Job summary
- Main area
- Urology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Locum consultant)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 321-SUWON-MS-7281115-S1
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Churchill Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Urological Surgeon
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum 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
We are pleased to advertise a 12-month fixed term position of Locum Consultant Urological Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post will focus on core and general urology and will be based at OUH.
The appointment is on a whole-time basis, but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Candidates are very welcome to visit the Department and are invited to contact Professor Richard Bryant, Clinical Lead, Department of Urology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, through his secretary Caroline Gordon Tel: (01865) 26347, or Bryony Lennon, Directorate Manager, Renal Medicine, Transplant & Urology [email protected]
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
Main duties of the job
The post holder duties will be split across the Churchill Hospital and Horton General hospital. Presence will be required in other parts of the Trust including the John Radcliffe Hospital. The clinical work will be focused on the delivery of core urology. The post holder will participate in the Consultant on call rota on a 1 in 10 basis.
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
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for detail and an indicative job plan
Clinical
The post holder duties will be split across the Churchill Hospital and Horton General hospital. Presence will be required in other parts of the Trust including the John Radcliffe Hospital. The clinical work will be focused on the delivery of core urology. The post holder will participate in the Consultant on call rota on a 1 in 10 basis.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be encouraged to teach clinical students and train junior doctors during clinical activities. An input into research is not expected as part of this post, but research opportunities are available within the Trust, and appointees can apply for honorary status with the Nuffield Department of Surgery.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will be required to participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep themselves fully up-to-date with Statutory and mandatory training and in their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of both Trusts.
The post-holder will have access to professional mentorship on appointment, and throughout their career as required, and will be supported by the Trust and the Directorate with Continuing Medical Education.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- FRCS (urol.) or equivalent CCT in Urology; or Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Urology; or within six months of achieving CCST at the time of interview.
Desirable criteria
- Higher Medical Degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- General training in Urology to specialist level or equivalent Ability to make decisions at consultant level
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
- Bryony Lennon
- Job title
- Directorate Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 227107
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