Consultant in Paediatric Surgery-SEC

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, 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.

A whole‑time post as consultant in paediatric surgery with on‑call paediatric surgery and urology commitments is available now at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a substantive Consultant post. The base site for the successful candidate will be The John Radcliffe Hospital (JR). The JR provides acute medical and surgical services including trauma, intensive care and cardiothoracic services. It is the largest of the Trust's hospitals and includes Children’s Hospital, Eye Hospital, Heart Centre, West Wing and the Women’s Centre.

Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital, and are invited to contact Mr. Merrill McHoney, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and lead for paediatric surgery; or Mr. Alex Lee, Clinical Director of Children’s Services. Tel:

The post-holder’s duties will primarily be at the Surgical Elective Centre and the West Wing at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, but it is a condition of the appointment that they be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.

The post-holder will contribute to the provision of tertiary level paediatric surgical care and, as part of the acute rota (1:7.5), provide acute general and neonatal surgery. They will work closely with other members of the paediatric surgery and urology teams, including clinical nurse specialists, to deliver high‑level care for children and families from the region and beyond. The post-holder will have clinical support from trainees, trust doctors and foundation doctors in delivering this care.

The post-holder will need to travel to different sites – e.g. Horton Hospital, Chipping Norton and Northampton Hospital – within our ODN for theatre sessions and clinics. Appropriate travel time will be permitted.

The trust provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of care we offer and underpin the highest standards of professionalism. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH You Tube channel.

Clinical care will involve providing tertiary paediatric surgical care and managing complex gastrointestinal surgery, including laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures. The post-holder will participate in teaching, training and research programmes for clinical students, junior doctors and in clinical examinations as part of everyday clinical activity. Clinical governance activities – audit, effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement – will be undertaken as required by the Trust and external accrediting bodies.

The post-holder will be expected to keep up to date with the relevant area of practice, undertake study leave if required and maintain professional administrative and time‑management skills.

• Full UK GMC Registration with License to Practice
• Accreditation in Paediatric Surgery and on specialist register or within 6 months of the AAC
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date within 6 months of interview) or CESR (within 6 months of interview date)
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Paediatric Surgery
• Experience of complex gastrointestinal surgery
• Competency to perform key paediatric surgical open operations,…