Consultant in Clinical Genetics (Mitochondrial)

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a Consultant with a special interest in mitochondrial diseases. The role includes liaising for the national service, delivering MDT and virtual clinics, and providing in-patient reviews.

Teaching and academic activity are encouraged within this large teaching trust. The post offers opportunities to participate in teaching, training, and clinical governance while working across Trust locations.

Qualifications

• MRCP(UK) or equivalent and GMC Specialist Registration are essential.
• GMC registration is essential for practice and entry on Specialist Register.
• Desirable: Higher research degrees (MD/PhD) or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide liaison for the national Highly Specialised Service in Mitochondrial Diseases and lead MDT clinics.
• Deliver multi-disciplinary reviews, in-patient care, and contribute to teaching and academic activities.
• Participate in clinical governance, quality improvement, and audit activities.
• Support junior colleagues and staff, and pursue opportunities for research within neuromuscular/genetics fields.

Skills

Leadership

Teaching

Communication

Team leadership

Clinical governance

Research interest

Education

MRCP(UK) or equivalent

GMC Specialist Register

GMC registration

MD/PhD (Desirable)

Job description

Applications are invited for a Consultant with a special interest in mitochondrial diseases, to join the NHS Highly Specialised Service for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT). The vacancy has arisen due to the expanding clinical service and the need for further specialist adult support for this national service.

Oxford is a large tertiary neurosciences centre, with a busy Clinical Genetics department, and offers a wide range of clinical and academic interests. Oxford is renowned for its expertise in neuromuscular diseases and is a member of the European Reference Network for such conditions. We are looking for an enthusiastic clinical consultant colleague to join a well-established group of colleagues from paediatrics, clinical genetics, adult neurology and other disciplines.

The post will include providing liaison for the nationally commissioned Highly Specialised Service in Mitochondrial Diseases, and it will deliver a twice monthly face-to-face multi-disciplinary team (MDT) clinic, monthly virtual clinic, and twice monthly MDT as well as in-patient reviews as required. While this is a clinical post, there are ample opportunities to participate and develop interests in teaching and academic work in this large University Hospitals Trust.

Main duties of the job

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:

The post-holder's duties will be primarily at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations.

Clinical:
It is preferable that the post-holder will have sub-specialist expertise in neurology or neuromuscular medicine, as shown by previous experience in doing specialist clinics and working within a subspecialty multidisciplinary team. The post holder will also have knowledge of the management of mitochondrial disorders.
The Consultant will provide holistic support to patients with mitochondrial disease and work within a multi-disciplinary team. The post-holder will be expected to support more junior members of the team and other allied health professionals.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holders duties will be primarily at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations.

Clinical:
It is preferable that the post-holder will have sub-specialist expertise in neurology or neuromuscular medicine, as shown by previous experience in doing specialist clinics and working within a subspecialty multidisciplinary team. The post holder will also have knowledge of the management of mitochondrial disorders.
The Consultant will provide holistic support to patients with mitochondrial disease and work within a multi-disciplinary team. The post-holder will be expected to support more junior members of the team and other allied health professionals.

Teaching/Research:
OUHFT is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior medics and nurses, and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. Research experience in neuromuscular diseases and/or genetic disorders will be welcome and be supporting evidence of a sub-specialist interest in this field. While this is a clinical post, contribution to academic work will be encouraged.

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.

Personal and Professional Development:
The post-holder will be required to keep him-/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice, and will have to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs. The Trust is committed to supporting the appointee for the continued process of revalidation.

Management:
The post-holder will share the role of service clinical lead with Dr Victoria Nesbitt. The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the clinical duties associated with the care of their patients, and the running of their clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and other medical consultants. Administrative support and facilities for the post holder is provided in the form of office space, and the band 4 and band 3 secretarial support the department receives.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• MRCP(UK) or equivalent
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register in Clinical Genetics via one of the following a) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) -the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CSER)
• GMC registration

Desirable

• Higher medical degree (MD or PhD) or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Training in Clinical Genetics to specialist level or equivalent
• High level of competence in management of complex genetic cases
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems

Desirable

• Development of a specialist interest within clinical genetics
• Experience of providing genetics service at consultant level

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant
• Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Interest in research

Desirable

• Management qualification
• Education qualification
• Peer reviewed publications