Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma

Main area Trauma and Orthopaedic Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent: On call commitment Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (On - call) Job ref 321-MS-CON-

Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/08/:59

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS 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 of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton 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 Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

AConsultantpostinTraumaOrthopaedicSurgeryisavailablenowatOxford University Hospitals, primarily based at theJohnRadcliffe and Horton General Hospitals.

Theappointment ison afull-timebasis, butapplicationsarewelcomefromthosewho wishtojob share.

Candidatesare highly recommended to visit the department and hospitaland are invited to contact Mr Simon Hurst, Clinical Lead for John Radcliffe Orthopaedic Trauma, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The John Radcliffe Hospital (Tel:Oxford 221177); Mr Sam Anand, Clinical Lead for Horton General Hospital Orthopaedic Trauma (Tel: ), or Professor Andrew Price, Clinical Director for Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery on 738079.

Any person who isunabletowork full-time will be eligible tobe consideredfor 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 We require a Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant with an interest in general trauma. The appointee will work as part of a team of dedicated orthopaedic trauma surgeons in a Major Trauma Centre serving a catchment population of 3 million and with a substantial tertiary workload, and in a district general hospital which is consistently ranked among the top hospitals for hip fracture surgery nationwide. It is anticipated that this appointment will provide specialist orthopaedic trauma surgical care for our patients suffering with major and multiple injuries, and the full range of surgical care for proximal femoral fragility fractures including total hip arthroplasty. This is integral to this appointment and applicants will need to demonstrate fellowship level training in complex Orthopaedic trauma surgery. We are looking for an applicant who is a team player and has relevant experience in both the management of complex trauma surgery and hip fracture surgery.

The appointee will be expected to participate in the on-call rota and may be required to work on any other site as required by the OUH Trust in the future.

Working for our organisation 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 underscore 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 .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Oxford Trauma Service provides a high quality consultant led and delivered care for the local population of Oxfordshire and Thames Valley Major Trauma Network.

The new appointee will form part of a team, managing patients within a Major Trauma centre, providing surgical treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. The appointee will have individual consultant responsibilities, but these will be performed within a team environment, which provides excellent opportunities for further personal and professional development.

The Trauma Department at the Horton General Hospital leads on hip fracture surgery for the trust and has been in the top 5 performing hospitals on the NHFD for 10 years. It takes a typical DGH caseload. As part of the directorate and trust strategy of operating on patients on the most appropriate site existing JR consultants have regular ambulant trauma day case lists at the Horton. It is envisaged that as part of the change made to allow the two departments to work closer together.

The post would be suitable for a fully trained Orthopaedic Trauma surgeon, with relevant experience from the UK or abroad, who wishes to further develop their skills in the Surgical management of musculoskeletal Trauma. It is essential that the candidate can demonstrate fellowship level training in Orthopaedic Trauma surgery.

Person specification GMC

• GMC

Qualifications/Training

• CCST in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery; OR Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
• ATLS Provider (Current)
• ATLS Trainer
• Definitive Surgical Skills Course or Damage control Orthopaedics Course.

Experience

• General training in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
• 6 months Fellowship level training in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
• Experience of consultant responsibilities.
• 6 months Fellowship level training in subspecialist orthopaedic surgery

Skills and Knowledge

• 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.
• Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda.
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant in a large teaching hospital
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training of undergraduates and trainees
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Evidence of Audit / Quality improvement activity in orthopaedic trauma surgery / fragility fracture surgery
• Evidence of participation in recruitment for clinical randomised controlled trials
• Evidence of leadership outside of the NHS
• Evidence of successful business case development
• Evidence of recent 360 degree appraisal
• Evidence of teacher training
• Evidence of recent audit activity
• Peer reviewed publications Published in orthopaedic research

Other Requirement

• Transport

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Mr Simon Hurst Job title Clinical Lead for Trauma Email address Telephone number Additional information

Ms Sarah Lancaster, NOTSSCaN Divisional Medical Director, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon:

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