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About
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.
Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk
Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel
Contact
- Address
- Oxford Univ Hosps NHS Foundation Trust
- OUHC HR Department,
- 3rd Floor Unipart House Business Centre
- Garsington Road
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX4 2PG
- Contact Number
- 01865 741186
Junior Clinical Fellow – Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery
Closed for applications on: 13-Apr-2023 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-Apr-2023 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Address
- Headley Way
- Town
- Headington, Oxford
- Postcode
- OX3 9DU
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (working 1 in 13 on call)
Salary
- Salary
- £40,257 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow ST1)
Specialty
- Main area
- Neurosurgery
- Interview date
- 10/05/2023
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
Oxford Neurosurgery and Oxford Spinal Surgery are delighted to be recruiting our next round of junior clinical fellows. This is a well established program that has been running since 2018.
Applicants must be interested in joining the neurosurgery/spinal team and working at the level of an ST1.
Oxford Neurosurgery is a busy unit providing a comprehensive service including neuro-oncology, skull base, spine, vascular, paediatrics, and functional neurosurgery.
Oxford Spine Surgery covers all aspects of spinal surgery, including trauma, oncology, degenerative, and deformity. The unit runs a busy on-call service at the JR, and some elective work at the JR as well as elective work at the NOC. Our JCFs cover the on-call and elective work at the JR and are exposed to the full range of orthopaedic spine.
This combined role will give any applicant the full range of skills needed to be an excellent neurosurgery or orthopaedic trainee and applicants in the past have been sussufful both at neurosurgery and core surgery selection.
Both roles give you access to our educational curriculum including three anatomy away days, consultant led monthly teaching, and our comprehensive induction course. We will again be running our Getting Into Neurosurgery (GIN) course, which could be invaluable in helping
applicants successfully acquire an ST1 national training number.
Interested candidates can find out more at www.oxfordneurosurgery.org
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Duties of post:
a. Aims and responsibilities: This rotation will enable the successful candidates to rotate through different neurosurgical and spinal subspecialties whilst looking after a range of general neurosurgical and spinal disorders. The overall responsibilities for these posts will focus on the day-to-day care of general and paediatric neurosurgical and spinal
inpatients.
b. Clinical duties: Clinical duties will concentrate on the ward care of neurosurgical/spinal inpatients. They will consist of admitting elective and emergency patients, arranging the required pre-operative investigations, and, as part of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality post-operative care until discharge. This will include maintaining relevant
documentation, and interdisciplinary liaison and collaboration. While the focus of these posts is on gaining experience in the ward care of patients, attendance in theatre will be welcome and encouraged for those trainees who express an interest.
c. Facilities for study and training: OUHFT is a large teaching hospital trust and works closely with the University of Oxford. There are excellent library facilities. Regular teaching sessions for junior trainees are offered regularly throughout the year.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Neurosurgery
This department forms part of a large regional neurosciences centre. There are 17 consultants, and 14 trainees. Subspecialties include neuro-oncology, neuromodulation, spinal surgery, skull base and pituitary surgery, as well as neurovascular surgery. There is also plenty of exposure to head injuries and emergency neurosurgery. Phlebotomy support is available.
Orthopaedic spinal surgery
The orthopaedic spinal surgery team recently moved to the neurosciences ward. They have a busy service with 8 consultants and cover a range of spinal conditions including acute trauma and oncology. There is close collaboration with neurosurgical spinal surgery. JCFs will provide cover for the orthopaedic spinal surgery firm, including the opportunity to go to
theatres and assist with operations ranging from simple spinal surgery to complex internal
fixation.
Please refer to attached job description for further information.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached below, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice.
- MB BS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ALS/ ATLS training.
- Study towards MRCS.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed pre-registration year (or equivalent outside UK).
- Training and experience in the initial assessment and care of the acutely ill patient.
- At least 1 year of medical experience in the NHS prior to application.
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability and willingness to learn from all sources.
- Knowledge of own limitations.
- Sound basic clinical skills.
- Achievement of Foundation Programme 1 competencies
Behavioural Skills
Essential criteria
- Aligned to the Trust values
- Ability to establish good working relationships with other members of the multidisciplinary team
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to function calmly and effectively under pressure
- Willing to seek help from colleagues when appropriate
- Flexibility, enthusiasm and probity
- Commitment to continuing personal development.
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
Audit / Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles of medical audit.
Desirable criteria
- Previous audit projects completed.
- Involvement in research projects
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samir Matloob
- Job title
- Consultant Neurosurgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 7777
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