Spinal Consultant

Consultant in Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery (Adult)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our internationally acclaimed Spinal Surgery Team at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a full-time Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon (Adult). The successful applicant will be working in a team of 9 consultants, including academic, regional, and neurosurgical colleagues. The post will focus on the provision of surgery for complex Adult deformity, but also will 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 9 on call commitment as part of a 24/7 on call service.

The appointees’ duties will be divided between the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the John Radcliffe Hospital. It is a condition of the appointments that the post-holders will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.

Clinical

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

The department of spinal surgery is undergoing further development of our service delivery model with a renewed emphasis on integration with the neurosurgery department to provide high quality single access service delivery. Quality and training form an essential part of this vision. Going forward, changes are envisaged to team structures and the working model in order to optimise efficiency, clinical quality and training standards.

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation 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-holders’ contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Teamwork

The spinal surgery department is built on strong teamwork. The on-call consultant has primary responsibility for the care of all spinal surgical patients outside the normal working day. Each surgeon works together with another colleague in order to provide appropriate cross-cover during the working day for periods of consultant leave or times at which an individual’s job plan does not require physical presence in the hospital. All existing consultants are happy to be contacted at any time by their consultant colleagues for support and advice. A consultant mentor will be formally assigned to the new appointee.

Consultants have access to appropriate office accommodation (a shared office) and secretarial support. The work of the department is organised on an equitable basis with a transparent job planning process in line with Trust guidelines. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular (annual) job plan review alongside all other aspects of their work.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management and 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 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. The post-holder will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of the clinical service under the direction of the Lead Clinician and/or Clinical Director.