Overview
The Craniofacial Fellow's post has recognition by specialty advisory committees in Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery, and is therefore open to Specialist Registrars from these 3 specialties, preferably towards the end of their higher surgical training. The post will be tenable for 1 year, and consist of 8 clinical sessions with 2 academic sessions. The craniofacial department has 2 full day operating lists each week for major transcranial cases and several multidisciplinary clinics. The craniofacial fellow is expected to be involved in these and to manage the inpatient care both preoperatively and postoperatively of the team\'s patients. The fellow will also coordinate team multidisciplinary meetings.
In addition, the successful candidate would have access to the non-craniofacial work in their base specialty providing this does not interfere with the clinical and academic work required in the Craniofacial Unit. For a Neurosurgeon, this would include epilepsy, tumour and spinal surgery and for a Maxillofacial Surgeon cleft lip & palate surgery, and access to the adult maxillofacial surgery service based at Aintree Hospital. For plastic surgery candidates this could include access to general plastic surgery, facial palsy surgery and the vascular anomaly services at Alder Hey. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to participate in the general trauma and emergency on-call rota of their specialty involving adult patients at Aintree Hospital (Maxillofacial), Whiston (Plastic Surgery) or Alder Hey (Neurosurgery).
The Craniofacial Fellow post is a 12 month appointment during which time the successful candidate will be involved in managing patients both pre-operatively and post-operatively. The Fellow will also coordinate multidisciplinary team meetings.
The Fellow will be expected to engage in audit and research and will be expected to produce publications and presentation for national and international meetings.
Selection, application and equality statements
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.
Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [email protected] or call 0151 282 4599. Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application.
Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children\'s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn\'t accurately reflect their skills.
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients\' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We\'re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children\'s NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
#J-18808-Ljbffr