Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PA's)
- Job ref
- 321-MS-CON-7186735-S5
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Paediatric Spinal Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: 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. 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.
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
The post is required to join the paediatric anaesthetic group at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Paediatric Anaesthetic Group provides flexible teamworking for children’s anaesthesia in Oxford. This post is suitable for a candidate with an interest in anaesthesia for paediatric spinal surgery. There would also be excellent opportunities for providing anaesthesia and peri-operative care for a wide range of procedures in children and neonates, both for diagnostic and operative procedures.
The Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics is one of the largest departments in the country. The department is well known for having a friendly, diverse and inclusive Anaesthetics team, supported by outstanding surgical colleagues. The department provides a comprehensive elective and emergency service for a wide range of surgical and diagnostics specialties.
Main duties of the job
The post is based around fixed theatre days which will include paediatric spinal surgery and pre-operative assessment for spinal surgery, cleft and ophthalmic surgery, as well as general surgery (including emergency surgery and neonatal procedures). There is also flexible cover for paediatric lists of all non- cardiac paediatric specialties. There is an on-call commitment within the paediatric anaesthetic group.
Working for our organisation
Please see attached job description, person specification and job plan for further information about this position.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
The post is based around fixed theatre days which will include paediatric spinal surgery and pre-operative assessment for spinal surgery, cleft and ophthalmic surgery, as well asgeneral surgery (including emergency surgery and neonatal procedures). There is also flexible cover for paediatric lists of all non- cardiac paediatric specialties. There is an on-call commitment within the paediatric anaesthetic group.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all 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 himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical qualification acceptable by the GMC
- GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of being admitted to the GMC’s specialist register or equivalent training and experience by the closing date of the application
- Minimum 6 months experience in Anaesthesia in the UK in the NHS
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) or equivalent
- CCT in Anaesthesia or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Possession of other related postgraduate qualification such as MD, BSc, MSc or PhD
- Additional advanced training or fellowship in a relevant sub-specialty
- Life support courses instructor, e.g. APLS / EPALs etc
Experience
Essential criteria
- To be able to work independently at consultant level and perform as a member of a team.
- Experience in anaesthesia for neonatal surgery with evidence of advanced training.
- To be able to manage neonatal emergency surgery confidently and independently
- Minimum of 12 months advanced specialist paediatric anaesthesia training as a senior trainee or post-CCT fellow, or equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 months experience in paediatric or neonatal critical care or transport services.
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in anaesthesia for paediatric spinal surgery
- Consultant level experience in paediatric and neonatal anaesthesia.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, and exert appropriate authority
- Effective administrative and time management skills
- Training in clinical management.
- Knowledge of the NHS and the role of Clinical Networks.
- Understanding of the complexities of performing in a regional paediatric referral centre.
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Able to communicate in English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
- Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit as well as quality improvement activities
- Ability to peer review clinical research and participate in anaesthetic research activities
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
- Leadership and Management qualification
- Experience of NHS management projects and effecting change
- Knowledge of finance / budgets
- Willingness to undertake additional roles at local, regional and national levels
- Good information technology skills
- Education qualification
- Experience of leading audits/QI projects, implementing change and monitoring compliance
- Peer reviewed publications Research grants
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration and license to practice
- Full UK 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
- Dr Sabeena Sharma
- Job title
- Anaesthetic Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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