Locum Consultant in Paediatric Orthopaedics

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Orthopaedics NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Main area Paediatric Orthopaedics Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (8 PA job plan basis with 1:4 on-call commitment, which covers the elective service but not the trauma service, with no obligatory trauma on-call commitments.) Hours Full time - 8 sessions per week (8 PA job plan basis with 1:4 on-call commitment, which covers the elective service but not the trauma service, with no obligatory trauma on-call commitments.) Job ref 321-NOTSSCaN LC

Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/: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 Excellence and 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.

This is the first advert for this 1-year locum consultant post, with a view to this becoming a substantive job in the near future. We are an established team of 4 consultants who work alongside specialist nurses and physiotherapists, clinical fellow with the only RCS-certified Paediatric Orthopaedic fellowship in the country, deanery and CESR trainees, and a nationally-renowned Gait Lab.

The serviceprovides an electivePaediatric Orthopaedic serviceto theOxford region,working closely with a multidisciplinary team, and developing the service further to support colleagues in regional hospitals across ThamesValley.We arelooking fora colleague who can help us towards buildingthis service further.

Main duties of the job To provide a high quality secondary and tertiary paediatric orthopaedic service to the children and adolescents of Oxfordshire and Thames Valley, and neighbouring counties.

Tosupportthemultidisciplinaryteam,andparticipate inmultidisciplinary meetings

To support and continue to develop clinical collaboration with otherpaediatricservices in Oxford and Buckinghamshire, especially where this may impact on paediatric orthopaedic provision.

To develop further paediatric training in orthopaedics with support of Locally and Nationally appointed trainees and provide orthopaedic teaching for other undergraduate and postgraduate trainees

To comply with the recommendations of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, National GIRFT ('Getting it Right First Time') review of Paediatric Orthopaedics, and the Royal College ofSurgeons for the provision of acute and specialty services for children.

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 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description for the weekly job plan and programmed activities.

There is a indicative timetable and job plan is outlined in the Job Description attached. The actual initial job plan will be negotiated and agreed with the Clinical Lead and Clinical Director upon appointment and may vary according to the successful candidate's experience and the clinical needs of the department. The job plan will subsequently be reviewed and, where appropriate, renegotiated at least annually. It will be developed on an equitable basis, particularly in relation to patient-facing and flexible activities, access to theatre and clinic sessions, and the provision of cover for peripheral clinics.

Person specification Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with license to practise
• MB ChB or equivalent FRCS (T&O) or equivalent
• Trained to level 3 children's safeguarding
• CCT or equivalent in orthopaedic surgery

Experience

• Comprehensive training in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, and fellowship experience (or equivalent) as a paediatric orthopaedic fellow in a major unit
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.

Skills and Knowledge

• Good 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 ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
• Good written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills. Must be a good team player
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Participation in clinical research GCP training or equivalent

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.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.

Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached below, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.

All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

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 Max Mifsud Job title Clinical Lead for Paediatric Orthopaedics Email address Telephone number

Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and are invited to contact
Mr Max Mifsud, Clinical Lead for Paediatric Orthopaedics and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon ( ), and Mrs Rachel Buckingham, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon ( ), both of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They can also contact Mr Alex Lee, Clinical Director of the Children's Directorate ( ), at Oxford University Hospitals.

Band 5 NurseandBand 2 Healthcare Support Workerrecruitment iscentralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered fora number of rolesacross the Trust. If you have any questions please email: .

Vacancies with our PFI partners Domestic / catering / porteringservices at theJohn Radcliffe Hospitalare provided byMitie.

Domestic / catering / portering / maintenance engineerservices at theChurchill HospitalandNuffield Orthopaedic Centreare provided byG4S.

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