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NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area

Plastic Surgery

Grade

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Contract

Fixed term: 36 months (3 years)

Hours

Flexible working - 1 session per week

Job ref

321-MS-CON-8158142

Site

John Radcliffe Hospital

Town

Oxford

Salary

£113,565 - £150,569 Pro Rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

24/08/2026 23:59

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 of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton 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.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-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 significance 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

Job overview

The Clinical Lead is accountable to the Clinical Director and works in partnership with the Service Manager, Deputy Directorate Manager, Directorate Manager, Matrons and Clinical Director to provide clinical leadership and ensure the delivery of safe, effective and sustainable services.

The Clinical Lead is responsible for providing professional leadership to the consultant body and wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring high standards of clinical care, governance and patient safety while contributing to the operational and strategic development of the Speciality.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical Leadership : Provide visible and effective leadership to the Plastic Surgery clinical team, ensuring high standards of care, patient safety, and compliance with national guidelines.
• Service Planning and Development : Contribute to the development of strategic and annual service plans, including business case preparation and service redesign to meet evolving clinical needs.
• Governance and Quality : Monitor the quality and safety of clinical activities, lead on incident reviews, and implement actions to address risks identified in the divisional risk register (e.g. delays in laryngectomy valve changes, tracheostomy weaning, and outpatient capacity)
  
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• Operational Oversight : Work collaboratively with the Operational Service Manager and Matron to ensure efficient use of resources, theatre scheduling, and delivery of performance targets.
• Workforce and Education : Support recruitment, retention, and development of clinical staff. Contribute to teaching, training, and mentorship of junior doctors and allied health professionals.
• Communication and Representation : Act as the key liaison between the specialty and the Directorate/Divisional teams, representing the service at governance, performance, and planning meetings.
• On-Call Participation : Participate in the consultant on-call rota as required, ensuring safe and sustainable cover for the service

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. 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 the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes 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 job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership to consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Promote a culture of openness, continuous improvement and compassionate leadership.
• Act as the senior clinical representative for the speciality.
• Support delivery of the Directorate's strategic objectives.
• Champion patient-centred care and evidence-based practice.
• Lead clinical engagement in service redesign and transformation.

Person specificationEssentialEssential criteria

• Clinician working within Plastic Surgery at senior level
• Good organisational skills
• Leadership skills and an understanding of how to lead change
• Good communication skills
• Good understanding of clinical governance
• Interest in quality improvement

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some...