Job summary
- Main area
- Neurosurgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (with on-call commitments)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (with on-call commitments)
- Job ref
- 321-NOTS-MS-7399395
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £73,992 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Fellow in Neurosurgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
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
Start date for this post is ASAP
Specialist experience in paediatric neurosurgery for fully trained
neurosurgeons aspiring to be paediatric neurosurgeons.
This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex paediatric and craniofacial neurosurgery.
The team has extensive experience and carries out a broad
range of craniofacial and paediatric neurosurgery cases.
The post also offers excellent opportunities of learning by attending the sub-specialty MDTs and clinics.
Research opportunities are also available including craniofacial, trauma and craniocervical junction abnormalities.
Main duties of the job
Clinical:
The paediatric neurosurgical workload offers opportunities of two paediatric and two craniofacial theatre lists per week.
In addition to general paeidatric neurosurgery clinics there are also clinics for craniofacial, spina bifida, paediatric spine and trauma.
Weekly MDTs include craniofacial, neurooncology, spine and neuroradiology.
The post holder will also be expected to provide general neurosurgery on-call cover as part of the neurosurgery registrar rota.
Working for our organisation
The Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is one of the largest teaching trusts in the country, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.
The Trust, which is based on three sites in Oxford and one in Banbury, provides general hospital services for the local population in Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties, and more specialist services on a regional and national basis. It employs about 11,000 staff.
The Trust works in close co-operation with the University of Oxford, and is a leading centre for research programmes in cancer, neurosciences, diabetes, genetics and many other fields. The Trust, jointly with the University of Oxford, has Biomedical Research Centre status, by the Department of Health, making it one of the five preeminent centres in the country for translational medical research. It has also been awarded with the Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) status.
Specialty
Initiated by Sir Hugh Cairns in 1938, the Oxford Neurosurgery Unit has developed to offer a fully comprehensive service.
Modern theatres, dedicated adult and paediatric neuroscience and specialist surgery wards, neuro and paediatric ITU facilities, enable the department to look after both paediatric and adult patients with all types of neurosurgical problems.
Paediatric neurosurgery in Oxford covers craniofacial, tumour, trauma, vascular hydrocephalus, craniocervical junction abnormalities, spasticity, spine and VNS.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Specialist experience in paediatric neurosurgery for fully trained neurosurgeons aspiring to be paediatric neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to get surgical experience in complex paediatric and craniofacial neurosurgery. The team has extensive experience and carries out a broad range of craniofacial and paediatric neurosurgery cases. The post also offers excellent opportunities of learning by attending the sub-specialty MDTs and clinics. Research opportunities are also available including craniofacial, trauma and craniocervical junction abnormalities.
Two tier ROTA, on second tier
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC Registration
- FRCS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher Medical Degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- General training in Neurosurgery to specialist level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Additional experience in Paediatric Neurosurgery Interest in research with publications
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills
- undertake effectively the role of clinical fellow in paediatric neurosurgery in a large teaching hospital.
- Good personal and interpersonal skills Good spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
- Communication skills should be highly developed.
- Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Experience of routine clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Management training and experience
- Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda for it’s modernisation.
- Computing skills: ability to use word processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser.
Other
Essential criteria
- Driving License
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
- Mr Timothy Lawrence
- Job title
- Neurosurgery Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 231507
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