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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Functional Neurosurgeon

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk. Domestic ,

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services at some of our hospitals are provided by our PFI partners. For these jobs, please see vacancies with our PFI partners. Fraudulent recruiters have been using social media platforms to dupe potential job seekers into divulging personal and financial information. Sophisticated frauds, involving grooming of targeted individuals, show the fake recruiter asking the unsuspecting job seeker to take part in a fake job interview, either over the phone or via WhatsApp, and also sending fraudulent follow-up correspondence offering job positions. Any communication about jobs at Oxford University Hospitals will come from 'Trac', or via an ouh.nhs.uk email address. All meetings and interviews will be scheduled on Microsoft Teams from a verified OUH email account. If you have any doubts about any correspondence around recruitment, please contact us. 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 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 significant difference to your job satisfaction and, above all, the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. Applications are invited for the above substantive consultant post in the Department of Neurosurgery based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford. The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country and enjoys a national reputation for the quality of its services in healthcare. The successful applicant will join a team of currently 13 substantive Adult and 4 Paediatric Neurosurgery Consultants. The focus of the post will be the management of Emergency and Elective Neurosurgical patients in Functional Neurosurgery. Appropriate administrative support will be provided for this post. The Neurological Surgery Department has Academic and Clinical Training programmes. The applicant will be involved in training Specialist Registrars and Functional Neurosurgical Fellows (in a Royal College of Surgeons of England accredited Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship). Applicants must hold full registration and licence to practice with the GMC, and must be on the GMC Specialist Register via Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CESR (CP) (proposed CCT/CESR date must be within 6 months of interview), or CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration. Applicants should have subspecialty fellowship level training in Functional Neurosurgery. Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will take part in a 1:12 non-resident on-call rota with prospective cover, and when on call will be required to be within ten miles by road from the John Radcliffe Hospital. The postholder’s duties will be to provide inpatient and outpatient care for neurosurgical patients both emergency and elective, and subspecialty functional neurosurgery patients. Close working relationships with other members of the neurosciences team will be necessary. In functional neurosurgery this includes all members of the functional neurosurgery MDTs – movement disorders neurologists, pain physicians, psychologists, and Specialist Advanced Nurse Practitioners. The post-holder will have equal access to clinics, theatres, junior doctor and administrative support and office space. 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. 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. Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for further information regarding duties and responsibilities. Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Full GMC registration with licence to practise FRCS (SN) or equivalent Higher medical degree On GMC specialist register Experience

Extensive training and experience in general adult neurosurgery. Fellowship(s) in Functional Neurosurgery. Evidence of ability to make independent decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems. Previous experience at Consultant Neurosurgeon level Skills and Knowledge

Ability to lead a team of professionals Effective administrative and time management skills Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to Clinical Governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities Experience of conducting clinical audits Experience in wide range of Neuromodulation techniques Previous experience at Consultant Neurosurgeon level Evidence of participation in clinical audits Presentation at scientific meetings relevant to neuromodulation Peer reviewed publications Evidence of participation in multi-disciplinary meetings Interest in teaching with portfolio of teaching and training achievements COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we encourage staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at the Oxfordshire County Council Website. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated. No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails. Please read the job description and person specification attached below, and ensure your statement in support reflects these criteria as your application will be judged against them. All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products. Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Names and contact details for further information: Name James Fitzgerald, Job title Consultant Neurosurgeon, Email james.fitzgerald@ouh.nhs.uk, Telephone 01865 234838. Additional information Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact: Mr Murtuza Sikander, Clinical Lead for Neurosurgery; email Murtuza.sikander@ouh.nhs.uk. Mr George Hadjipavlou, Clinical Director for Neurosciences; email George.Hadjipavlou@ouh.nhs.uk. Mr James Fitzgerald, Consultant Neurosurgeon; email James.Fitzgerald@ouh.nhs.uk. Domestic / catering / portering

services at the John Radcliffe Hospital are provided by Mitie.

Domestic / catering / portering / maintenance engineer

services at the Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre are provided by G4S.

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