Job description

Job responsibilities

Your role will involve the following:

Inpatient care

o Providing medical management for all ENT patients at the John Radcliffe hospital

Emergency ENT service

o Including 1 in 8 on-call covering the ENT SHO bleep, managing referrals internally (from A&E and other wards) and externally (from primary care and referring hospitals)

o Assessing and managing patients on the GP Referral Unit (acute ENT referrals)

Outpatient care

o Nasal fracture clinic

o General ENT clinics 2 per week

o Specialist rhinology clinic 1 per week (One stop Sinusitis / Transcranial Trauma/Combined Airway Clinic

Theatres

o 2 all day lists per week in rhinology with the opportunity to attend joint cases at other times with ophthalmology/plastics/neurosurgery. These will be shared with the SpR and it is expected that the fellow will do some teaching.

In addition, there will be opportunities to be involved in the following for educational and training purposes:

Departmental teaching sessions

Clinical Governance meetings

Audit, Research and Quality Improvement

There is plenty of support to participate in projects within the department.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC with licence to practice
• MRCS ENT/DOHNS

Experience

Essential

• Completed at least ST 6 or equivalent higher surgical training in Otolaryngology

Skills

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills
• Competent in uncomplicated FESS/Septal Surgery
• Managing ENT emergencies e.g. tracheostomy, neck wounds, epistaxis
• Teaching ability Basic Surgical techniques
• Evidence of audit & research publications in surgery

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

JOHN RADCLIFFE

Oxford

OX3 9DU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Managerial To have knowledge of managerial processes within the Trust and to have good awareness of Trust policies and how they relate to staffand service of the department. Furthermore, to use this knowledge for the benefit of the clinical and scientific service. To investigate where current processes and/or policies can be changed in order to improve service provision to patients and users. Topropose and develop changes to practice in order to improve these issues. To liaise with Biomedical Scientists in order to implement developments and changes in aspects of the service as delegated by theHead of the Department. To liaise with the Consultant Clinical Scientist and the Head of the Department in order to ensure that the referral of specimens to otherlaboratories meets the clinical needs and is cost-effective. To be accountable for the quality and cost-effectiveness of this service,provide supervision and undertake audit. To liaise with senior members of staff to ensure that highly complex analytical services related to chromatographic techniques and massspectrometry, are of the highest quality and timely. To attend and actively contribute to departmental meetings related to management, quality management and clinical policymanagement. To be accountable for the quality of designated clinical research and trials for which the Department is undertaking commissionedanalytical work, and to coordinate and implement such work. To ensure that all clinical incidents and complaints are properly recorded and reported to one of the Consultants or to the LaboratoryManager. To ensure that such incidents are properly investigated, and appropriate action is taken to ensure an improvement of theservice in line with the Trust policies, procedures and national guidelines.Scientific To assist the Consultant Biochemist in providing an effective scientific service in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, includingcontributing to the quality of the service and the requirements of UKAS. To regularly participate in and coordinate the development of new methods, to implement them, and to act as necessary to maintain theperformance of these methods in routine use. To liaise and collaborate with other laboratory staff to provide as high a standard of service as is reasonably possible. To provide highly skilled technical services across all analytical sections of the department, including analysis of routine blood, urineand other fluid samples. To attend the Departments Quality Meetings and carry out delegated and designated duties to ensure the quality of the results and theservice. To take an active role in ensuring the quality service. Within the postholders sphere of competence, to coordinate, implement, and analyse specimens from clinico-scientific studies forwhich the Department is undertaking commissioned analytical work.Clinical To assist Consultant Chemical Pathologists and Consultant Clinical Scientist in the provision of a routine and emergency analytical,interpretative, diagnostic and consultancy service to clinicians with the Trust and its partner hospitals and in General Practice, and inthe planning of service as directed. To participate in the Duty Clinical Biochemist rota for clinical review of reports. The duties include: Being the point of contact for clinical queries to the Department from the Trust clinicians, GPs, and other users of the service Providing advice to the Trust clinicians and GPs on the selection of clinically relevant tests in order to facilitate the diagnosis, treatment,monitoring and understanding of disease. Interpretation of results on a case-by-case basis, considering the clinical context, previous test results, current analytical performanceand other confusing factors such as drug treatments and co-existing disease states Using judgement to seek advice from the Consultants in the Department on difficult cases and queries, and conveying the obtainedadvice to the clinicians involved in the care of patients. Bringing to the attention of the Trust clinicians, GPs and midwives those results which suggest a need for an urgent medicalintervention. Highlighting where there may be a conflict between test results and the initial clinical impressions. Initiating further necessary investigations Liaising with the laboratory staff for the investigation of cases where a less-than-ideal analytical performance is suspected, andsuggesting means to remedy any problem. Dealing with any ad hoc clinical query raised by service users, Departmental staff, outside agencies, patients or their carers. To attend the weekly Departmental Clinical meetings. Occasional attendance at relevant clinics, as deemed necessary by the Consultant Biochemist for learning and education. To undertake such relevant duties of an appropriate nature as may be described by the Head of the Department.Professional To adhere to the department health and safety policy. To regularly carry out the appropriate risk assessments in line with the Trusts Clinical Governance Policy. To assist with the writing and updating of departmental policies and standard operating procedures in areas of expertise. To actively maintain the necessary requirements for State Registration and membership of the Health Professions Council.Research and Development To coordinate and implement research and development projects in line with the Departments service and as appropriate to the HealthServices requirements, as agreed with the Consultant Clinical Biochemists or the Head of the Department. To assist the Consultant Chemical Pathologists and Consultant Clinical Biochemist in performing clinical audit projects, both within theDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry and with outside users of the service. To present the results of research and development activities at local and national forums, and publish the research data in peerreviewed journals.Training To assist the Consultant Clinical Biochemist in training the Pre Registration Clinical Biochemists. To take part in teaching programmes organised by the department for the training of Biomedical Scientists and other undergraduate andpostgraduate staff both within and outside the Department of Clinical Biochemistry. To attend formal local, national and international scientific and clinical meetings, as deemed appropriate by Consultant Clinical Scientist,for the furtherance of the post-holders and the departments expertise and to be actively engaged in the dissemination of scientificknowledge. To actively pursue further higher professional qualifications (FRCPath) with the support and encouragement of the department and toparticipate in appropriate activities for personal development, appraisal and registration.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC Registration and appropriate masters level qualification or equivalent
• Completion of STP or equivalent in Clinical Biochemistry

