Speciality Register in Transplant Surgery

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned healthcare establishment in Oxford seeks a qualified professional to engage in transplant services, teaching, and clinical governance. Responsibilities include providing clinical care, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring high standards in patient care. Applicants must have full GMC registration and a postgraduate qualification. Opportunity for professional development is available.

Qualifications

• Must possess full GMC registration and a licence to practice.
• Postgraduate qualification required.
• Evidence of team leadership skills as ST3.
• Strong organisational skills for the ST3 role.
• Good personal and interpersonal skills essential.
• Experience in routine clinical audit is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care to patients in various settings.
• Teach and mentor junior doctors and clinical students.
• Engage in clinical governance activities.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge in the relevant area.

Skills

Clinical care provision

Teaching and mentoring

Leadership skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical audit experience

Education

Postgraduate qualification

Full GMC registration

Tools

Word processing software

Spreadsheet programs

Web browsers

Job description

Overview

The postholder will work primarily at Churchill Hospital, with a requirement to travel to other sites within the Trust for outpatient clinics, transplant on‑calls, operating theatres, inpatient activities and multi‑organ retrievals. Off‑site work may include participation in satellite outpatient and inpatient transplant services and organ retrievals from other donor hospitals as part of the Oxford‑based multi‑organ retrieval service.

Responsibilities

Use and develop clinical skills across a wide range of transplant‑related activities. Provide clinical care to patients in outpatients clinics, operating theatres and inpatient wards. Participate actively in the provision of transplant services, ensuring high standards of patient care and compliance with trust policies.

Teach and mentor junior doctors and clinical students. Participate in clinical examinations and contribute to the teaching curriculum, an integral component of daily clinical activity.

Clinical Governance

Engage in clinical governance activities including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement and meeting the requirements of external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge in the relevant area of practice and demonstrate this to the Trust. Receive professional or study leave at the discretion of the Trust for postgraduate training, CME courses and other development needs. Support consultant revalidation and ensure safe practice throughout the role.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Postgraduate qualification
• Evidence of team leadership skills to undertake effectively the role of an ST3
• Organisational skills to undertake effectively the role of ST3
• Computing skills: ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser
• Good personal and interpersonal skills
• Good written English
• Experience of routine clinical audit

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS
• Management experience
• Flexible approach to problem solving
• Training in general surgery to level of core training or above
• At level of ST3 or above
• Transplant experience
• Research experience
• Publications
• UK professional registration

About the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Horton Hospital. It offers a wide range of clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Our core values are compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence, and we employ values‑based interviewing to identify candidates who share these values.

About the Oxford Transplant Centre

The Centre provides a regional renal transplant service for the six counties surrounding Oxford and supra‑regional pancreas, islet and intestinal transplant services. It performs about 250 deceased and living donor transplants and over 140 organ retrievals per year and is involved in major research programmes within the Oxford Transplant Centre, the NHSBT Transplantation Laboratory and the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences.