Job summary
This post is very kindly supported financially by Sobell House Hospice Charity and employed via the NHS.
The post holder's duties will be primarily at Churchill Hospital, Oxford, or the Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Oxford, but it is a condition of all appointments that post holders would be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations.
Depending on specialty the post holder will be offered clinical time in the relevant home team within the trust as per their needs e.g. theatre time, clinic time etc. to ensure maintenance of competence and opportunities for development. Further conversations with the OxMINT group and visits are encouraged.
Main duties of the job
The aim of this fellowship is to offer a 40/60 split of clinical service provision with protected time to undertake a project establishing and developing a service for the management of metastatic bone pain. OxMINT (the Oxford Metastatic Intervention Team) within the trust consists of Palliative Medicine Physicians, Clinical Oncologists, Interventional Radiologists, Spinal and General Orthopaedic Surgeons, Neurosurgeons and Pain Specialist Anaesthetists and has been created in the last year. The group recognises the need to greater protocolise the management of pain in patients with metastatic bone disease and to that end is advertising this fellowship with the aim of building this service to the point of sustainability as well as a desire to enable data capture and analysis for international publication.
It is anticipated that this post will provide an excellent opportunity for senior trainees in any of the above specialties looking to take an OOP to gather in depth experience of symptom management or pain management work. This post offers the chance for a senior clinician to develop and demonstrate service design and implementation skills in a Shelford Group trust.
About us
Sobell House is an NHS Specialist Palliative Care Service and is an integral part of the Oncology Directorate within the Surgery and Oncology Division in Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Sobell House has served the community of Oxfordshire for over 40 years. Sobell House Hospice Charity supports the work of the Hospice and the Trust. Visit the website at www.sobellhouse.org. Sobell House Hospice Charity is supplying the funds to support these fellowship roles financially.
Job description
Job responsibilities
An indicative timetable and Job Plan is outlined below for an applicant with Physician training but would be altered depending on specialty of applicant to include relevant theatre/clinic/reporting/procedural time. The final Job Plan for the post will be agreed with the clinical director upon appointment and will be subject to renegotiation at least annually
Day
Time
Location
Work
Categorisation
Monday
0900 - 1300
Inpatient hospice
Ward round
DCC
1300 - 1700
Inpatient hospice
Ward work
DCC
Tuesday
0900 - 1300
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
1300 - 1700
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
Wednesday
0900 - 1300
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
1300 - 1700
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
Thursday
0900 - 1300
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
1300-1700
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
Friday
0900 - 1300
Inpatient hospice
Ward round
DCC
1300 - 1700
Inpatient hospice
Ward work
DCC
Annual and study leave arrangements must be co-ordinated within the specialty to ensure there is an acceptable level of cover. Leave form is available on the ORH intranet. This must be signed by the Clinical Lead and submitted to designated managerial staff. Clinic cancellations require at least 6 weeks notice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
An indicative timetable and Job Plan is outlined below for an applicant with Physician training but would be altered depending on specialty of applicant to include relevant theatre/clinic/reporting/procedural time. The final Job Plan for the post will be agreed with the clinical director upon appointment and will be subject to renegotiation at least annually
Day
Time
Location
Work
Categorisation
Monday
0900 - 1300
Inpatient hospice
Ward round
DCC
1300 - 1700
Inpatient hospice
Ward work
DCC
Tuesday
0900 - 1300
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
1300 - 1700
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
Wednesday
0900 - 1300
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
1300 - 1700
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
Thursday
0900 - 1300
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
1300-1700
Flexible
Service Development
SPA
Friday
0900 - 1300
Inpatient hospice
Ward round
DCC
1300 - 1700
Inpatient hospice
Ward work
DCC
Annual and study leave arrangements must be co-ordinated within the specialty to ensure there is an acceptable level of cover. Leave form is available on the ORH intranet. This must be signed by the Clinical Lead and submitted to designated managerial staff. Clinic cancellations require at least 6 weeks notice.
Person Specification
Role Requirement for Palliative Fellow
Essential
- MB ChB/MB BS
- GMC Registration
- MRCP/MRCGP/MRCS/MRCR
Desirable
- Experience of Pain Management at a Senior Trainee level
- Experience of NHS working
- Publications/presentations
- Experience of audit/QI/service development
Person Specification
Role Requirement for Palliative Fellow
Essential
- MB ChB/MB BS
- GMC Registration
- MRCP/MRCGP/MRCS/MRCR
Desirable
- Experience of Pain Management at a Senior Trainee level
- Experience of NHS working
- Publications/presentations
- Experience of audit/QI/service development
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).
