ConsultantPaediatricsFixed Term

Locum Paediatric Spinal Consultant

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our internationally acclaimed Spinal Surgery Team at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Locum Paediatric Spinal Consultant. The service is undergoing a significant transformation with an expanding workforce, increased theatre capacity and the acquisition of extensive enabling technologies to serve our patients needs in keeping with our Trust values: Delivering Compassion and Excellence together with Respect, Learning and Improvement. The successful applicant will be working in a team of 12 spinal consultants, including academic, regional, and neurosurgical colleagues. The posts will focus on the provision of surgery for complex spinal patients but also will have an element of adult elective degenerative and emergency spinal surgery for the population of the Thames Valley region. This will involve inpatient and day case surgery, outpatient clinics, and a 1 in 12 on call commitment as part of a 24/7 on call service. Applicants should have subspeciality fellowship level training and Consultant experience would be desirable but not essential.

Locum Paediatric Spinal Consultant

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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The successful applicant will be working in an integrated team of 12 consultants, including academic, regional, and neurosurgical colleagues. The post will focus on the provision of surgery for paediatric deformity but also have a large element in the provision of adult elective and emergency spinal surgery for the population of the Thames Valley region. This will involve inpatient and day case surgery, outpatient clinics, and a 1 in 12 on call commitment as part of a 24/7 on call service. A candidate with a demonstrable interest in research and service quality improvement will be of particular interest to the department.

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. In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Person specification

Essential

FRCS (orthopaedics) or its equivalent
Entry on Specialist Register, or within six months of entry
To have completed appropriate training in spinal surgery
GMC Registration
Broad experience of spinal surgery
Experience with complex Paediatric Spinal surgery with demonstrable special interest and experience in early onset scoliosis
Competence in offering expert clinical opinion on range of spinal problems
Experience of spinal trauma and oncall
Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
Excellent leadership skills
Peer reviewed publications
Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities

Desirable

Higher medical or associated degree
Further training in microsurgical techniques
2 year Spinal Fellowship
Early onset scoliosis experience
Consultant level experience of more than 5 years
Education Qualification