Job summary
TITLE OF POST:
Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
GRADE:
Clinical Fellow
SPECIALTY:
Orthopaedic Surgery (Paediatrics)
REASON FOR VACANCY:
End of contract of previous fellow
LEAD CLINICIAN
Mr Andrew Wainwright
CLINICAL SUPERVISOR
Mrs Rachel Buckingham
Mr Alpesh Kothari
FULL-TIME/PART-TIME:
Full-Time
BASE HOSPITAL:
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
WORK PATTERN:
Day
CORE HOURS:
40hrs
QUALIFICATIONS :
FRCS (Tr ands Orth) or equivalent
GMC REQUIREMENT:
Full Registration upon commencement of post.
ANNUAL AND STUDY LEAVE ARRANGEMENTS:
Annual leave and study leave must be planned in advance and must be agreed with your supervising consultant.
ACCOMMODATION:
This post is not compulsorily resident or resident on-call. If accommodation is required a charge will be made. Accommodation enquiries should be addressed to Elaine Foster accommodationmanager@oxnet.nhs.uk.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Commitment:
The formal programme will be arranged in consultation with the team and the appointee's needs and an example timetable is attached below.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Clinic
Theatre - CHOx
Clinic - General
Specialist interest
Theatre 1 in 2
POAC
Theatre -CHOx
Gait lab
Theatre 3 in 4
About us
The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is a teaching hospital and one of the first waves of NHS Trusts. It provides a service for the clinical management of musculoskeletal problems and its facilities include Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and a specialised diagnostic service in Histopathology and Medical Imaging. There are 120 beds overall with eight operating theatres and a purpose built day surgery unit. The hospital takes 5000 admissions each year, sees 30,000 outpatients, either on the premises or in peripheral clinics and is a tertiary referral centre for specialist orthopaedics and physical rehabilitation. Half of the patients are referred from the Oxfordshire district and the remaining half from the region and beyond.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Aims and responsibilities of the post:
The purpose of this post is to enable the successful candidate to gain further experience in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery for young people, whilst providing senior support to the professional team in carrying out its Clinical & Research workload in outpatient clinics, operating lists and ward work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Aims and responsibilities of the post:
The purpose of this post is to enable the successful candidate to gain further experience in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery for young people, whilst providing senior support to the professional team in carrying out its Clinical & Research workload in outpatient clinics, operating lists and ward work.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- Completion of specialist training in Orthopaedics with certification
- Intention to pursue Paediatric orthopaedic surgery as a specialist career
Desirable
- Up to date Child resuscitation training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in Children's Orthopaedic surgery Completion of specialist training in Orthopaedics with certification
- Ability to work in senior position of responsibility in Orthopaedic team
Desirable
- Evidence of career intentions in Children's Orthopaedics
Skills
Essential
- Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to effectively undertake the role in Paediatric Orthopaedic surgery in a large teaching hospital.
- Interest in research with publications
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Good spoken and written English.
- Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Evidence of quality improvement and effective audits
Desirable
- Evidence of management initiatives
- Evidence of quality improvement work in Children's Orthopaedics
- Evidence of publications in Children's Orthopaedics in peer reviewed journals
- Additional relevant subspeciality interest
- Evidence of skills working in Multi- disciplinary teams
- Qualifications in communication skills
- Evidence of teaching qualification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- Completion of specialist training in Orthopaedics with certification
- Intention to pursue Paediatric orthopaedic surgery as a specialist career
Desirable
- Up to date Child resuscitation training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in Children's Orthopaedic surgery Completion of specialist training in Orthopaedics with certification
- Ability to work in senior position of responsibility in Orthopaedic team
Desirable
- Evidence of career intentions in Children's Orthopaedics
Skills
Essential
- Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to effectively undertake the role in Paediatric Orthopaedic surgery in a large teaching hospital.
- Interest in research with publications
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Good spoken and written English.
- Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Evidence of quality improvement and effective audits
Desirable
- Evidence of management initiatives
- Evidence of quality improvement work in Children's Orthopaedics
- Evidence of publications in Children's Orthopaedics in peer reviewed journals
- Additional relevant subspeciality interest
- Evidence of skills working in Multi- disciplinary teams
- Qualifications in communication skills
- Evidence of teaching qualification
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
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).
