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. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx Job overview A twelve-month post as a Clinical Fellow in Obstetric Anaesthesia is available at Oxford University Hospitals. This post is suitable for UK anaesthetic trainees within the last 2 years of training or immediately after completion of training. We also welcome applications from qualified anaesthetists from other countries who have completed at least 5 years of anaesthetic training and are eligible for registration with the GMC. This post is an opportunity to join our team providing the obstetric anaesthesia service to a busy tertiary referral unit with >7500 deliveries each year. The post holder will be encouraged to participate in the multidisciplinary planning and management of high-risk cases, complete quality improvement work, and be involved in the training and supervision of more junior trainees. Advert The post-holder will be primarily based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, and it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work at any of the Trust’s locations (John Radcliffe, Churchill and Horton Hospitals, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre). The Obstetric Anaesthesia service is a key part of the multidisciplinary team managing high risk cases, and there is close liaison with Consultant Obstetricians and Consultant Obstetric Physicians at weekly maternal medicine MDT meetings. Specialist care for women with significant heart disease is planned at weekly joint obstetric medicine/cardiology MDT meetings. The unit is also a referral centre for the management of cases of placenta accreta spectrum, and Clinical Fellows are expected to be involved in the planning and delivery of care with supervision for these cases. There are many non-clinical activities available, including regular simulation sessions with OxSTaR (Oxford University simulation centre). Clinical Fellows are expected to complete at least one quality improvement activity during the year, and we will endeavour to support and encourage any specific interests. The majority of clinical work will be obstetric anaesthesia with an average of two lists per month in other specialties. There are timetabled Fellowship days for non-clinical activity. The resident out of hours commitment is 1:8 with prospective cover. 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 Hospital s 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 The specific aims and objectives will be set by the Clinical Fellow in conjunction with their supervisors. The fellowship will allow development of advanced skills in obstetric anaesthesia including both planning and delivering anaesthesia to the most complex cases occurring in this specialist centre. There will be opportunities to work with distant, local and direct supervision. On starting the post, the post-holder will work under the direct supervision of senior staff until they have successfully completed appropriate induction to the site of work. Every three months during the post (or more frequently if required) training will be reviewed by the nominated Clinical Supervisor. The post-holder is expected to keep accurate contemporaneous records of clinical activities or events, including pre-operative assessment, pre- and postoperative care, pain relief, and critical incidents, using the trust approved documentation. The post-holder is expected to keep a record of their training including a log book of cases and a record of other activity. Please see job description for further details. 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. No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails. Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached below, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. 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.