Consultant Physician

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., 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.

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 holder's 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 Trust's locations.,

• MRCP or equivalent
• Training to consultant equivalent in acute general medicine with at least two years of experience in emergency general surgery
Desirable criteria
• CCT or equivalent in general medicine, General training in non-operative management of general surgery patients
• Demonstrable experience leading an ambulatory surgical clinic
• Consultant or senior trainee level
Desirable criteria
• Perioperative and ambulatory general medicine experience, Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of specialist and consultant in a large teaching hospital.
• Excellent personal and interpersonal skills
• Excellent spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed Computing skills: ability to use standard programmes
• Demonstrable experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
• Demonstrable experience of clinical audit / QuIP
• Projects / publications in acute care
Desirable criteria
• Management training and experience
• Experience of managing complaints and engaging with the PSIRF process, Full GMC registration, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  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., 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 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.