Job summary
We are delighted to advertise a twelve-month clinical Fellowship in Anaesthesia for Cancer Surgery and Transplant Anaesthesia. This post is an exciting opportunity for a post-CCT anaesthetist or a senior anaesthetic registrar to join our team and develop their role as an anaesthetist with an interest in transplant anaesthesia. We pride ourselves in training excellence and received excellent feedback from our previous fellow.
The majority of our services are on the Churchill site in the Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre but patients are treated at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the West Wing.
A wide range of surgical expertise is available in the Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre. Specialist surgery is carried out by the teams responsible for management of the following cancer types:
Breast
Gynaecological
Upper gastrointestinal (including oesophagus and stomach)
Hepatopancreatobiliary (including liver, pancreas, gallbladder)
Lower gastrointestinal (including colon and rectum)
Head and neck
Thyroid and endocrine cancers
Urological (including bladder and prostate)
Main duties of the job
The post-holder's duties will cover in and out-of-hours duties across any of the OUH sites.
Opportunities for teaching, training and research will be available within the fellowship programme and will be agreed prior to commencement of the fellowship.
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.
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.
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, developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust.
The post-holder will assume a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of his/her department. Office accommodation and secretarial support is available for this post.
Please see attached the Job Description for further details.
About us
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 2023NHS 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holders duties will cover in and out-of-hours duties across any of the OUH sites.
Opportunities for teaching, training and research will be available within the fellowship programme and will be agreed prior to commencement of the fellowship.
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.
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.
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, developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust.
The post-holder will assume a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of his/her department. Office accommodation and secretarial support is available for this post.
Please see attached the Job Description for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holders duties will cover in and out-of-hours duties across any of the OUH sites.
Opportunities for teaching, training and research will be available within the fellowship programme and will be agreed prior to commencement of the fellowship.
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.
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.
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, developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust.
The post-holder will assume a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of his/her department. Office accommodation and secretarial support is available for this post.
Please see attached the Job Description for further details.
Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- FRCA or equivalent.
- On GMC Specialist Register in Anaesthetics; OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview
Desirable
- Higher Medical Degree ATLS, ALS, MOET
Experience
Essential
- Specialist training in Anaesthesia and experience in multidisciplinary team working in complex cases.
- Interest in research
- Ability to make decisions at ST7 level
Desirable
- Experience in Lower and Upper GI, HPB, Urology, Gynae-oncology, and Transplant Anaesthesia
- Publications/presentations
- Management of complex rotas
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist training in Anaesthesia and experience in onco-anaesthesia and transplant anaesthesia
- Evidence of team leadership skills to be able to undertake effectively the role of a Fellow, in a large multi-site teaching hospital
- Organisational skills to be able to undertake effectively, the role of a Fellow within a large multi-site teaching hospital.
- Management training and experience Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Good spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
- Experience of teaching medical, nursing and PAM, undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of routine clinical audit
Desirable
- Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda for modernisation
- Computing skills: ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser
- Flexible approach to problem solving
- Experience in perioperative medicine-based teaching
- Willingness to conduct and/or supervise audit
Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- FRCA or equivalent.
- On GMC Specialist Register in Anaesthetics; OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview
Desirable
- Higher Medical Degree ATLS, ALS, MOET
Experience
Essential
- Specialist training in Anaesthesia and experience in multidisciplinary team working in complex cases.
- Interest in research
- Ability to make decisions at ST7 level
Desirable
- Experience in Lower and Upper GI, HPB, Urology, Gynae-oncology, and Transplant Anaesthesia
- Publications/presentations
- Management of complex rotas
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist training in Anaesthesia and experience in onco-anaesthesia and transplant anaesthesia
- Evidence of team leadership skills to be able to undertake effectively the role of a Fellow, in a large multi-site teaching hospital
- Organisational skills to be able to undertake effectively, the role of a Fellow within a large multi-site teaching hospital.
- Management training and experience Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Good spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
- Experience of teaching medical, nursing and PAM, undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of routine clinical audit
Desirable
- Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda for modernisation
- Computing skills: ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser
- Flexible approach to problem solving
- Experience in perioperative medicine-based teaching
- Willingness to conduct and/or supervise audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
