Senior Spinal Trust Fellow

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 March 2026

Exeter’s excellence in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery has a worldwide reputation for excellence. The Norman Capener Spinal Surgery Fellowship is dedicated to the advancements of the theory and practice of all aspects of spinal surgery and is based at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter. The Fellows will form part of the PEOCs Spinal team and will be working with Mr Henry Budd, Mr Shahid Khan, Mr Oliver Stokes, Mr Ramesh Nadajarah, Mr Aditya Dahapute and Mr Mihir Chawda, Consultant Spinal Surgeons.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state‑of‑the‑art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world‑class care to our local communities.

It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you’ll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

The Exeter Spinal Unit covers a wide catchment area across Devon and Cornwall providing routine, emergency and complex spinal reconstruction surgery while also acting as a tertiary referral centre outside this region. We have also now embarked upon closer partnership with the University Hospital Plymouth neurosurgical spine centre at Derriford Hospital conducting a complex MDT with them and from 2024 will also be operating at that centre with opportunities for the Fellow to join.

In addition our new day‑case spinal service at the South West (SWAOC) will provide training in microsurgery.

A full range of spinal disorders ranging from degenerative pathologies through to tumour resection and reconstruction surgery in all regions of the spine (cervical, thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbar) are treated.

The Peninsula Spinal Fellow will be instructed on the basic principles of evaluation and treatment of the spinal patients. They will gain experience in the exposure of the entire spine including posterior and importantly the anterior and lateral approaches to the spine.

The Fellow will also gain experience in the use of the operating microscope and various neural decompression techniques including microsurgery and minimally invasive techniques.

The Fellow will also gain experience in anterior and posterior reconstruction techniques with a full range of spinal instrumentation methods undertaken in the unit and instructed.

Working Pattern: Full time

Interview Date: 17 April 2026

For further information please contact: Mr Henry Budd, Consultant Spinal Surgeon:
Clinical Lead:
Secretary 01392 403573

This is a fixed‑term contract until 1 January 2028.

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