Paediatric Spinal Consultant | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our internationally acclaimed Spinal Surgery Team at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The service is undergoing a significant transformation with an expanding workforce, increased theatre capacity and the acquisition of enabling technologies to serve our patients' needs in keeping with our Trust values:
Delivering Compassion and Excellence together with Respect, Learning and Improvement.

We are looking for two full-time Consultant Spinal Surgeons (one with an interest in Adult tumour surgery and one with an interest in complex Paediatric deformity). The successful applicant will be working in an integrated team of spinal consultants, focusing on the provision of surgery for complex spinal patients and also undertaking adult elective degenerative and emergency spinal surgery for the Thames Valley population.

This will involve inpatient and day case surgery, outpatient clinics, and a 1 in 12 on-call commitment as part of a 24/7 on-call service. Applicants should have subspeciality fellowship level training;
Consultant experience would be desirable but not essential.

• Provide surgical care for complex spinal patients (paediatric deformity or adult spinal pathology as per the subspecialty of the role).
• Involve inpatient and day case surgery, outpatient clinics, and on-call duties as part of a 24/7 service (1 in 12 or 1 in 10 on-call pattern as applicable).
• Collaborate within an integrated team of academic, regional, and neurosurgical colleagues.
• Engage in activity related to research and service quality improvement where there is demonstrable interest.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of 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, focused on the values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values place patients at the heart of what we do, and underscore the quality of care we would want for ourselves or a family member. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH You Tube channel.

In 2023 NHS 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. This.