Desirable

• PhD in appropriate scientific field

Laboratory Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• A good knowledge of Clinical Biochemistry and specialist knowledge of advanced analytical techniques

Desirable

• Experience of Mass Spec method development
• Experience of neurological marker analysis
• Experience of DNA extraction techniques
• Experience of publishing research papers in Clinical Biochemistry

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital

Headley Way, Headington

Oxford

OX3 9AL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to job description documents for further details.

This job description is neither definitive nor exhaustive. It may be reviewed in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder. This job description is to be read in conjunction with all current Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust policies, procedures & guidelines.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Significant experience within speciality of the recruiting area for the ACP role
• Proven evidence of management ability and leadership skills
• Excellent clinical and practical skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford

OX3 9DU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clerical Duties (Summary)

Reception Cover

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to clinical staff and patients, including diary management, correspondence, and general admin tasks.
• Prioritise and process incoming post, ensuring urgent items are actioned promptly, especially in the absence of clinical staff.
• Add new referrals to the EPR waiting list within 24 hours and forward for clinical triage as needed.
• Maintain accurate filing systems for letters, reports, test results, and other patient notes in both paper and electronic formats.
• Update patient and GP details on EPR and other Trust systems as required.
• Respond to queries from referrers, patients, and others, providing reassurance and solutions by liaising with clinical staff and explaining basic medical procedures when necessary.
• Work closely with departmental colleagues and provide cover during sickness or holidays as appropriate.
• Attend Departmental meetings and training as required to ensure that you maintain an up-to date working knowledge of service and trust procedures.
• Be flexible in your approach to work, such as covering other job roles at an appropriate grade or site, and to include varying working hours to ensure the service maintains a minimum level of cover during its core hours of 08:00 to 17:00.
• Respond to communication and queries including email, face to face and over the telephone in a timely manner.
• Use the Trust IT systems (for example EPR, PACS, ScanIt) to register patients, make up a set of patient notes, make outpatient appointments, produce end of treatment letters, ensure that details are correct, check in / check of outpatient appointments as instructed and manage electronic referrals.
• Demonstrate high levels of customer care and be an ambassador for customer care within the Trust and department.
• Act in a manner aligned to our Trust Values and consistently demonstrate the behaviours that will ensure we achieve our ambition of delivering compassionate excellence.

