenorial extra-axial tumour resection including meningiomas and metastases
Microsurgical and endoscopic approaches to tumours
Complex cranial microsurgery including insular, intraventricular, posterior fossa & pineal region tumours with assistance of extensive neurophysiological monitoring including free-running and triggered EMGs where appropriate
Care of TYA patients (teenager and young adults)
The Fellow will obtain experience in advanced technologies including:
Intraoperative MRI
Intraoperative cranial ultrasound
Fluorescent-guided technologies (Gliolan)
Neuronavigation with Medtronic® StealthStation TM 8 (optical and EM) and BrainLab ® systems and frameless/ frame based stereotaxy
Understanding principles and application of functional imaging including perfusion, spectroscopy, fMRI and DTI maps
Use of tubular retractors (Minimally invasive parafascicular surgery)
Cranial and intraventricular endoscopy
Use of the Olympus OrbEye exoscope
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
The Fellow will be expected to participate in, and lead, a number of research and quality improvement studies. Depending on interests and experience this may include delivery of clinical trials, wet-lab research, large data/artificial intellegence based research, new device development, data-driven projects, technical reports and reviews.
The academic responsibilities will include working within a wider team of clinicians & scientists to deliver assigned research projects as agreed. Working principally with Mr Ciaran Hill’s laboratory the postholder will undertake a carefully supervised project focussed on brain cancer.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
The successful applicant will be working in the firm of Mr Ciaran Hill, Consultant Neurosurgeon with subspeciality interest in surgical neuro-oncology. Where required they will also be expected to work with other members of the neuro-oncology team to take responsibility for co-ordinating the wider oncology service.The Fellow is expected to participate in the on-call rota, and may cross-cover other firms when necessary, including the 6 other subspecilalised neuro-oncology surgeons.
The post is based in The Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery within the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) which is the largest division within the Specialist Hospitals Board. The NHNN is an internationally renowned hospital for clinical practice and world-class clinical research in neurosciences. It is also closely associated with the Institute of Neurology (ION) and the UCL Cancer Institute. Together, the NHNN and UCL partners are regarded as the premier neurosciences centre in the UK. In addition to Neurology and Neurosurgery, the NHNN provides comprehensive services in Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuro-critical care and Neuropsychiatry. The NHNN receives secondary, tertiary and quaternary referrals from across the UK and internationally.
The Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery
The Department of Neurosurgery provides a comprehensive elective and emergency neurosurgical service for the Trust, a large area of North Central and West London and its associated hospitals and the local community/GPs. In addition there are large numbers of National and International referrals to specialist Neurosurgical services.
The staffing of the Department is as follows;
Consultants
Miss M Murphy, Clinical Director of Neurosurgery
Mr J Allibone
Mr H Akram
Miss A Borg
Professor R Brownstone
Mr ATH Casey
Mr P Castanho
Mr D Choi
Mr N L Dorward
Mr P Grover
Miss R Finn (locum)
Mr C Hill
Mr J Hyam
Mr N D Kitchen
Mr G Prezerakos
Mr H Marcus
Miss A Miserocchi
Mr A McEvoy
Mr W Muirhead
Mr A Russo
Mr V Russo
Mr G Samandouras
Mr P Sayal
Ms H Sethi
Mr A Toma
Mr L Thorne
Mr L Watkins
Miss N Zaidman (locum)
Mr L Zrinzo
ST3+ (SpR), Clinical Fellows and ST1-2 (SHO) support the unit. There are also dedicated Clinical Nurse Specialists for the neurosurgical unit and a Brain Tumour Unit.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040

Please refer the Job description for details