Consultant Neurosurgeon in Skullbase and Vascular | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Applications are invited for the above substantive consultant post in the Department of Neurosurgery based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country and enjoys a national reputation for the quality of its services in healthcare.

The successful applicant will join a team of currently 13 substantive Adult and 4 Paediatric Neurosurgery Consultants. The focus of the post will be the management of Emergency and Elective Neurosurgical patients in Functional Neurosurgery. Appropriate administrative support will be provided for this post.

The Neurological Surgery Department has Academic and Clinical Training programmes. The applicant will be involved in training Specialist Registrars and Functional Neurosurgical Fellows (in a Royal College of Surgeons of England accredited Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship).

• Provide inpatient and outpatient care for neurosurgical patients, both emergency and elective, and for subspecialty functional neurosurgery patients.
• Collaborate with the Neurosciences team and Functional Neurosurgery MDTs, including movement disorders neurologists, pain physicians, psychologists, and Specialist Advanced Nurse Practitioners.
• Participate in a 1:12 non-resident on-call rota with prospective cover; when on call, be within ten miles by road from the John Radcliffe Hospital.
• Have equal access to clinics, theatres, junior doctor and administrative support and office space.

• Applicants must hold full registration and licence to practice with the GMC, and must be on the GMC Specialist Register via Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CESR (CP) (proposed CCT/CESR date must be within 6 months of interview), or CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration.
• Applicants should have subspecialty fellowship level training in Functional Neurosurgery.

• The successful candidate will take part in a 1:12 non-resident on-call rota with prospective cover, and when on call will be required to be within ten miles by road from the John Radcliffe Hospital.
• 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
• The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
• Please see the attached Job Description for further information regarding duties and responsibilities.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country; it is a base for medical education, training and research.

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