Junior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery
| Posting date: | 27 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,170 - £57,397 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 November 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7576044/162-0390-GT-S |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellow ST2 Equivalent with in Neurosurgery with on call Rota to start as soon as possiable. The Post is recognised for the MBBS or equivelent. All applicants must hold a current GMC registration.This is a banded post.
BHRUT is one of the largest Associate Teaching Hospitals,providing acute care for over 700;000 people from across 2 main sites - Queens and King George Hospitals, as well as peripheral sites at Barking Dagenham and Bretwood. We are a major Neuroscience Centre and are undergoing further significant development as a tertiary referral centre for the North East London and Essex including additional critical care capacity We are also a major Cancer Centre and are actively striving to enhance the range of our services, including the development of a PET CT service In addition our Trust is in an excellent location,closr to central London and well situated in the South East. As well as all the advantages of being close to the city, you will discover that Essex has a beutiful countryside as well as excellent schools,tansport links,emenities and residential area The Trust has an on sit Nursery faclities.
Only the short listed candidates will be notified. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date should we have an overwelming response .
The trust aims to provide a comprehensive 7 day Service to patients and this may affect the working patterns currently being advertised for this post. Any changes made to the working patterns will be made for the benefit of the patient care and notifacations of these changes will be explained to you throughout the recritment process. We are a equal opportunity employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who consider they have disability will be shortlisted for interview if they meet the essential criteria. We also operate strict screening procedures for the posts with vulnerable children and adults.
The successful candidate will join a team of Neurosurgery junior clinical fellows with extensive exposure to various subspecialities in Neurosurgery.
The post holder will participate in ward-based work including completing procedures such as lumbar punctures and working as part of the multi-disciplinary team. We are one of the firsts units in the UK to utilise the Airo intra-operative CT scanner for spinal navigation. We regularly perform minimally invasive decompressions and percutaneous fixations and will be expanding our MISS capabilities with fully endoscopic spinal surgery in early 2024.
There are daily CEPOD, and elective theatre lists as well as weekly subspeciality MDT meetings.
• The post holder will participate in a 1:8 junior clinical fellow on call rota inclusive of nights.
• The post holder will be encouraged to undertake clinical outcome research and pathway development during the duration of the role.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Ayesha Mahmood, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext.8617.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Nov 2025
Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellow ST2 Equivalent with in Neurosurgery with on call Rota to start as soon as possiable. The Post is recognised for the MBBS or equivelent. All applicants must hold a current GMC registration.This is a banded post.
BHRUT is one of the largest Associate Teaching Hospitals,providing acute care for over 700;000 people from across 2 main sites - Queens and King George Hospitals, as well as peripheral sites at Barking Dagenham and Bretwood. We are a major Neuroscience Centre and are undergoing further significant development as a tertiary referral centre for the North East London and Essex including additional critical care capacity We are also a major Cancer Centre and are actively striving to enhance the range of our services, including the development of a PET CT service In addition our Trust is in an excellent location,closr to central London and well situated in the South East. As well as all the advantages of being close to the city, you will discover that Essex has a beutiful countryside as well as excellent schools,tansport links,emenities and residential area The Trust has an on sit Nursery faclities.
Only the short listed candidates will be notified. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date should we have an overwelming response .
The trust aims to provide a comprehensive 7 day Service to patients and this may affect the working patterns currently being advertised for this post. Any changes made to the working patterns will be made for the benefit of the patient care and notifacations of these changes will be explained to you throughout the recritment process. We are a equal opportunity employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who consider they have disability will be shortlisted for interview if they meet the essential criteria. We also operate strict screening procedures for the posts with vulnerable children and adults.
The successful candidate will join a team of Neurosurgery junior clinical fellows with extensive exposure to various subspecialities in Neurosurgery.
The post holder will participate in ward-based work including completing procedures such as lumbar punctures and working as part of the multi-disciplinary team. We are one of the firsts units in the UK to utilise the Airo intra-operative CT scanner for spinal navigation. We regularly perform minimally invasive decompressions and percutaneous fixations and will be expanding our MISS capabilities with fully endoscopic spinal surgery in early 2024.
There are daily CEPOD, and elective theatre lists as well as weekly subspeciality MDT meetings.
• The post holder will participate in a 1:8 junior clinical fellow on call rota inclusive of nights.
• The post holder will be encouraged to undertake clinical outcome research and pathway development during the duration of the role.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Ayesha Mahmood, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext.8617.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Nov 2025
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