Job overview
Applications are invited to apply for the above post in the Gynaecology Department at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a new consultant post. The department is seeking a capable and motivated doctor who enjoys working in a tertiary referral service and wishes to effect change and improve care for patients within this service
The postholder will join an existing team of NHS Gynaecologists/ GynaeOncologists and University of Oxford Clinical Academics, who together provide both a local gynaecology service to the population of Oxford and a highly specialist tertiary service in Urogynaecology, reproductive medicine, endometriosis and Gynae-oncology. This post is a Trust wide position with clinical sessions at the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford and the Horton Hospital Banbury.
There is a particular departmental interest in laparoscopic pelvic reconstructive surgery and management of tertiary and complex pelvic floor disorders with a focus on minimal access surgery. We also have a large outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic workload.
Main duties of the job
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust provides gynaecology services across three sites (John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, Horton Hospital Banbury and the Churchill Hospital, Oxford). The successful applicant may be required to work across all sites. The post holder will be expected to undertake a combination of Urogynaecology and General Gynaecology clinics as well as lead for the complex bladder disorders and complex LUTS.
The post-holder will be expected to undertake theatre lists (the majority of the surgery undertaken is minimal access) at the John Radcliffe hospital (including regular (:) weekend lists and at the Horton Hospital as required.
The post holder will manage in-patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital and undertake gynaecology on-call duties of no more frequent than :. There is also some job-planned time committed to providing a ‘hot week’ on call. Some clinics may take place outside of the acute trust and it is anticipated that over time more clinics will be located elsewhere.
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.
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