Locum Consultant in Paediatric Surgery - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Oxford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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LOCUMCONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

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LOCUM CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
A whole-time post as consultant in paediatric surgery is available now at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a locum consultant post for 6 months.

The appointment is on a whole-time basis.

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.

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PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:

The post-holder's duties will be primarily at the Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations and in outreach clinics within the region.

Clinical

The post-holder will contribute to the provision of tertiary level paediatric surgical care and in the acute general and neonatal surgery as part of the acute rota (1:6).

The post-holder will work closely with other members of the paediatric surgical team, including clinical nurse specialists, in the delivery of high-level care for children and families from the region and beyond.

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations.

It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

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.

TOTAL PAs

10.00

Programmed activity

Number

Direct clinical care (including unpredictable on-call)

9.0

Supporting professional activities

1.0

Other NHS responsibilitiesExternal dutiesTOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES

All newly appointed consultants will be allocated a mentor to support their development within the Trust.

Anticipated on-call availability supplement

1 in 6

Agreed on-call rota e

g 1 in 5:
A

Agreed category (delete):
5%

On-call supplement %:

This is an indicative job plan the actual initial job plan worked will be negotiated with the Clinical Director upon appointment.

Annual and study leave arrangements must be co-ordinated within the specialty to ensure there is an acceptable level of consultant cover.