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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
Consultant in Orthopaedic Trauma
Accepting applications until: 17-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 17-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Trauma at Oxford University Hospitals John Radcliffe & Horton General Hospital
- Address
- Headley Way
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX3 9DU
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: 10 PA's
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (On-call)
Salary
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Main area
- Trauma Orthopaedic Consultant
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
A Consultant post in Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery is available now at the John Radcliffe and Horton General Hospitals.
The appointment is on a full-time basis but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Sarah Lancaster , Clinical Lead for John Radcliffe Orthopaedic Trauma, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The John Radcliffe Hospital (Tel: Oxford (01865) 221177); Dr Angela Kannan, Clinical Lead for Horton General Hospital Orthopaedic Trauma (Tel: 0300 304 7777), or Professor Andrew Price, Clinical Director for Trauma & Orthopaedic on (01865) 738079.
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
Advert
We require a Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant specialising in non-ambulatory fragility fracture surgery, in particular hip fracture surgery. The appointee will work as part of a team of dedicated orthopaedic trauma surgeons in a Major Trauma Centre serving a catchment population of 3 million and with a substantial tertiary workload, and in a district general hospital which is consistently ranked among the top hospitals for hip fracture surgery nationwide.
It is anticipated that this appointment will provide specialist orthopaedic trauma surgical care for our patients suffering with major and multiple injuries, and the full range of surgical care for proximal femoral fragility fractures including hemi and total hip arthroplasty. This is integral to this appointment and applicants will need to demonstrate fellowship level training in complex Orthopaedic trauma surgery. We are looking for an applicant who is a team player and has relevant experience in both the management of complex trauma surgery and hip fracture surgery.
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
Clinical
The John Radcliffe Trauma Service provides a consultant based care for the local population of Oxfordshire and Thames Valley Major Trauma Network. The new appointee will form part of a team, managing patients with musculo-skeletal trauma. The appointee will have individual consultant responsibilities, but these will be performed within a team environment, which provides excellent opportunities for further personal and professional development and the new post holder will be treated equitably in this regard with respect to his/her consultant colleagues. The post would be suitable for a fully trained orthopaedic surgeon, with relevant experience from the UK or abroad, who wishes to practice and develop their skills in the management of musculo-skeletal trauma.
It is anticipated that this appointment will act as a liaison point between the orthopaedic trauma services at the John Radcliffe Hospital, at the Horton General Hospital, and the elective hip service. We are looking for an applicant who is a team player and has relevant experience in both the management of complex trauma surgery and hip fracture surgery.
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
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- FRCS (Tr+Orth) or equivalent overseas qualification
- CCST in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery; OR Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
- Full GMC registration and licence to practice
Desirable criteria
- ATLS Provider (Current)
- Definitive Surgical Skills Course or Damage control Orthopaedics Course.
Experience
Essential criteria
- General training in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
- 6 months Fellowship level training in Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery
- Experience in total hip arthroplasty for hip fracture patients
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of consultant responsibilities in a major trauma unit.
- 6 months Fellowship level training in Elective Hip Arthroplasty Surgery
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
- Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
- Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda.
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Computing skills, ability to use word processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser.
- Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant in a large teaching hospital
- Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training of undergraduates and trainees.
- Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
- Evidence of Audit / Quality improvement activity in orthopaedic trauma surgery / fragility fracture surgery
- Evidence of participation in recruitment for randomised clinical trials
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership outside of the NHS
- Management qualification.
- Management qualification.
- Evidence of recent 360 degree appraisal
- Evidence of teacher training
- Peer reviewed publications
- Peer reviewed publications
Other Requirements
Desirable criteria
- Transport: Driving licence
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ms Sarah Lancaster
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Trauma JR
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865220241
- Additional information
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Sarah Lancaster, Clinical Lead for Trauma, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The John Radcliffe Hospital (Tel: Oxford (01865) 221177); or Professor Andrew Price, Clinical Director for Trauma & Orthopaedics on (01865) 738079.
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