Job summary
TITLE OF THE POST:
Full-Time/Part-Time senior fellow in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
GRADE:
SPR
SPECIALITY:
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
SUPERVISING CONSULTANTS:
Peter Kalu, Clinical Lead
FULL - TIME / PART - TIME:
Full-Time/Part-Time
BASE HOSPITALS:
The John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals in Oxford
WORK PATTERN:
Full-Time/Part-Time
Main duties of the job
The Plastic Surgery department offers reconstructive surgery facilities to patients from the south and west parts of the Oxford Health Region and also the northern part of the Wessex Health Region. In addition, head and neck cancer tends to be referred from the northern part of the Region to the Unit. All aspects of reconstructive plastic surgery are dealt with in the unit apart from major burns. The Oxford Craniofacial Unit is also based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in association with the Plastic Surgery Department. The John Radcliffe is a Major Trauma Centre and is one of the leading centres in the UK for timely cover of open fractures.
This is an opportunity to work with an inspirational team of consultants in a cohesive and forward-looking department..
About us
OUH Trust is a large world-class specialist teaching hospital providing secondary care for the whole of Oxfordshire as well as being a tertiary referral Centre. The services of the Trust are provided by four hospitals: The John Radcliffe Hospital, The Churchill Hospital, The Nuffield Orthopedic Centre and The Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holders duties will be primarily at The John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals in Oxford, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations and its partner hospitals.
Clinical Duties
The Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery provides a comprehensive reconstructive surgery service to Oxford and its surrounding areas. We have a consultant-based service. Services provided by existing consultants in the department include plastics trauma surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, upper limb, bone infection, sarcoma, breast reconstruction, skin cancer, autologous transplantation, head and neck cancer in addition to hypospadias. We have Burn Facility status as part of the London and South East Burn Network. We are fortunate to have our offices, outpatient clinics, theatres, adult and childrens wards and day case units co-located in a new block on the John Radcliffe site. The Head & Neck Unit is located in the Cancer Centre at the nearby Churchill Hospital. The Department has a substantial presence at the nearby Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, where the plastic surgery service has a hand surgery workload, and provides reconstructive support to the Bone Infection Unit and Sarcoma services.
The post holder will fulfil the role of a senior registrar in their chosen area of subspecialist interest and will support the service generally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holders duties will be primarily at The John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals in Oxford, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations and its partner hospitals.
Clinical Duties
The Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery provides a comprehensive reconstructive surgery service to Oxford and its surrounding areas. We have a consultant-based service. Services provided by existing consultants in the department include plastics trauma surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, upper limb, bone infection, sarcoma, breast reconstruction, skin cancer, autologous transplantation, head and neck cancer in addition to hypospadias. We have Burn Facility status as part of the London and South East Burn Network. We are fortunate to have our offices, outpatient clinics, theatres, adult and childrens wards and day case units co-located in a new block on the John Radcliffe site. The Head & Neck Unit is located in the Cancer Centre at the nearby Churchill Hospital. The Department has a substantial presence at the nearby Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, where the plastic surgery service has a hand surgery workload, and provides reconstructive support to the Bone Infection Unit and Sarcoma services.
The post holder will fulfil the role of a senior registrar in their chosen area of subspecialist interest and will support the service generally.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic medical qualifications
- FRCS Plast or its equivalent
- Full registration and licence to practise
- On GMC Specialist Register in plastic surgery
Desirable
Training
Essential
- To have completed a minimum of 6 years training in Plastic Surgery
Desirable
- To have a Certificate of Completion of Training
Experience
Essential
- Broad experience in general plastic surgery
Desirable
- Competence to the level of a day 1 consultant in all aspects of reconstruction.
Responsability
Essential
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable
- Leadership at consultant level of the management of complex trauma in a major trauma center
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Good spoken and written English. 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 activities
- Peer reviewed publications
Desirable
- Leadership training.
- Management qualification.
- Education qualification
- Research grants
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic medical qualifications
- FRCS Plast or its equivalent
- Full registration and licence to practise
- On GMC Specialist Register in plastic surgery
Desirable
Training
Essential
- To have completed a minimum of 6 years training in Plastic Surgery
Desirable
- To have a Certificate of Completion of Training
Experience
Essential
- Broad experience in general plastic surgery
Desirable
- Competence to the level of a day 1 consultant in all aspects of reconstruction.
Responsability
Essential
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable
- Leadership at consultant level of the management of complex trauma in a major trauma center
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Good spoken and written English. 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 activities
- Peer reviewed publications
Desirable
- Leadership training.
- Management qualification.
- Education qualification
- Research grants
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
