Job summary
- Main area
- Spinal
- Grade
- ST3 – ST8
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (The fellowship post will commence on August 25 for 12 months full time)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-SUR-25-7181781
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Childrens hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £61,825 - £70,425 (Nodal point 4: ST3-5 - Nodal Point 5: ST6-8)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Spinal Clinical Fellow
ST3 – ST8
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
Job overview
The fellowship post will commence on August 25 for 12 months full time. Clinical fellows must have completed orthopaedic or neurosurgical residency. The successful applicant would be expected to provide cover at a senior trainee level. The fellow is allocated a specific job plan which combines both outpatient and theatre activity.
Experience is likely to involve a wide variety of complex spinal reconstruction. In the paediatric sector all aspects of spinal deformity including scoliosis and kyphosis is covered. Alder Hey is one of the leading centres in UK for scoliosis surgery including Idiopathic, syndromic, complex neuromuscular and congenital scoliosis. Additional experience can be gained through links with Neurosurgery, general surgery vascular surgery and ENT with a focus on broadening the trainees experience in access and exposure.
Research time is provided within the week and the successful candidate would be expected to produce work for presentation and publication during the tenure.
The post attracts standard national tariff salary with no spinal on-call commitment.
Main duties of the job
The fellowship provides intensive experience and training for those trainees who have obtained CCST in orthopaedic surgery. The Fellowship can be adapted to the requirements of a successful applicant. Our Alumni have gone on to successful consultant careers in tertiary paediatric hospitals and maintain links to our department. No on call is required.
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Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post encompasses all aspects of spinal surgery with a focus on all types of spinal deformity. The paediatric spinal department has strong links with the Cerebral palsy service and the neuromuscular department.
Person specification
Full Registration and licence to practice with GMC (or eligibility for)
Essential criteria
- Middle grade experience in orthopaedics
Desirable criteria
- Middle grade experience in orthopaedics
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sudarshan Munigangaiah
- Job title
- Spinal Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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