Craniofacial Fellow

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Craniofacial Fellow (Registrar) to join the Plastic Surgery/OMFS team at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The post is full-time, fixed-term for 12 months, with a 40-hour week and GMC registration required.

The role focuses on managing complex craniofacial cases and coordinating multidisciplinary care. The post includes ward rounds, theatre lists, MDT craniofacial clinics, and training of junior doctors within a large teaching

Qualifications

• General training in Plastic Surgery/OMFS to ST3 level or equivalent.
• Exposure to craniofacial surgery.
• Ability to make independent decisions, supported by consultant staff.

Responsibilities

• Gain competency in managing patients with complex craniofacial anomalies.
• Present craniofacial patients on ward rounds and coordinate care between multidisciplinary teams.
• Prepare and present cases for radiology MDT; ensure records are up-to-date for inpatients.

Skills

General surgical training

Exposure to craniofacial surgery

3 years surgical training

Independent decision making

Education

Primary medical degree

Full GMC licence to practise

MRCS or equivalent

Job description

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)

Main area Craniofacial Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04) Contract 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 321-NOTSScAN-8026383-MT04

Site John Radcliffe Town Oxford Salary £67,325 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/09/2026 23:59

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.

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.

Craniofacial Fellow
Grade: Registrar
Specialty: Plastic Surgery
Supervising Consultant : Mr D Johnson, Mr G Thomas, Miss R Ching & Mr J Jones
Base Hospital : John Radcliffe Hospital
GMC requirement : Full registration and licence to practise
Fixed term for 12 months

Main duties of the job

Aims and responsibilities:

To gain competency in managing patients with complex craniofacial anomalies. The craniofacial fellow will present craniofacial patients on the ward round and have an up-to-date working knowledge of the condition of all patients. The fellow will prepare and present cases for the radiology multidisciplinary. It is the fellow’s responsibility to ensure that all patients are prepared and clinical investigations obtained in preparation for theatre. They will ensure that all medical records are kept up to-date for inpatients. The fellow will coordinate care between the various multidisciplinary team members. The fellow will complete all craniofacial discharge summaries.

Clinical:

Involvement in the daily management of all craniofacial patients and attendance at outpatient clinics and multi-disciplinary team meetings. The fellow will coordinate and contribute to the training of junior doctors within the craniofacial team. Attendance at all operating lists with training to develop surgical competency in craniofacial surgery.

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 .

In 2023 NHS 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Proposed weekly timetable:

Monday AM: ward round - PM: Theatre
Tuesday AM: ward round, MDT Craniofacial clinic - PM: MDT clinic twice monthly
Wednesday AM: ward round, MDT Radiology meeting - PM: Outpatient clinic (craniofacial / facial palsy)
Thursday AM:Ward round, Theatre - PM: Theatre
Friday AM: ward round, craniofacial clinic / monthly CMFOS clinic - PM: research

Person specification

Experience

• General training in Plastic Surgery/OMFS to ST3 level or equivalent. Exposure to craniofacial surgery.
• 3 years surgical training
• Ability to make independent decisions, supported by consultant staff

Qualifications

• Full GMC with licence to practice
• Primary medical degree
• MRCS or equivalent

Behavioural Skills

• Professional conduct

Personal Skills

• Good personal and interpersonal skills
• Sufficient leadership, organisational communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of clinical fellow in a large teaching hospital

Technical Skills

• Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package

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.

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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Band 5 NurseandBand 2 Healthcare Support Workerrecruitment iscentralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered fora number of rolesacross the Trust. If you have any questions please email:[e-mail] .

Vacancies with our PFI partners

Domestic / catering / porteringservices at theJohn Radcliffe Hospitalare provided byMitie.

Domestic / catering / portering / maintenance engineerservices at theChurchill HospitalandNuffield Orthopaedic Centreare provided byG4S.

Maintenance engineer services at the John Radcliffe Hospital are provided by Equans.

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