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Specialist experience in paediatric neurosurgery for fully trained 
neurosurgeons aspiring to be paediatric neurosurgeons.

This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex paediatric and craniofacial neurosurgery.

The team has extensive experience and carries out a broad 
range of craniofacial and paediatric neurosurgery cases.

The post also offers excellent opportunities of learning by attending the sub-specialty MDTs and clinics.

Research opportunities are also available including craniofacial, trauma and craniocervical junction abnormalities. 

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Clinical:
The paediatric neurosurgical workload offers opportunities of two paediatric and two craniofacial theatre lists per week.

In addition to general paeidatric  neurosurgery clinics there are also clinics for craniofacial, spina bifida, paediatric spine and trauma.

Weekly MDTs include craniofacial, neurooncology, spine and neuroradiology.

The post holder will also be expected to provide general neurosurgery on-call cover as part of the neurosurgery registrar rota.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is one of the largest teaching trusts in the country, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.

The Trust, which is based on three sites in Oxford and one in Banbury, provides general hospital services for the local population in Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties, and more specialist services on a regional and national basis. It employs about 11,000 staff.

The Trust works in close co-operation with the University of Oxford, and is a leading centre for research programmes in cancer, neurosciences, diabetes, genetics and many other fields. The Trust, jointly with the University of Oxford, has Biomedical Research Centre status, by the Department of Health, making it one of the five preeminent centres in the country for translational medical research. It has also been awarded with the Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) status.

Specialty

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

Modern theatres, dedicated adult and paediatric neuroscience and specialist surgery wards, neuro and paediatric ITU facilities, enable the department to look after both paediatric and adult patients with all types of neurosurgical problems.

Paediatric neurosurgery in Oxford covers craniofacial, tumour, trauma, vascular hydrocephalus, craniocervical junction abnormalities, spasticity, spine and VNS.