Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Sept 27

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Company: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

JOB OVERVIEW

Title of post:Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Grade:Clinical Fellow

Specialty:Orthopaedic Surgery (Paediatrics)

Reason for vacancy: End of contract of previous fellow

Clinical supervisors

-Mrs Rachel Buckingham

Working pattern:Full time, Day time work only.

Base hospital:Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Core hours:40hrs per week The purpose of this post is to enable the successful candidate to gain further experience in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery for young people, whilst providing senior support to the professional team in carrying out its Clinical & Research workload in outpatient clinics, operating lists and ward work.

Applicants must be at the level of FRCS (Tr and Orth) or equivalent, and have completed, or have an agreed CCT (certificate of completion of training) date in Trauma and Orthopaedics in order to be shortlisted. The successful candidate will be intending to pursue Paediatric Orthopaedic surgery as a specialist career and will have experience inChildren’s Orthopaedic surgery and be able to work in senior position of responsibility in an Orthopaedic team.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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 theOUH 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 theten core principles

Oxford University Hospitalspromotes 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.

Detailed and main responsibilities

- a.Aims and responsibilities of the post To work alongside the team of consultants, nurses,



physiotherapists and other allied health professionals to provide a tertiary level of paediatric orthopaedic care to the children under the care of the team in Oxford.This will involve both inpatient and outpatient work, and may also include supporting the consultants in the peripheral centers where the OUIH has service-level agreements in place.

- b.Clinical commitments The formal programme will be agreed in consultation with the team and the appointee’s needs, but an example timetable is attached below:

Monday – theatre

Tuesday – theatre

Thursday – theatre

Friday – theatre

Alongside this, the fellow will be expected to sit into general and pre-operative clinics with consultants for their learning, attend gait lab interpretation sessions, and participate in the DDH and Ponseti service. These will be arranged flexibly around the clinical needs of the department. There is also scope for the Fellow to attend lists and clinics in other specialties if they so wish, upon agreement with the relevant other departments.

The fellow will also be expected to participate in academic work with the aim of publishing one academic paper over the course of the fellowship.

- c.Facilities for studying and training:

Good library facilities are available at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and the Oxford Radcliffe, via Bodleian Library

- d.Teaching, audit and research:

Participationinresearchandauditisrequired.

This advert closes on Sunday 27 Sep 2026

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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