Job overview
OXFORDUNIVERSITYHOSPITALS NHS TRUST
CONSULTANTINPAEDIATRICORTHOPAEDICSURGERY
Applicationsareinvited for the above post for the Department of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery atthe NuffieldOrthopaedicCentre and the Children’s Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust with additional clinicalduties in Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust.
This is the first advert for this substantive post. We are an established team of consultants, specialist nurses and physiotherapists, a senior clinical fellow and Deanery resident doctors, and a renowned Gait Laboratory. The serviceprovides an electivePaediatric Orthopaedic serviceto theOxford region,working closely with a multidisciplinary team, and developing the service further to support colleagues in regional hospitals across ThamesValley.We arelooking fora colleague who can help us towards buildingthis service further.
Potential candidates are invited to speak with Mr Alex Lee, Clinical Director of the Children’s Directorate, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (), Mr Andrew Wainwright, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery Oxford University Hospitals (), and the other consultants in the team.
Main duties of the job
Thepost holder’sduties willbe basedat theNuffield Orthopaedic Centreand theChildren’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 ( Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe Hospitals).
Clinical Thispostistojoin anenthusiastic andthriving clinical service,and to further developits regional clinical network. The position is available on a PA job plan basis with :on-call commitment, (with no trauma).
Objectivesofthepost
To provide a high quality secondary and tertiary paediatric orthopaedic service to the children and adolescents of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley, and neighbouring counties.
Tosupportthemultidisciplinaryteam andparticipate inmultidisciplinary meetings.
·To support and continue to develop clinical collaboration with otherpaediatricservices in Oxford and Buckinghamshire, especially where this may impact on paediatric orthopaedic provision.
·To develop further paediatric training in orthopaedics with support of Locally and Nationally appointed trainees and provide orthopaedic teaching for other undergraduate and postgraduate trainees.
Working for our organisation Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Trauma, Specialist Surgery, Children and Neonates (NOTSSCaN) SERVICES, OXFORD
TheNOTSSCaNDivisionisresponsible for the day-to-day management and delivery of services within their areas in line with Trust strategies, policies and procedures and contains severalClinical Directorates, each of which contain clinical service units covering specific areas of services.
The Directorates are led by Clinical Directors and supported by Operational Service Managers, Matronsand otherrelevantexperts.The Directorateshostservices on threehospital sites; TheJohn Radcliffe Hospital, The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Horton General Hospital, Banbury.
The NOTSSCaN Division whilst mirroring the overall vision of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust aims to be a leader across the United Kingdom as a provider of a range of standard and specialised services. The Division ensures its services are responsive and patient centred, with dynamic carepathways based on the best available evidence. The Division wants to be the hospital of choice in the UK for patients, GPs and commissioners, supported by a pre-eminent academic centre with an international reputation for advances in medical care, biomedical research andclinicaltraining, while achieving financial sustainability and long-term growth.