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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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
CESR Development Post with Rotations in Trauma and Orthopaedic
Closed for applications on: 1-Oct-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 1-Oct-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Horton
- Address
- Oxford Road
- Town
- Banbury
- Postcode
- OX16 9AL
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 years (Rotational placements with on-call commitments)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Rotational placements with on-call commitments)
Salary
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor)
Specialty
- Main area
- Trauma & Orthopaedic
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 University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate
Contract: 3 year fixed term post
To commence: ASAP
Specialty Doctor – Certificate of Eligibility of Specialist Registration (CESR) Development Post with Rotations in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Applications are invited for the post of Specialty Doctor with rotations for achieving Certificate of Eligibitity of Specialist Registration (CESR) in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
One Specialty Doctor post is available as a full-time appointment to start as soon as possible as a fixed term post for 3 years.
We will support individuals in the training required, to achieve Specialist Registration via the Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) route, through a local CESR rotational programme.
We are looking for candidates who aspire to complete a full training rotation within the Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The posts will deliver parallel training with that provided by Health Education England. The Trust would provide, over the course of the training period, experience in all subspecialties of orthopaedic and trauma care together with the support required to successfully complete all aspects of the CESR process. Post holders preparing for FRCS (Tr & Orth) will have access to the NTN teaching programme based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and John Radcliffe Hospital.
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The establishment of this rotational training programme is ten speciality grade doctors. At any one time six of the speciality doctors will be based at the Horton General Hospital, whilst four speciality doctors will be on our bespoke CESR rotation (at present split between Birmingham Children’s Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre sites).
The duties will involve specialty doctor on-call for admissions including ward cover, day to day care of in-patients, clinics and theatre sessions.
On-call duties will be based at the Horton General with the exception of those based at the John Radcliffe Hospital. At the Horton this involves resident first on-call and a shift system of 1:9 with prospective cover. 1:6 within week on-call, 1:9 weekend on-call. The John Radcliffe works a 1:8 full shift system as the Major Trauma Centre for the Thames Valley Region.
Both Elective and Trauma supervised operating will be available and training in this is expected.
Over the training period, the trainee will be expected to fulfil the requirements of the JCST standards for specialty training.
If once these requirements have been obtained and FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) has been passed, the Trust will help with progress through the CESR process in order to allow application for Consultant posts.
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.
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
The appointment will be subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service – NHS Medical and Dental Staff for the Speciality Doctor contract agreed with the Trust.
The person appointed to the post will be required to maintain his/her private residence in contact with the public telephone service, and to reside within 30 minutes/ten miles by road from the Horton General Hospital unless specific written approval for a greater distance is given by the Medical Director of the Trust.
The job description and the weekly timetable will form an initial job plan as outlined by NHS Medical and Dental Staff for the Speciality Doctor contract agreed with the Trust.This will be subject to an annual review by the Clinical Director or their nominee. The post is offered on a full-time basis.
Annual leave entitlement is as per national Terms and Conditions of Service. Arrangement to take annual leave must be made with clinical colleagues. The Clinical Lead/T&O Staffing Manager and the local rota co-ordinator should be notified accordingly.
The successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The successful applicants will need to provide details of referees who are able to provide a reference, covering a 3 year period.
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
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months
- Valid Advanced Trauma Life Support Certifiicate
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Minimum 4 years of postgraduate training of which 2 of those in the specialty of Trauma & Orthopaedic
Desirable criteria
- MRCS or equivalent
- Higher Research Degree
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good history and examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
Desirable criteria
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential criteria
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students and Foundation Doctors
Desirable criteria
- Teaching diploma/degree
Clnical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of audit projects
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team.
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Alignment with the Trust's Core and Professional Behaviours
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership skills
- IT Literate
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Anand
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 7777
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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