Clinical Fellow in Perioperative Medicine

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Banbury; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a perioperative physician to enhance surgical care quality and safety. This role involves collaborating with surgeons and anaesthetists, providing post-operative care, and coordinating complex patient discharges. The ideal candidate will have experience in a surgical setting and strong teaching skills. A competitive salary of £65,048 to £73,992 is offered with additional out-of-hour enhancements.

Qualifications

• Experience in perioperative medicine and surgical environments.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong teaching skills for surgical junior doctors.

Responsibilities

• Provide acute medical and post-operative care.
• Coordinate discharge planning for complex patients.
• Contribute to quality improvement and service development projects.

Job description

The John Radcliffe is a one of five Major Trauma Centres in the South of England, accepting patients with severe injuries from Oxfordshire and all neighbouring counties, serving a population of over 3-million. The trauma unit also provides care to over 500 hip fractures a year., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching and acute trusts, and is a world renowned centre of clinical excellence. Many surgical services are multisite, with the bulk of the emergency work being undertaken at the John Radcliffe Hospital, and with predominantly elective surgical services at the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre; a small-moderate volume of work is undertaken at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

The perioperative physicians have become an essential part of the surgical department working collaboratively with the surgeons, anaesthetists and the multidisciplinary team. We provide acute medical and post-operative care, optimise patients for surgery and co-ordinate discharge planning for complex patients. We also provide teaching on perioperative medicine for surgical junior doctors, attend all surgical governance meetings including morbidity and mortality meetings and contribute to high-risk decision making.

This year our team including our perioperative medicine fellows have run a number of quality improvement and service development projects in surgery around themes including patient blood management, post-operative cognitive dysfunction and delirium, consent and antiocoagulation management. This approach has shown a positive impact with respect to improvement of quality, patient safety and a reduction in length of stay and morbidity.

£65,048 to £73,992 a year Per Annum + Out of Hour Enhancements