Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery

A bi-weekly skull base MDT takes place in a designated video-conference linked MDT room. Specialist NF2 MDT's occur on a 6 monthly basis. The department is supported by a state of the art audiological service providing all aspects of audio-vestibular investigations and rehabilitation. The hospital runs many national and international training courses.

The successful candidate would help in the organisation and running of the yearly otology and temporal bone dissection course. The department is committed to both research and audit work and the successful candidate will have access to an enormous amount of clinical outcome data from which they can develop their own research / audit interests.

The candidate trained in all aspects of lateral skull base and neuro-otological procedures. There may also be opportunity of some exposure to anterior skull base and extended endoscopic anterior skull base surgery. The successful candidate will have a central role in the preparation and presentation of patients in the MDT.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

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Qualifications

Essential: - FRCS ORL-HNS or equivalent.; - Peri or post CCT

Desirable: - Higher qualifications MD, BSC, MPhil, PhD

Experience

Essential: - Completed at least ST 6 or equivalent higher surgical training in Otolaryngology

Desirable: - CST rotational experience in Neurosurgery; - CST experience in related specialties

Other

Essential: - Evidence of audit & research publications in surgery

Desirable: - Publications peer reviewed

Skills

Essential: - Flexibility; - Team Worker; - Teaching Ability; - Basic Surgical techniques

Desirable: - Surgical skills: Experienced in otological disease & surgery