Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country, providing a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and supporting medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Horton General Hospital. All Paediatric neurosurgery services are delivered at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

We call our approach Delivering Compassionate Excellence, focusing on compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant in Paediatric Neurosurgery based at the Oxford Children's Hospital at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The post is available to cover by illness.

• Provide routine care for emergency and elective paediatric neurosurgical patients, covering the full spectrum of cranial and spinal pathologies.
• Attend joint ward rounds each weekday morning and participate in a 1:4 on-call rota.
• Collaborate with senior consultants in decision-making and operations.
• Participate in teaching undergraduate clinical students, training junior doctors, multidisciplinary teaching and clinical examinations.
• Lead and support research activity within the department; postgraduate research training (Masters or PhD) is expected.
• Attend and contribute to audit, clinical governance, incident reporting, risk management, CPD and guideline development.
• Maintain up-to-date professional knowledge, demonstrating this through appraisal and revalidation processes.
• Support administrative duties under the direction of the lead clinician and maintain service delivery within Trust policies.

• Full neurosurgical training (to FRCS or equivalent).
• Sub-speciality fellowship in paediatric neurosurgery.
• Registered on the GMC Specialist Register in neurosurgery at interview.
• Full GMC licence to practice.
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent; and be on the GMC Specialist Register at appointment.
• Responsible for maintaining a private residence within reasonable proximity of John Radcliffe Hospital and ensuring immediate contact during on-call.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust values equality and diversity in employment and the services we provide. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and will review policies to ensure the job-related needs of all staff are recognised. Applicants and employees will be treated fairly, valuing equality of opportunity and preventing discrimination on any protected characteristic.

Vaccination is encouraged but not mandatory. The Trust will review vaccination status of new starters for risk management purposes.

No unsolicited recruitment agency calls or emails. Applications should be submitted via the e-recruitment system. For queries email (see below)