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Job requirements
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Research skills
Participation in clinical research
- Work experience
Comprehensive training in Paediatrics and all aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine, including ability to carry out bronchoscopy and experience of managing children on long term ventilation.
- Leadership skills
Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of a consultant in a large teaching hospital.
- Professional training
Certificate of completion of training (CCT) in paediatrics and paediatric respiratory medicine
- Professional training
Current APLS certification
- Professional training
Level 3 safeguarding training for children
- Level of responsibility
Ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
- Professional qualifications
Full GMC Registration with license to practice
- Professional qualifications
MBChB or equivalent
- Professional qualifications
MRCPCH or equivalent
- Professional qualifications
On the GMC’s Specialist Register OR CCT date within 6 months of AAC scheduled interview date
- Teaching and training skills
Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
- Organisation and management skills
Effective administrative and time management skills.
- Communication and interpersonal skills
Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal
- Professional - extra skills or achievements
Ability to work within and lead a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Research skills
Presentations at national and international meetings and publication of research in peer-reviewed journals. Research grants
- Work experience
Experience in interpreting respiratory polygraphy
- Professional qualifications
Higher Medical Degree e.g. PhD or MD or evidence of working towards a higher academic degree.
- Teaching and training skills
Education qualification
- Organisation and management skills
Management qualification.
Job overview
This is a new post as part of the development of the paediatric long-term ventilation service. The postholder will join the 3 specialist paediatric respiratory consultants already in post. They will work within a multidisciplinary team that also includes respiratory specialist nurses, physiotherapists, dietitians, psychologists, respiratory physiologists and other support staff. We are a dynamic and committed team who together provide a comprehensive paediatric respiratory service for Oxfordshire, the Thames Valley and Northamptonshire.
Main duties of the job
The postholder’s duties will be primarily at Oxford Children’s Hospital. The appointee will be expected to participate in the on-call rota and may be required to work on any other site as required by the OUH Trust in the future.
The majority of the postholder’s time will be spent at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford. One consultant also delivers a regular clinic at the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Programmed activity
Number
Direct clinical care (including unpredictable on-call)
8.5
Supporting professional activities
1.5
Other NHS responsibilities
0
External duties
TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES
10
Anticipated on-call availability supplement
Agreed on-call rota e.g. 1 in 5:
Agreed category (delete):
On-call supplement %:
This is an indicative job plan the actual initial job plan worked will be negotiated with the Clinical Director upon appointment and may vary depending on the candidates
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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This advert is for Substantive Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Paediatrics role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum/Pro Rata. The contract type is Permanent: on-call rota and may be required to work on any other site as required by the OUH Trust in the future.. The application deadline is 29 Nov 2026.
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