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Job summary

Main area
Rehabilitation Medicine
Grade
ST3
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
  • Full time
  • Job share
40 hours per week (on call on NOC site)
Job ref
321-MRC-MS-144361-S6
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Oxford Centre For Enablement-Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Town
Oxford
Salary
£55,329 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Fellow in Rehabilitation Medicine

ST3

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 of 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.

 

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value 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. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values


 

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Fellow post at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE). This post is ideal for those seeking to further their medical experience in a specialist rehabilitation setting following Foundation or Speciality Training. 

The OUHFT comprises four hospitals:  John Radcliffe, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Churchill Hospital and the Horton General Hospital. 

Main duties of the job

The post is primarily based at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE), which is located at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre campus in Headington, close to the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals. OCE is a specialist neurological rehabilitation centre with an international reputation for excellence.  It has a strong research and academic record.  There are 18 inpatient beds (Level 1), a specialist spasticity service, a large multidisciplinary outpatient rehabilitation service, specialist seating and disability equipment services.  The prosthetic service is co-located on-site.

The appointment is on a full-time basis, for 1 year fixed term, with the possibility to be extended. Applications are welcome from those who wish to job share. Candidates whishing to apply for less than a year are welcomed. Those with academic and subspecialty interests are encouraged to discuss the opportunities that are available. Oxford is a beautiful historic city with much to offer. We have excellent schools and fabulous communities. With access to London there is something for everyone.

Working for our organisation

OCE is an internationally recognised specialist centre for rehabilitation, taking patients with the most complex levels of neurological injury and illness.  There are 18 in-patients undergoing rehabilitation following brain injuries, strokes etc, and a wide variety of outpatient services including Physiotherapy, Clinical Neuropsychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Spasticity Management clinics, wheelchair and special seating clinics, the regional Prosthetic service and others. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role of the Clinical Fellow is primarily to provide medical cover for the in-patients and patients attending the outpatient rehabilitation services.  Out of hours cover is provided by a on-site SHO level doctor and registrar, available for support.  There is an OCE Consultant on-call 24 hours a day. The OCE Clinical Fellow will participate on the on-call rota covering the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre site.  This will involve in and out-of-hours cover of a range of orthopaedic patients and the OCE inpatients. 

This post will give the successful applicant a chance to experience a Level 1 (i.e. highly specialist) neurological rehabilitation service in providing post-acute care for patients with serious neurological injuries and illnesses from a wide variety of causes. 

Responsibilities will include admitting and assessing new patients, care for patients on the ward under the direction of the consultants (such as history taking, performing physical examinations, managing problems such as chest and urinary tract infections, organising investigations, communicating with patients and their relatives/next of kin, etc), supporting the discharge process, maintaining patient records on EPR/paper files/UKROC (National Rehabilitation registry) documentation/writing letters as appropriate. 

Multi-disciplinary care and team-working are prioritised.  Doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, neurophysiotherapists, occupational therapists, neuropsychologists, speech and language therapists and rehabilitation assistants all contribute to the care of patients from admission to discharge.

Person specification

GMC Registration

Essential criteria
  • Full registration and licence to practise

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • Medical Degree (MBChB, MBBS)
  • Completion of Foundation Training in the UK or overseas equivalent.
Desirable criteria
  • Higher medical degree MRCP, MRC Psych, MRCGP, MRCS or equivalent
  • Completion of core or specialist training.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience managing patients with acute medical problems. Previous experience in the NHS.
  • inpatient medical experience at F2 lebel or above
  • Evidence of ability to make decisions at the level of core trainee (i.e. will have successfully completed Foundation Training at the time of appointment).
Desirable criteria
  • Rehabilitation Medicine experience
  • Experience with complex spasticity management, and/or management of prolonged disorders of consciousness.
  • Registrar level experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a F2 or above in a teaching hospital
  • Effective administrative and time management skills.
  • Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork. Evidence of interdisciplinary and multiprofessional working. Evidence of flexibility and open to innovative ways of working
  • Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
  • Research skills
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of leadership in teaching, professional bodies or service development.
  • Training in clinical management
  • Ability to use word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs. Prior experience with clinical information systems.
  • Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
  • Evidence of a high level of skill in training and supervising medical, nursing and other staff
  • Peer reviewed publications Research grants

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Anton Pick
Job title
OCE Clinical Lead
Telephone number
01865 737306
Additional information

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