Job summary
- Main area
- Orthopaedic
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: (10 PA) contact
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (none)
- Job ref
- MS-CON-8005160-S5
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Not defined
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon
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.
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
Location: Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
POST OF: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with specialist interest in complex hand and wrist surgery
A post as a Consultant Orthopaedic hand and wrist surgeon is available now at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
The appointment is on a substantive basis, applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and meet the team.
We are currently expanding our Upper Limb team substantively - we have an immediate vacancy for for a consultant orthopaedic hand and wrist surgeon.
The appointee will be expected to work flexibly within the Upper Limb team and participate in the multi-disciplinary team in the management of patients with complex orthopaedic problems. They will be expected to participate in the on-call rota.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a 1 wte Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon to join our existing enthusiastic and experienced team of Upper Limb surgeons.
The hand and wrist service is at the forefront of innovation and works closely with academic and industry partners to advance implant designs and the evidence base for arthroplasty techniques, infection management, and musculoskeletal science. The hand and wrist team is involved in many innovative initiatives to enhance the provision of hand and wrist surgery and we anticipate the postholder will work closely with academic colleagues to build the evidence base for orthopaedic procedures and support the development of novel interventions.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive university hospital environment. The service is closely aligned with the Nuffield Department of Trauma, Orthopaedics & Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal sciences at the University of Oxford, with many opportunities for collaboration.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive university hospital environment.
You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice.
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital
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. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job description attached to the advertisement for a summary of the role and an indicative job plan.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- CCT in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, or within 6 months of CCT date at date of interview OR on GMC Specialist Register in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
- FRCS (Tr&Orth) or equivalent
- General training in Orthopaedics
- GMC Registration Full registration and licence to practise
Desirable criteria
- D.Phil/PhD in topics related to the post
- British or equivalent Diploma in Hand Surgery
- 12 month Fellowship in Hand and Wrist Surgery
- Training focussed on bone infection surgery.
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- General training in Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery to specialist level or equivalent
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
- Evidence of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing bone infection
Desirable criteria
- Current consultant-level practice in a Tertiary Centre – with experience/evidence of independent management of complex bone infection
- Experience delivering ultrasound guided injections.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
- Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management. Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS.
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork within a multidisciplinary team.
- Basic IT skills
- Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of teaching undergraduate students and orthopaedic trainees. Experience as clinical supervisor to resident medical staff.
- Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
- Experience as clinical supervisor to resident medical staff.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of formal leadership training.
- Evidence of involvement in clinical management and participation in Clinical Governance
- Evidence of experience with electronic patient record and database administration and management
- Experience in innovation, design and development of medical technology
- Evidence of developing and delivering teaching programmes at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
- Evidence of establishing and delivering a new service or pathway.
- Peer reviewed publications Previous research grants
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Access to transport
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
- Professor Andrew Price
- Job title
- T&O Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 7777
- Additional information
Mr Nicholas Riley
Hand and Wrist Consultant and Team Lead
email: [email protected]
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