Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Core Trainee (CT1/2)
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month fixed term contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (On call)
- Job ref
- SUWON Pay Panel
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Headington
- Salary
- £52,656 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CT 1/2 in General Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Core Trainee (CT1/2)
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
Applications are invited for a post at core trainee level in General Surgery for one year. The post is based on the Surgical Emergency Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital which is a busy consultant led unit. Your timetable will include dedicated weeks of emergency operating, managing the acute admissions and running the ambulatory clinic with senior support. This position will exposure you to all areas of general surgery. There are excellent opportunities for teaching, in conjunction with the medical school of Oxford University, and to become actively involved in audit and research programs running within the unit. Our unit has a first class record in preparing trainees for core and higher surgical training positions and we will aim to prepare you for this application process. The night-time commitment is 1 in 10.
Due to the workload of the unit previous work within the NHS is essential.
Main duties of the job
The junior fellow post is based on the Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU) at the John Radcliffe Hospital which is a busy consultant led unit. The unit deals with around 200 patients per week in the triage area and another 150 patients in the acute ambulatory clinic.
The SEU undertakes all emergency general surgery operations including approximately 400 acute laparoscopic cholecystectomies, 800 laparoscopic appendicectomies and over 200 emergency laparotomies a year. The John Radcliffe Hospital is also a Level 1 major trauma centre.
The junior fellow post will give the successful candidate the skills to manage acute general surgical conditions ready for progression into speciality training. There will also be exposure to the management of specialist, tertiary level cases in colorectal, oesophagogastric and hepatobiliary surgery. The timetable will include dedicated weeks of emergency operating based solely in theatre and also the opportunity to undertake elective operating in general, colorectal and hepatobiliary surgery giving you exposure to all the surgical skills required to apply for ST3 jobs.
The night-time and weekend commitment is shared amongst all the CT grades working in general surgery at the John Radcliffe hospital in a fair and transparent rota.
For more information please contact Mr Geoffrey Roberts or Mr Mark Bignell (Consultants in Emergency General Surgery) via their secretary; [email protected]
Working for our organisation
There is a strong commitment to academia, teaching medical students from the University of Oxford, audit/QuIP projects and presenting and attending conferences. As a successful candidate you will be given your own clinical and educational supervisor to ensure that your portfolio and surgical skill set develops to allow progression to higher surgical training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The junior fellow post is based on the Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU) at the John Radcliffe Hospital which is a busy consultant led unit. The unit deals with around 200 patients per week in the triage area and another 150 patients in the acute ambulatory clinic.
The SEU undertakes all emergency general surgery operations including approximately 400 acute laparoscopic cholecystectomies, 800 laparoscopic appendicectomies and over 200 emergency laparotomies a year. The John Radcliffe Hospital is also a Level 1 major trauma centre.
The junior fellow post will give the successful candidate the skills to manage acute general surgical conditions ready for progression into speciality training. There will also be exposure to the management of specialist, tertiary level cases in colorectal, oesophagogastric and hepatobiliary surgery. The timetable will include dedicated weeks of emergency operating based solely in theatre and also the opportunity to undertake elective operating in general, colorectal and hepatobiliary surgery giving you exposure to all the surgical skills required to apply for ST3 jobs.
The night-time and weekend commitment is shared amongst all the CT grades working in general surgery at the John Radcliffe hospital in a fair and transparent rota.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- MBBS or equivalent
- Foundation Years 1 & 2 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree
- MRCS Part A
Experience
Essential criteria
- Hospital appointment at FY 2 level or equivalent
- Responsibility at level of CT
- Previous work within the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Some CT level experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise a team of junior doctors
- Proven ability to organise time and prioritise
- A commitment to a surgical specialty
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Teaching experience Of undergraduates and post graduates
- Experience of routine clinical audit
- Good spoken and written English
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Bignell
- Job title
- Consultant in Emergency Surgery/Clinical Lead SEU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For more information please contact Mr Geoffrey Roberts or Mr Mark Bignell (Consultant in Emergency General Surgery) via their secretary by email [email protected]
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