Oncological Fellow in Neurosurgery | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	30 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£73,992 Per Annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	01 March 2026
Location:	Oxford, OX3 9DU
Company:	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7645177/321-NOTS-MS-7645177

Summary

TITLE OF POST: Post CCT Fellow in Oncological Neurosurgery (RCS recognised)


GRADE: Senior Clinical Fellow


SPECIALTY: Oncological Neurosurgery


REASON FOR VACANCY: Vacancy to fill


SUPERVISING CONSULTANTS: Mr Stacey/Prof Plaha/Mr Apostolopoulos


FULL-TIME/PART-TIME: Full time


BASE HOSPITAL: West Wing, John Radcliffe


WORK PATTERN: To be agreed with supervising
consultants


AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 48 hours. Two Tier ROTA, on second tier


QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: FRCS (SN) and CCT in Neurosurgery


GMC REQUIREMENT: Full registration


This is not an approved training post.

Start date for this post is August 2026.



To provide further sub-specialisation experience in Oncological Neurosurgery for fully trained neurosurgeons aspiring to be oncological neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex oncological neurosurgery. The team has extensive experience and carries out a high number of awake craniotomies and also endoscopic procedures for gliomas and intraventricular tumours. The post also offers excellent opportunities of learning by attending the neuro-oncology MDT and Neuro Oncology clinics. The service is very research focused and running multicentre national trials and therefore research opportunities are plenty in intraoperative surgical technology, advanced brain imaging techniques for intraparenchymal tumours.

To provide 16 - 32hrs of general neurosurgery on-call cover per week.
The oncological neurosurgical work offers opportunities of up to 3 theatre lists a week, an MDT.

Two Tier ROTA, on second tier.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.



To provide further sub-specialisation experience in Oncological Neurosurgery for fully trained neurosurgeons aspiring to be oncological neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex oncological neurosurgery. The team has extensive experience and carries out a high number of awake craniotomies and also endoscopic procedures for gliomas and intraventricular tumours. The post also offers excellent opportunities of learning by attending the neuro-oncology MDT and Neuro Oncology clinics. The service is very research focused and running multicentre national trials and therefore research opportunities are plenty in intraoperative surgical technology, advanced brain imaging techniques for intraparenchymal tumours.

To provide 16 - 32hrs of general neurosurgery on-call cover per week.
The oncological neurosurgical work offers opportunities of up to 3 theatre lists a week, an MDT.


Two Tier ROTA, on second tier.

The post-holder must hold full registration with the General Medical Council.

Specialty

Initiated by Sir Hugh Cairns in 1938, the Oxford Regional Neurosurgery Unit has developed to offer a fully comprehensive service.

Modern theatres, two dedicated wards, ITU facilities and Paediatric beds enable the department to look after both Paediatric and adult patient with all types of neurosurgical problem.

In addition to intracranial vascular and tumour surgery, there is expertise in the fields of functional surgery, epilepsy, pituitary surgery and skull base surgery. There is a great interest in all types of spinal disorders, including those of rheumatoid disease of the neck, and spinal tumours.


This advert closes on Thursday 12 Feb 2026

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