Job summary
- Main area
- Medical
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month fixed term locum contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 321-MS-TP-CON-7939371-S5
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Paediatric Spinal Consultant
Consultant
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our internationally acclaimed Spinal Surgery Team at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Locum Paediatric Spinal Consultant. The service is undergoing a significant transformation with an expanding workforce, increased theatre capacity and the acquisition of extensive enabling technologies to serve our patients needs in keeping with our Trust values: Delivering Compassion and Excellence together with Respect, Learning and Improvement.
The successful applicant will be working in a team of 12 spinal consultants, including academic, regional, and neurosurgical colleagues. The posts will focus on the provision of surgery for complex spinal patients but also will have an element of adult elective degenerative and emergency spinal surgery for the population of the Thames Valley region. This will involve inpatient and day case surgery, outpatient clinics, and a 1 in 12 on call commitment as part of a 24/7 on call service. Applicants should have subspeciality fellowship level training and Consultant experience would be desirable but not essential.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be working in an integrated team of 12 consultants, including academic, regional, and neurosurgical colleagues. The post will focus on the provision of surgery for paediatric deformity but also have a large element in the provision of adult elective and emergency spinal surgery for the population of the Thames Valley region. This will involve inpatient and day case surgery, outpatient clinics, and a 1 in 12 on call commitment as part of a 24/7 on call service. A candidate with a demonstrable interest in research and service quality improvement will be of particular interest to the department.
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 Hospitals 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 successful applicant will be working in an integrated team of 12 consultants, including academic, regional, and neurosurgical colleagues. The post will focus on the provision of surgery for paediatric deformity but also have a large element in the provision of adult elective and emergency spinal surgery for the population of the Thames Valley region. This will involve inpatient and day case surgery, outpatient clinics, and currently a 1 in 12 on call commitment as part of a 24/7 on call service. A candidate with a demonstrable interest in research and service quality improvement will be of particular interest to the department.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- FRCS (orthopaedics) or its equivalent
- Entry on Specialist Register, or within six months of entry
- To have completed appropriate training in spinal surgery
- GMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Higher medical or associated degree
- Further training in microsurgical techniques
- 2 year Spinal Fellowship
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad experience of spinal surgery
- Experience with complex Paediatric Spinal surgery with demonstrable special interest and experience in early onset scoliosis
- Competence in offering expert clinical opinion on range of spinal problems
- Experience of spinal trauma and oncall
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
Desirable criteria
- Early onset scoliosis experience
- Consultant level experience of more than 5 years
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent leadership skills
- Peer reviewed publications
- Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
Desirable criteria
- Education Qualification
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
- Chrishan Thakar
- Job title
- Spinal Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
George Hadjipavlou - Neurosciences Clinical Director
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