Senior Clinical Fellow in Transplantation Surgery

The applicant will be required to lead the organ retrieval team incl 1:4 weekends (Necessary training will be provided to suitable candidates), support the Transplant clinical service including in and out of hours flexibly with cross cover including clinics, wards and operating theatres. Opportunities exist for elective experience in HPB surgery., The Senior Clinical Fellows support the clinical activities of the Oxford Transplant Centre & HPB Surgery as directed by the Clinical Leads. Clinical responsibilities will include emergency and elective operating, support of the organ retrieval service, outpatient clinics, ward rounds and care of inpatients. Senior Clinical Fellows are expected to have or acquire the skills necessary to lead the multi-organ retrieval team. Any necessary training will be provided.

The Oxford Transplant Centre comprises a separate building including day-case beds, outpatient clinics, Tissue Typing laboratory and office accommodation. The unit provides a regional renal transplant service for the six counties surrounding Oxford (population about 3 million), supra-regional pancreas and intestinal transplant services and organ retrieval (as part of the nationally commissioned national organ retrieval service). More than 250 deceased and living donor transplants and 200 organ retrievals are performed per year, together with vascular access and other procedures numbering over 400 operations. Approximately 60 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies & liver donor transplants; 50-60 pancreas transplants & 4-6 intestinal transplants are undertaken annually. The clinical activities of the Oxford Transplant Centre also include the pancreatic islet transplant programme. In collaboration with the HPB service, the Transplant Unit provides a pancreatic auto-transplant
service (Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto Transplantation). The Oxford University Hospitals has recently formed a transplant network (COxTNet) in partnership with University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwick, which enables free flow of both patients and staff between the two kidney transplant units, as dictated by capacity restraints.

Hepatobiliary/pancreatic (HPB)

The HPB clinical service carries out approximately 220 major resectional surgical procedures per year and has a substantial work-load in benign HPB surgery, inpatient management, outpatient clinics and ward-rounds. Together with middle-grade staff and consultants, the Senior Clinical Fellows contribute to specialist out-of-hours cover for HPB patients.

Research

The successful candidates will be expected to engage in the research activities of the department. The Oxford Transplant Centre is closely associated with major research programmes within the Oxford Transplant Centre as well as the Nuffield Department of Surgery and other departments in the University. Currently active projects include: novel approaches to liver and kidney preservation; pancreatic islets; long term metabolic function of transplanted pancreases; pancreas preservation and viability assessment; multi-centre trial of novel immunosuppression. There are opportunities in clinical HPB research, including trials of novel treatments of pancreatic and liver cancer and also opportunities to engage in lab-based projects.

Teaching

Senior clinical fellows are expected to take part in the teaching of medical students within the Clinical School, under the direction of the transplant educational lead. Further teaching within the College system may be available should this be the wish of a successful candidate

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

• Full registration with GMC, MRCS or equivalent


• FRCS or equivalent.


Desirable criteria


• Higher Medical Degree


• CCT in General Surgery (or equivalent) or within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview or Higher surgical, Experience in Transplant and organ retrieval surgery


Desirable criteria


• Experience in HPB surgery


• Publications/presentations, Evidence of team leadership skills to be able to undertake effectively, the role of a Fellow within a Teaching Hospital


• Organisational skills to be able to undertake effectively, the role of a Fellow within a Teaching Hospita


• Computing skills: ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser


• Good personal and interpersonal skills


• Good written English


• Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates


• Experience of routine clinical audit


Desirable criteria


• Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS


• Management experience


• Flexible approach to problem solving


• Willingness to conduct and/or supervise audit, 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. 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.

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., The Oxford Transplant and HPB Surgical Units are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic doctor to join the team working in Transplantation and HPB Surgery. The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute teaching trusts in the country., 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 www.ouh.nhs.uk

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.