Job overview Trueta Orthopaedic Trauma Fellow The Oxford Trauma Service, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.Post-CCT applications are invited for the prestigious Oxford Trueta Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship program.
We have positions available starting in February and August .
Candidates are asked to express a preference for a particular start date in their application form.
These -month posts are for post-CCT level candidates only who wish to specialise in Orthopaedic Trauma and intend to work in a major trauma or level one trauma centre.
The successful candidates will be based at the Trauma Unit is the heart of the John Radcliffe Hospital Major Trauma Centre.
Main duties of the job The primary role of the fellows is to be planning and performing orthopaedic trauma surgery under direct supervision of the Consultants.
Clinic commitment is limited to one clinic per week shared between the two fellows.Each of our two fellows spend at least days per week in one of our two daily trauma lists and one outpatient clinic sessions per fortnight.
A half day session per week is also allocated for administration, development, research and auditRegular teaching sessions run in the department each week and fellows are expected to be involved in teaching medical students and more junior members of the team.
Successful candidates will be expected to play a full role in research and audit in the department and demonstrate this through publication and presentation.
Working for our organisation 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.
Find out more here 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.
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