Junior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery

This is a 6-month fixed-term, non-training clinical post within the Neurosurgery Department at King's College Hospital. The post holder will work as a Trust grade SHO, with clinical duties spanning the full breadth of neurosurgical subspecialties and close collaboration with ICU, anaesthetics and paediatrics.

Responsibilities include inpatient care and out-of-hours on-call duties. The post is ideal for doctors with an interest in Acute Medicine, Critical Care, Neurosurgery or Neurology.

The appointees will offer 24h cover over Neuro HDU (Kinnier Wilson) and Neurosurgery (three inpatient wards). There is continuous support by the neurointensive care consultants throughout the working week and by the neuroanaesthetists during the weekends.

The clinical duties of the posts will be the day to day care of patients admitted to the neurosurgical department including admission, clinical examination, co-ordination of investigation, liaison with senior colleagues and pre-assessment of elective neurosurgical patients. JCFs will be rostered to attend neurosurgical operating theatres on a regular basis.

There is a robust program of educational supervision and a teaching program aimed specifically at the ST1-2 level trainees and non-training grade post holders are expected to take a full part. The department has an excellent record of career advancement in neurosurgery for previous JCF post-holders and provides a unique experience.