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Locum Consultant in Trauma (JR) and Orthopaedic Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Main area: Trauma Locum Consultant Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (On call requirements)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (On-Call)
Job ref: 321-NOTS-MS-6694506-S1
Site: John Radcliffe Hospital
Town: Oxford
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/01/2025 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.
A Locum Consultant post in Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery is available now at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The appointment is on a full-time basis but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Main duties of the job
The post holder’s duties will be primarily at The John Radcliffe Hospital but as part of the directorate strategy of bringing together the two trust trauma departments it is likely that the appointee’s job plan will include a proportion of Horton General Hospital activities. It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
To manage own clinical caseload within planned clinical sessions.
To attend clinics as required or delegated by senior colleagues.
Responsible for considering relevant risk assessments or safety guidance in consultations.
To be responsible for reporting any untoward incidents or near misses using relevant reporting systems such as Trust Datix, MHRA or other required reporting systems.
Responsible for referral and liaison with other disciplines to provide optimum patient care. Recognising where alternative interventions may be appropriate.
Person Specification
GMC
* Full GMC registration with a license to practice
Qualifications/Training
* Fellowship level training in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
* Formal training to Consultant level in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
* Formal post-graduate medical education training and qualifications.
* ATLS Provider (Current)
* Definitive Surgical Skills Course or Damage control Orthopaedics Course.
Experience
* Experience of working independently at a Consultant level in the management of Trauma patients or recent completion of specialist fellowship training in Orthopaedic Trauma
* 6-12 months experience as Clinical Fellow or equivalent in a Major Trauma / Level 1 Centre
* Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems including formulating and executing surgical plans for the fixation of complex peri-articular fractures.
Skills and Knowledge
* Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of 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.
* Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda for its modernisation.
* Evidence of significant contribution to Quality Improvement or Service Development projects.
* Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training of undergraduates and trainees.
* Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities.
* Peer-reviewed publications in the field of Trauma.
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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.
Name: Mr Andrew Titchener
Job title: Clinical Lead for Trauma JR
Email address: andrew.titchener@ouh.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01865220241
If you have problems applying, contact:
Address: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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