Spinal Surgery

Post-Certification Interface Fellowships-2025

Training Interface Group Fellowships Advanced Training Posts up to 49

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Details of the Fellowships

The fellowships are open to applicants that will be post-certification or appear on the GMC and/or Irish Specialist Registers at the start date of the post. These posts are most suited to those applicants within two years of the completion of surgical specialty training.

We are recruiting fellows for posts starting on the 6th of August 2025 for a period of 12 months in training centres throughout the UK. The 12 month posts offer a year of intensive training and are suitable for candidates who have trained in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, who have a demonstrable interest in Spinal Surgery.

Training Locations Available

The training centres that are approved to deliver the advanced training are:

Manchester - Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol - North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospital Bristol and Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham - Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
Cardiff - University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough and Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales
Sheffield - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Sheffield Children's Hospitals
Stoke - University Hospital of North Midlands
Liverpool - Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The application process for new centres is currently open so there is a possibility that new centres may be added to the list. Although approved for training not all centres listed above will be available or will be accepting a fellow for 2024. A confirmed list of locations will be published to candidates shortly before the interview date. Further details of the fellowships, the units and the training available can be viewed on the JCST website.

Recruitment

Applications open on the 18th October 2024 and should be submitted via the on-line portal (Oriel) until the 2nd December 2024. To access Oriel click the 'Apply Now' button at the top of this page.

The interviews will be virtual and will be held on the 4th February 2025.

For full details of the the selection process please view the

The Selection Process

The selection process will be made of two components

Curriculum Vitae and Logbook

As part of the selection process we are asking candidates to provide a validated logbook demonstrating experience relevant to the sub-specialty and a structured CV. The CV should be no longer than 4 single sided pages in length, text a minimum of 12 point font, and include the information listed below.

Candidates will be asked to email both documents to england.sevrecruitment.sw@hee.nhs.uk by no later than 10:00am on the 8th of January 2025.

List of contents
Additional Qualifications	Please list additional qualifications other than FRCS or equivalent, including year of attainment and institution. Give a short summary of the work involved and outcome. Please state if a qualification is in progress or completed.
Prizes	Please listup to 5 prizes you have, when they were awarded and for what reason. Research grant awards can be included.
Courses /conferences	Please list a short summary of relevant specialty specific training course or conferences you have attended in the last 3 years.
Audit	Please list a summary (maximum of 6) of audit experience, highlighting relevance of the audits, your participation in the audit, where the audit was presented including examples of closing the loop audits.
Publications	Please list a short summary and reference of your publications, highlighting relevant specialty papers and your involvement in the publication. Book chapters can be included.
Presentations	Please list a short summary of your poster/oral platform presentations, highlighting relevant presentations only.
Teaching Experience	Please summarise your teaching experience, listing your involvement ie organisation of teaching programs, delivery of teaching, faculty teaching experience, participation in an educational committee, qualification in teaching (not included in additional qualification section). Briefly summarise any feedback for each role
Management &  Leadership	Please list any managerial roles/leadership training including designing and leading any healthcare improvement project (within the last 3 years). Include any formal qualification in management or active participation in NHS committee work
Achievements outside medicine	List your achievements outside medicine
Motivation	Why you are applying for this fellowship programme, and what you hope to gain from it? highlight any previous exposure to inter-specialty working
Commitment to specialty	Describe how you have demonstrated to date your commitment to interdisciplinary working and how this has influenced your application for TIG Fellowship

Scoring Framework

Domain	Guidance	1	2	3	4
Additional Qualifications	Evidence required for completion of post graduate degree	Any post graduate degree in process	Any postgraduate completed (other than PhD or MD)	PhD or MD completed	PhD completed or MD AND relevant to TIG specialty completed
Prizes	Numbers and types of prizes described for each score	Postgraduate Local/regional prize	Postgraduate National / International prize	Multiple prizes (3 or more) and awards including National / International prize Significant research grants
Courses	Relevant to TIG specialty	Regional relevant course	Relevant national course run by Specialty Association or Royal College	2+ relevant national course run by Specialty Association or Royal College
Audit	Scores for TIG specialty audit	Designed and led a relevant audit project/QIP, presented at a local or regional meeting	Designed and led a relevant audit project/QIP, presented at a national meeting	Designed and led a relevant audit project/QIP, closed audit cycle and presented at a regional/national meeting	Designed and led multiple (3 or more) relevant audit project/QIP, closed audit cycle, presented at a national meeting
Publications	“Significant author” required for publications Abstracts do not score	Co-author in peer reviewed publication any subject, book chapters,	First author in peer review publications any subject, book chapter	3 or more peer review publications any subject including some first author in any subject in indexed journal	3 or more peer review publications relevant subject including some first author in indexed journal
Presentations	National/International significant author/ presenter	Co-presenter platform presenter at any conference on relevant topic Poster presentation at national or in international in relevant topic- first author	Primary platform presenter at local/regional conference on relevant topic	Primary platform presenter at national /international conference on relevant topic	3 or more Primary platform presenter at national/ international conference on relevant topic
Teaching		Involved in local/regional teaching including web based teaching	Formal teaching qualification	Faculty on National / international relevant courses Active role on national committee	Designed and led a teaching programme
Management / Leadership / Teamworking	Can use examples from inside or outside medicine which demonstrate leadership, working in teams, prioritisation, organisation	Demonstration of participation in co-ordinating teams	MBA / Additional leadership qualification	Designated management/leadership role outside the health service	Designated management/leadership role in health service
Achievements outside medicine		One of more worthwhile achievements with relevant transferrable skills and qualities	Truly outstanding achievement(s) on a scale beyond the capabilities of most people
Motivation		Sliding scale 0-4 – depending on quality of answer
Commitment to specialty		Sliding scale 0-4 – depending on quality of answer

Virtual Interview

The interview will consist of two individual interview panels and both interviews will be approximately 15 minutes in length. The interview panel will be made of a combination of specialty representatives. Below is the outline of the interview and more specific information will be given to candidates when invited to interview.

Panel 1 (15 minutes - 7.5 mins per competence)

Research
Clinical Scenario

Panel 2 (15 minutes - 7.5 mins per competence)

Leadership/Management
Audit/service improvement