Substantive - Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant OUTLINE JOB PLAN WEEKLY PROVISIONAL PROGRAMMED [...]

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Oxford is seeking a consultant to manage a paediatric orthopaedic service. You will be integral to a multidisciplinary team, offering high-quality care and developing local training initiatives. Essential qualifications include a GMC licence and FRCS (T&O) or equivalent. This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your clinical leadership and contribute to the development of regional services.

Qualifications

• Trained to level 3 safeguarding.
• Experience as a paediatric orthopaedic consultant.
• Good written English and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high quality secondary and tertiary paediatric orthopaedic service.
• Support the multidisciplinary team.
• Develop further paediatric training in orthopaedics.

Skills

Decision-making at consultant level

Leadership skills

Effective communication

Time management

Education

Full GMC licence to practice

MBChB or equivalent

FRCS (T&O) or equivalent

Job description

Overview

This is the first advert for this substantive post. We are an established team of 4 consultants, specialist nurses and physiotherapists, a senior clinical fellow and Deanery resident doctors, and a renowned Gait Laboratory. The service provides an elective Paediatric Orthopaedic service to the Oxford region, working closely with a multidisciplinary team, and developing the service further to support colleagues in regional hospitals across Thames Valley. We are looking for a colleague who can help us towards building this service further. The post holder's duties will be based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Children's Hospital Oxford. It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of OUH Trust's locations and will have some regular clinical activity based at Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust (i.e. Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe Hospitals). This post is to join an enthusiastic and thriving clinical service, and to further develop its regional clinical network. The position is available on a 10 PA job plan basis with 1:4 on-call commitment, (with no trauma).

Responsibilities

• Provide a high quality secondary and tertiary paediatric orthopaedic service to the children and adolescents of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley, and neighbouring counties.
• Support the multidisciplinary team and participate in multidisciplinary meetings.
• Support and continue to develop clinical collaboration with other paediatric services in Oxford and Buckinghamshire, especially where this may impact on paediatric orthopaedic provision.
• Develop further paediatric training in orthopaedics with support of locally and nationally appointed trainees and provide orthopaedic teaching for other undergraduate and postgraduate trainees.

About the Organisation

Working for our organisation: Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Trauma, Specialist Surgery, Children and Neonates (NOTSSCaN) SERVICES, OXFORD. The NOTSSCaN Division is responsible for the day-to-day management and delivery of services within their areas in line with Trust strategies, policies and procedures and contains several Clinical Directorates, each of which contain clinical service units covering specific areas of services. The Directorate host services on three hospital sites; The John Radcliffe Hospital, The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Horton General Hospital, Banbury. The Division aims to be a leader across the United Kingdom as a provider of a range of standard and specialised services, with patient-centred care pathways based on the best available evidence. The Division seeks to be the hospital of choice in the UK for patients, GPs and commissioners, supported by an academic centre with international reputation for advances in medical care, biomedical research and clinical training, while achieving financial sustainability and long-term growth.

Qualifications

Essential qualifications

• Full GMC licence to practice
• MBChB or equivalent
• FRCS (T&O) or equivalent
• Trained to level 3 safeguarding

Desirable qualifications

• Higher medical degree
• CCT or equivalent in orthopaedic surgery, comprehensive training in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and fellowship experience as a paediatric orthopaedic fellow in a major unit
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
• Experience as a paediatric orthopaedic consultant; good leadership skills; ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
• Effective administrative and time management skills; training in clinical management
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Good 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
• Participation in clinical research; GCP training or equivalent
• Ability to travel between hospitals
• Experience of developing new services and leading the provision of these
• Management qualification
• Education qualification
• Presentations at national and international meetings; peer reviewed publications

Other

• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.