Job Overview
Applications are welcome for a Consultant Surgeon in spinal surgery, with
experience and interest in both adult and paediatric complex deformity
spinal surgery.
The Wessex spinal adult service sits as a separate business unit within the
division of Trauma and Specialist services and is affiliated with the Wessex
Neurological Centre. It has its own ward facilities, OP clinics, advanced
nurse practitioner team & Service manager. Junior doctor support comes
from both the Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery departments. The service runs
its own MDT and business meetings. The on call commitment is 1:8. This
post joins a team of 10 surgeons.
The paediatric spinal service is part of Southampton Children's Hospital, and
sits within the Paediatric Orthopaedic department. The Children's Hospital is
on the Southampton General Hospital site, with dedicated paediatric
inpatient and outpatient facilities. This post joins a team of two surgeons