Job summary
A post as a consultant in Transplantation, Dialysis Access and Organ Retrieval is available now at the Churchill Hospital.
The appointment is on a whole-time/part-time basis, but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Consultant Surgeons Mr Sanjay Sinha, Clinical Director Renal Transplant Urology and Mr Srikanth Reddy, Clinical Lead in Transplantation, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (Tel: Oxford (01865) 223872), or Miss Bryony Lennon, Directorate Manager for Renal Medicine, Transplant and Urology: Bryony.Lennon@ouh.nhs.uk
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
Main duties of the job
The post holder's duties will be primarily at the Churchill Hospital, but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust. The post will also include involvement in the provision of transplant services in satellite outpatient and inpatient services in other hospitals as part of transplant services, and participation in organ retrieval from other donor hospitals as part of the Oxford-based multi-organ retrieval service for transplantation. The post holder will be expected to play a significant role in the establishment of Normothermic Regional perfusion in Organ retrievals and the establishment of NHS Blood and Transplant organ Assessment and Reconditioning units. This may entail a degree of off-site working.
Oxford is a partner in the Coventry-Oxford Transplant Network (COxNet), and the post-holder may be required to support the provision of clinical services at the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwick (UHCW) as part of this collaboration (where there is an independent consultant on-call). Off-site elective surgery is carried out as day case procedures. The post holder will take a full and equitable share in the out-of-working-hours Transplantation commitments, including weekends (on a 1:9 basis), including organ implantation and retrieval.
About us
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. 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.
In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holders duties will be primarily at the Churchill Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations, undertake organ retrievals in other hospitals, and be able to provide peripheral clinics/operating in other hospitals including Royal Free, Bristol, Gloucester, Leicester, London, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Reading.
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification which includes an indicative job plan.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holders duties will be primarily at the Churchill Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations, undertake organ retrievals in other hospitals, and be able to provide peripheral clinics/operating in other hospitals including Royal Free, Bristol, Gloucester, Leicester, London, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Reading.
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification which includes an indicative job plan.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCS or Equivalent
- Competence in kidney & Pancreas transplantation, multi-organ retrievals including intestinal retrievals. Competence in Vascular/dialysis access surgery
Desirable
- Higher medical degree
- Experience in Normothermic Regional Perfusion of donors.
Experience
Essential
- Competence in kidney & Pancreas transplantation, multi-organ retrievals including intestinal retrievals.
- Competence in Vascular/dialysis access surgery
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable
- Experience in Normothermic Regional Perfusion of donors.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
- 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
Desirable
- Management qualification.
- Education qualification
- Peer reviewed publications Research grants
Other Requirements
Essential
- Full registration and licence to practise
- Transport - Driver
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCS or Equivalent
- Competence in kidney & Pancreas transplantation, multi-organ retrievals including intestinal retrievals. Competence in Vascular/dialysis access surgery
Desirable
- Higher medical degree
- Experience in Normothermic Regional Perfusion of donors.
Experience
Essential
- Competence in kidney & Pancreas transplantation, multi-organ retrievals including intestinal retrievals.
- Competence in Vascular/dialysis access surgery
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable
- Experience in Normothermic Regional Perfusion of donors.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
- 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
Desirable
- Management qualification.
- Education qualification
- Peer reviewed publications Research grants
Other Requirements
Essential
- Full registration and licence to practise
- Transport - Driver
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).
