Job summary
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is appointing one whole-time Consultant in Rheumatology including Metabolic Bone Disease to support an expanding department. The appointments are on a full-time basis, but applications are welcome from those who wish to work less than full-time or job share. Candidates are advised to visit the Departments and are invited to contact Dr Chris Speers, Clinical Lead for Rheumatology, Tel: 01865 227357 and Professor Muhammad K Javaid, Clinical Lead for Metabolic Bone Disease.

Main duties of the job
The post-holder's principal duties will be delivered at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations. The post-holder will provide consultant physician services for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with 50% split of direct clinical and supporting professional activities time between general rheumatology and metabolic bone disease. The service is delivered primarily through in person outpatient clinics primarily based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford as well as hybrid clinics. The post-holder would work 50% of time with the rest of the metabolic bone disease team in managing patients with a range of metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis, Paget's disease and rare bone disorders. In addition to dedicated metabolic bone out-patient clinics, the post holder would provide clinical support for the Oxfordshire Fracture Prevention service, advice and guidance service and contribute to local and regional metabolic bone online multidisciplinary team meetings. The postholder would contribute to the governance of the service, service improvement and service development. Initially the post holder will not be required to support the rare adult bone disease.

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. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk 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.

Details
Date posted: 09 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
On-Call is part of this contracted role
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 321-CON-8041325
Job locations: Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD

Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential

• Medical Degree (MBChB, MBBS) MRCP or equivalent
• CCT in Rheumatology or Registration on the GMC specialist register in Rheumatology or Are within six months of achieving CCT on the date of interview.

Desirable

• Higher medical degree

Work Experience
Essential

• Training in Rheumatology to specialist level or equivalent. Demonstrable experience of working in clinical rheumatology across a broad spectrum of conditions including EIA services
• Broad experience of general rheumatology
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of working in metabolic bone disease service
• Demonstrable experience of working in rare bone disease service

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.
• Sufficient organisational skills to function as a consultant
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Evidence of interdisciplinary and multi-professional working
• Evidence of flexibility and open to innovative ways of working
• Evidence of service improvement at the local level
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• Ability to support departmental research.

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership in NHS, research, teaching, professional bodies or service development.
• Management qualification.
• Ability to use word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs
• Prior experience with clinical information systems
• Evidence of service development including business cases
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
• Education qualification Experience as clinical or educational supervisor
• Peer reviewed publications Research grants

Other Requirements
Essential

• Access to transport

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD
Employer's website: Apply through our website (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Lead for Rheumatology
Mr Christopher Speers
Chris.Speers@ouh.nhs.uk
03003047777