Person Specification

Experience & Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Evidence of positive approach to working in complex environments
• Keen to further own training and development

Desirable

• Familiarity with NHS performance

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of Education with a minimum of 5 'C' grade GCSE's (inc English Language and Maths)
• Computer Literate
• High standard of spoken and written English

Desirable

• Administrative experience

Work Values

Essential

• Excellent customer care and communication
• Ability to adapt communication style as required
• Excellent attention to detail
• Hard working with a motivated enthusiastic attitude
• Ability to work independently and within a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horton General Hospital

Oxford Road

Banbury

OX16 9AL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities and other operational tasks:

• To act as a first point of contact for matters relating to administration for the medical team based at the OCE.
• To manage and maintain appointments diaries for all consultants and registrars within the OCE medical team electronically, updating their annual leave and updating their diaries accordingly for all outpatient clinics. Also, to ensure that all these changes are reflected and updated in EPR
• To support all room bookings requests as required for the medical team for clinics and any other clinical meetings.
• To answer telephone calls using the Liberty website-based phone system from medical and non-medical staff, and deal with calls appropriately, communicating important messages to the appropriate people in a timely manner. To ensure that messages are clear and well documented as applicable in EPR or to the relevant individual.
• To ensure that there is enough stock of clinical supplies for the outpatient clinics such as clinical forms, wristbands, ink cartridges, needles, stationary stock for office etc and to request further supplies in a timely manner with the line manager. To escalate any complaints received via face or non-face to face relating to clinics with the support of your line manager.
• To provide excellent customer care that demonstrates a caring and responsive approach. To be compassionate and empathetic to the variety of complex physical, emotional, and social needs of the patient group that are seen by the OCE.
• To actively collect, distribute and open all post daily.
• To support the medical team with ad hoc typing requests relating to clinical matters and assist with other duties as requested.
• To support the weekly in-patient ward round meetings as required.
• To take responsibility for DVLA requests received for outpatients and ensure the correct process is followed and requests received are chased accordingly and submitted back to DVLA. To then inform your line manager when the request has been submitted to DVLA so that an invoice can be raised in a timely manner.
• To monitor and reply to any emails in the departments nhs.net mailbox on a regular basis. This will also be applicable to messages received in EPR.
• To upload emails and other clinical documents to EPR via Scan-IT and forward onto the consultant/clinician/administrative teams/individuals as appropriate.
• To register all consultant referrals sent via post, email, EPR message centre or e-RS within 24 hours using revenue cycle in EPR ensuring the correct patient pathway (RTT) is used always maintaining accuracy.
• To check e-RS frequently throughout the day for new GP referrals and register them on revenue cycle in EPR.
• To forward all referrals and relevant documents to the consultants in a timely manner.
• To schedule clinic appointments accurately on revenue cycle in EPR ensuring that the correct RTT status is recorded in accordance with the Trusts 18 weeks guideline and follow department procedures.
• To generate & prepare clinics for each day with a clinic sheets, outcome form & wristbands if required.
• To login to the Attend Anywhere (AA) website for upcoming video consultations and check in patients when they become visible to you in the virtual waiting area. To message the patient on AA if the consultant/clinician is running behind in clinic.
• To close open clinics daily on EPR in real-time if possible, using outcome forms following departmental processes.
• To update patient demographics appropriately whilst adhering to the Trust policies for data protection and patient confidentiality.
• To modify and sign & submit all clinic letters in PowerChart using the correct PowerNote, whilst checking that they have been completed to a high standard, ensuring all addresses and details are correct for all recipients.
• To check hospital transport bookings on the Patient Transport Service (PTS) website daily to make sure that the booking location is correct, and a resource has been allocated. To use instant messenger or call the PTS team if there are any issues with the booking.
• To organise, plan & prioritise own tasks and workload.
• To photocopy, request patients medical notes as required and complete other general office duties as requested by any team as agreed by your line manager.
• To work flexibly, providing cover for reception and other administration posts as required.
• To undertake any other duties required by arrangement from your line manager.
• To be the main point of contact for reporting issues to IM&T on behalf of the office and medical team ensuring that calls are followed up with the support of your line manager.
• To process any annual leave requests from line manager that affect the clinics and updating the medical team outlook calendars, revenue cycle and clinic timetable schedule ensuring accuracy.
• To participate in the recruitment process of new staff.
• To undertake any other duties required by the Patient Pathway Team Lead & Personal Assistant (PA) .
• To monitor, maintain & replenish stock on the PPE stock room in all clinic rooms and place orders as required.
• To monitor and take responsibility for the patient waiting lists and patient pathways using the daily PTL and RTT lists and Revenue Cycle ensuring that that the information is correct on EPR ensuring any issues arising re the waiting time are escalated to your line manager.
• To manage the process of all referrals received via electronic, paper and e-RS ensuring that information is recorded as per the trust processes within 24 hours. To check and update e-RS spreadsheet and update pathway ID to e-RS UBRN
• To manage weekly all work item list lists in in Revenue Cycle.
• To take responsibility in ensuring that all clinics slots are filled and that all patients are scheduled, rebooked, and cancelled appropriately on EPR, are
• To ensure all cancelled clinics are blocked in EPR with appropriate reasons.
• To weekly check that all outpatient clinics are closed within the Trusts agreed timescale and to chase as necessary.
• To send the monthly clinic timetable link to the medical team monthly to ensure that the medical team are clear on which clinics have been booked for them.
• To ensure and have a process in place to check that all clinic letters and spasticity reports have been submitted correctly via PowerChart.

