A post as consultant in Transplantation, Dialysis Access and Organ Retrieval is available now at the Churchill Hospital.
The appointment is on a whole-time/part-time basis, but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Consultant Surgeons Mr Sanjay Sinha, Mr Srikanth Reddy, Clinical Lead in Transplantation, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (Tel: Oxford (01865) 223872), or Miss Bryony Lennon, Directorate Manager for Renal Medicine, Transplant and Urology:Bryony.Lennon@ouh.nhs.uk
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
The postholder’s duties will be primarily at the Churchill Hospital but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust. The post will also include involvement in the provision of transplant services in satellite outpatient and inpatient services in other hospitals as part of transplant services and participation in organ retrieval from other donor hospitals as part of the Oxford-based multi-organ retrieval service for transplantation. The postholder will be expected to play a significant role in the establishment of collaboration with adjacent transplant providers with the intention of expanding the scope of transplant activity within the broader Oxford programme. This may entail a degree of off-site working.
Oxford is a partner in the Coventry-Oxford Transplant Network (COxNet) and the post-holder may be required to support the provision of clinical services at the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwick (UHCW) as part of this collaboration (where there is an independent consultant on-call). Off-site elective surgery carried out as day case procedures. The postholder will take a full and equitable share in the out of working hours Transplantation commitments, including weekends (on a 1:9 basis), including organ implantation and retrieval.
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Warwick (UHCW) as part of this collaboration (where there is an independent consultant on-call). Off-site elective surgery carried out as day case procedures. The postholder will take a full and equitable share in the out of working hours Transplantation commitments, including weekends (on a 1:9 basis), including organ implantation and retrieval.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up to date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs. The Trust is committed to supporting consultant revalidation in line with current NHS practise. Job plan will include the appropriate time allocation to support revalidation and safe practise.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.
This advert closes on Monday 20 Jan 2025
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