Consultant in Complex Spine Surgery

Job summary
Barts Health NHS Trust
Consultant in Complex Spine Surgery
The Royal London Hospital Substantive
7 PA Post

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Consultant in Complex Spine Surgery to join our expanding multidisciplinary spinal service based at The Royal London Hospital.

This is a substantive post with a particular focus on spinal trauma, including a Spinal Trauma Subspecialty Lead role and dedicated trauma clinics. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of a consultant-led spinal trauma rota within one of the UK's busiest Major Trauma Centres.

Main duties of the job
You will join a large, collaborative team of orthopaedic and neurosurgical spinal consultants delivering high-quality care across adult and paediatric populations. The service provides complex trauma, paediatric deformity, elective spinal surgery, and tertiary referrals across North East London.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive adult and paediatric emergency spinal surgery, including instrumented trauma, MSCC and spinal infections.
• Participate in the 1:9 24/7 Consultant-of-the-Week rota (Category A).
• Lead and develop spinal trauma pathways and governance.
• Deliver elective spinal surgery across Barts Health sites.
• Supervise trainees, fellows and extended scope practitioners.
• Contribute to MDTs, governance, service development and research activity.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details
Date posted
21 September 2026

Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade
Consultant

Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year

per annum pro rata

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Part-time

Reference number
259-MED

Job locations
The Royal London Hospital

Whitechapel Road

London

E1 1BB

United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
You will join a large, collaborative team of orthopaedic and neurosurgical spinal consultants delivering highquality care across adult and paediatric populations. The service provides complex trauma, paediatric deformity, elective spinal surgery, and tertiary referrals across North East London.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive adult and paediatric emergency spinal surgery, including instrumented trauma, MSCC and spinal infections.
• Participate in the 1:9 24/7 Consultant-of-the-Week rota (Category A).
• Lead and develop spinal trauma pathways and governance.
• Deliver elective spinal surgery across Barts Health sites.
• Supervise trainees, fellows and extended scope practitioners.
• Contribute to MDTs, governance, service development and research activity.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview or CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration
• Full GMC Registration

Desirable

• Doctorate or Masters level research degree or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Experience in Major Trauma Centre on call for spines
• Complex Spine Fellowship training.
• Service development

Desirable

• Experience of working as Complex Spine Consultant

Knowledge
Essential

• Clinical expertise in complex instrumented spines
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of elective and emergency problems
• Full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Instrumented trauma service for adult spines

Desirable

• ATLS
• Experience in teaching clinical skills to undergraduates

Skills
Essential

• Spine Navigation
• Spine Robotics
• Teamwork, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Presentation and teaching skills for undergraduates and postgraduates

Desirable

• Active involvement in developing departmental research infrastructure
• Ability to organise academic meetings within the area of interest.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education
• Evidence of leading quality improvement and service development projects

Other
Essential

• Experience of research and presentations to relevant surgical societies
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• Ability to work under pressure and take decisions

Desirable

• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• Take on additional professional responsibilities at regional/national levels

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust

Address
The Royal London Hospital

Whitechapel Road

London

E1 1BB

United Kingdom

Employer's website
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Director for Neurosciences

Ms Grainne McKenna

[email protected]

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.