Locum Consultant in Paediatric Spinal

The ELCH Children's Surgery, Theatres and Anaesthesia (CSTA) Directorate is seeking a full-time locum Paediatric Spinal Consultant proficient in the management of children with elective spinal needs. They will work with an experienced and supportive multidisciplinary team within the Evelina to provide optimal surgical care to children who may have complex spinal problems and complex comorbidities. The consultant would be expected to have experience in the management for all aetiologies of paediatric spinal deformities covering congenital, neuromuscular/syndromic, osteochondrodytrophies, mesenchymal disorders, NF, and spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis.

The successful candidate would work with the multidisciplinary teams in the Paediatric setting to develop services within the region. The post holder would be joining a large paediatric spine service of 5 consultants performing 145 to 180 paediatric spinal deformity operations a year.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals. It employs over 17,500 staff with over 1 million patient contacts a year. Evelina London Children's Healthcare (ELCH) provides services for children both in our state of the art hospital, and in our community services within Lambeth and Southwark. We have an annual turnover of £170 million and over 2,000 staff. Last year children's services at GSTT delivered 125,000 outpatient appointments, and 26,000 children were cared for as inpatients in the children's hospital.