NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar
Main area Neurosurgery Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar Contract Fixed term: 12 months (12 month initially but may be extended) Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 164-7888554
Site Queen’s Medical Centre Campus Town Nottingham Salary £67,325 – £76,582 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
NUH is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated senior Trust Grade doctor or above to support our neurosurgical department. This placement is for 12 months initially but may be extended.
This is an exciting opportunity to get excellent experience in neurosurgery. The post holder will be part of a team which include run through trainees as well as other trust grade doctors. You will work closely with consultants, other junior doctors and multi-disciplinary teams. The post holder will be part of an on call rota at QMC.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support various aspects of this busy service, with a commitment to the out of hours rota. The daytime role will include cover of the neurosurgical wards, clinics, pre-admissions and theatres. These duties are allocated on a weekly basis.
The post holder will be expected to:
- Provide inpatient and outpatient services (theatres and clinics) under consultant supervision
- Contribute to the emergency out of hours rota
- Supervise daily ward rounds
- Conduct patient management in line with plans agreed with the Consultants
- Support and teach junior colleagues effectively
- Participate in M&M and MDT meetings
- Contribute to Quality & Improvement Projects within the department
The post holder will contribute to an on-call rota and should therefore have previous neurosurgery registrar experience (or equivalent), have full MRCS and have experience working within the NHS.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
QMC Neurosurgery department is now one of the busiest neurosurgical departments in the country. We provide both adult and paediatric services to a wide regional area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire with catchment population of around 3.5 million. Nottingham neurosurgical team is led by 14 consultants providing treatment for all the major subspecialties of neurosurgery including 3 fellowship trained paediatric neurosurgeons and 2 associates. Our highly specialised unit carries around 2000 neurosurgical emergency, urgent and elective operations a year. We are vital part of the East midlands trauma service and major trauma unit. We run 4 modern and fully equipped theatres and have access to one emergency theatre every day. The department is well equipped with up-to-date neuro navigation systems, intraoperative ultrasound, 5-ALA and ICG enabled microscopes and endoscopes. Our latest addition state of art Intraoperative MRI help us to provide best care for our paediatric and adult tumour patients. Nottingham University Hospitals’ brain tumour centre is one of few units in country to be recognised as a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence following the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full GMC Registration with licence to practice in the UK
- Full MRCS or equivalent
Experience
- Previous NHS experience
- Good and wide ranging recent experience of Neurosurgery in acute inpatient setting in a large acute hospital
- Evidence of completion of key neurosurgical procedure competencies equivalent to at least junior registrar level (logbook)
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement
- Potential to develop excellent diagnostic skills
- Experience of working out of hours with limited support
- Experience of supervising junior colleagues
- Experience leading a multidisciplinary team
Communications and Relationship Skills
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English
- Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals
- Able to work within a team
Analystical and Judgement Skills
- Awareness of limitations and when to elevate concerns
- Capacity to monitor acute situations that may change rapidly
- Basic computer skills
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit/quality improvement
- Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
- Original research publications
- Presentations at National Meetings
- Good presentational skills
- Experience and enthusiasm for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Planning & Organisational Skills
- Adaptable and responsive to change
- Able to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Able to make an initial management plan for an unwell patient
Other requirements
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Able to work the full range of shifts (days, nights, lates, on-calls)
Disability Confidence
All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy
NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Legal requirements
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.
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