Person Specification

2 for interview/ 0 for no interview

Essential

• 2 for interview/ 0 for no interview

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Centre for Enablement, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

Windmill Road

Headington, Oxford

OX3 7HE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.Ability to prioritise and organise own workload.

2. Act in a manner aligned to our Trust Values and consistently demonstrate the behaviours that will ensure we achieve our ambition of delivering compassionate excellence.

3.Maintain an efficient administration system within the office in order to achieve high quality standards in a demanding and constantly changing environment.

4.Work flexibly, as necessary, to cover peaks and troughs of work across the department and to cross cover other members of the team when absences occur.

5.To comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act, Access to Health Records and legislation issued in relation to confidential data.

6.Any other duties as directed by the Admin Manager / Consultant

7.Use of the Trust digital transcription systems to produce clinical correspondence to inform referrers, patients and other relevant parties of patient pathway progress. In doing so, produce correspondence that is of high quality and conforms to the national target of sending out within 7 working days.

8.Act upon queries from referrers, patients and other relevant parties in liaison with clinical staff. Take relevant action to provide reassurance and support to patients and their families by finding appropriate solutions to problems via phone or email.

9.Work closely with all staff in the service to ensure compliance with 18 week referral to treatment (RTT) targets, escalating and intervening where necessary to expedite appointments and procedures to avoid breaches.

10.Update patient details on EPR and other Trust and departmental record systems as necessary, including updating GP and Patient addresses.

Any other duties which may be needed to fulfil the objectives of the post, which are appropriate to the grade as required from your line manager or the Directorate Management team.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• GCSE English and Math (Or Equivalent) at Grade C or above

Person Specifications

Essential

• Great communication skills
• Good spoken and written English

Work Experience

Essential

• Administration Experience
• Competence in use of various computer software packages
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Confident with talking on the phone to patients and external skate holders

Desirable

• Knowledge of RTT 18 week pathways
• NHS Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe

Headley Way

Headington

OX3 9DU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)