Job overview
JOB OVERVIEW
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 Max Mifsud
Clinical supervisors:

• Mr Max Mifsud
• Mrs Rachel Buckingham
• Mr Chang Park
• Mrs Sarah McCartney

Working pattern: Full-Time, Day time work only.
Base hospital: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Core hours: 40hrs per week

Main duties of the job
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.

Applicants must be at the level of FRCS (Tr and Orth) or equivalent, and have completed, or have an agreed CCT (certificate of completion of training) date in Trauma and Orthopaedics in order to be shortlisted. The successful candidate will be intending to pursue Paediatric Orthopaedic surgery as a specialist career and will have experience in Children's Orthopaedic surgery and be able to work in senior position of responsibility in an Orthopaedic team.

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 2023 NHS 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 responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
a. Aims and responsibilities of the post
To work alongside the team of consultants, nurses, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals to provide a tertiary level of paediatric orthopaedic care to the children under the care of the team in Oxford. This will involve both inpatient and outpatient work, and may also include supporting the consultants in the peripheral centers where the OUIH has service-level agreements in place.

b. Clinical commitments
The formal programme will be agreed in consultation with the team and the appointees needs, but an example timetable is attached below:

• Monday theatre
• Tuesday theatre
• Wednesday clinic
• Thursday theatre
• Friday theatre

Alongside this, the fellow will be expected to sit into general and pre-operative clinics with consultants for their learning, attend gait lab interpretation sessions, and participate in the DDH and Ponseti service. These will be arranged flexibly around the clinical needs of the department. There is also scope for the Fellow to attend lists and clinics in other specialties if they so wish, upon agreement with the relevant other departments.

The fellow will also be expected to participate in academic work with the aim of publishing one academic paper over the course of the fellowship.

c. Facilities for studying and training:
Good library facilities are available at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and the Oxford Radcliffe, via Bodleian Library

d. Teaching, audit and research:
Participation in research and audit is required.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
John Radcliffe
Headington
OXFORD
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant
Alpesh Kothari
Alpesh.Kathari@ouh.nhs.uk