Job summary
One whole-time one year fixed-term post as a Consultant Physician with a special interest in Emergency General Surgery patients is available now at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Surgical Emergency Unit provides emergency general surgery services for the Oxford area, acute surgical support for other units in the Trust (e.g. IBD, intestinal failure, nutrition) and a tertiary acute surgical service for the region (e.g. complex pancreatitis, trauma).

The postholder will join 8 Consultant Emergency General Surgeons, 2 Specialists in Emergency General Surgery, 6 Senior Clinical Fellows, 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners and a team providing daily Consultant Peri-operative Physician input.

Main duties of the job
This post is for a one-year fixed-term post as a Consultant Physician working within the Oxford Surgical Emergency Unit. The primary role will be to lead and develop the ambulatory service, an acute clinic through which the unit manages acute surgical patients needing timely investigation and treatment without immediate hospital admission. There will also be a requirement to support surgical inpatient ward rounds and the perioperative physician service.

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.

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Details
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 321-SUWON-MS-8320015-S1
Location: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full overview of the role and responsibilities.

The job is based in Emergency General Surgery. The appointed consultant will be a Consultant Physician with experience and expertise in the care of emergency general surgical patients. Experience of managing an ambulatory surgical clinic is essential. The post holders duties will be primarily at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations.

Person Specification
Qualifications / Training

• Essential: MRCP or equivalent
• Essential: Training to consultant equivalent in acute general medicine with at least two years of experience in emergency general surgery
• Desirable: CCT or equivalent in general medicine

Experience

• Essential: General training in non-operative management of general surgery patients
• Essential: Demonstrable experience leading an ambulatory surgical clinic
• Essential: Consultant or senior trainee level
• Desirable: Perioperative and ambulatory general medicine experience

Skills / Knowledge

• Essential: Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of specialist and consultant in a large teaching hospital.
• Essential: Excellent personal and interpersonal skills
• Essential: Excellent spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed. Computing skills: ability to use standard programmes
• Essential: Demonstrable experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
• Essential: Demonstrable experience of clinical audit / QuIP
• Essential: Projects / publications in acute care
• Desirable: Management training and experience
• Desirable: Experience of managing complaints and engaging with the PSIRF process

Other

• Essential: Full GMC registration

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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant Surgeon, Clinical Lead for SEU
Mr Geoffrey Roberts
geoffrey.roberts@ouh.nhs.uk
01865234379

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