Overview
Applications are invited for the substantive consultant post in the Department of Neurosurgery based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford. The successful applicant will join a team of currently 13 substantive Adult and 4 Paediatric Neurosurgery Consultants. The focus of the post will be the management of Emergency and Elective Neurosurgical patients in Functional Neurosurgery. Appropriate administrative support will be provided for this post.
Responsibilities
The postholder’s duties will be to provide inpatient and outpatient care for neurosurgical patients both emergency and elective, and subspecialty functional neurosurgery patients. Close working relationships with other members of the neurosciences team will be necessary. In functional neurosurgery this includes all members of the functional neurosurgery MDTs – movement disorders neurologists, pain physicians, psychologists, and Specialist Advanced Nurse Practitioners. The postholder will take part in a 1:12 non-resident on call rota with prospective cover, and when on call will be required to be within ten miles by road from the John Radcliffe Hospital. The post-holder will have equal access to clinics, theatres, junior doctor and administrative support and office space.
Qualifications
* Full registration and licence to practice with the GMC.
* On the GMC Specialist Register via Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CESR (CP) with proposed CCT/CESR date within 6 months of interview, or CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration.
* Subspeciality fellowship level training in Functional Neurosurgery.
* Involvement in training Specialist Registrars and Functional Neurosurgical Fellows.
Closing Date
This advert closes on Friday 7 Nov 2025.
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