The John Radcliffe Trauma Unit provides care for injured patients, from their reception through to discharge. Approximately 3,500 patients are admitted each year to the Trauma wards, under the care of the Trauma Service. Operations are performed on approximately 3,000 of these inpatients. 48 inpatient adult beds are available to the Trauma Service, with additional beds in the children’s surgical ward and the intensive care unit. Patients with multiple injuries are frequently transferred from other hospitals for specialised care. A total of 23,000 patients are seen in the fracture clinics every year.
Due to a significant number of elderly proximal femur fracture patients, the Trauma Team works closely with the Ortho-geriatrician Team. This provides a great opportunity for the post holder to obtain a diverse skill mix with emphasis of management of acute and subacute medical conditions, in addition to generic surgical and orthopaedic skills. It is expected the post will attract individuals with a wide variety of specialist interests, such as: Medicine, Surgery, Anaesthesia, and Radiology.
Principal Responsibilities:
Junior grade doctors are responsible for the day to day care of patients.
In particular Trauma Service junior doctors are responsible for:
- Routine care of all patients on the Trauma Service.
- Specific responsibility for the assessment, care and theatre preparation for all emergency admissions when on-call.
- Audit data collection, prescribing and immediate discharge communication for all patients on the Trauma Service.
Description of Working Pattern & The rota
There are 9 junior doctors working a full shift rota.
Junior Doctors are rostered to work with the Trauma ‘Consultant of the week’ Team, the Orthogeriatric Team, on-call, ward afternoon/evening cover, Nights or ‘float week’.
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 .
This post is subject to the Trusts terms and conditions that mirror the 2018 junior doctors contract refresh.
Out of hours commitment is applicable.
The appointee must hold a full GMC registration.
Fixed Term contract 12 months.
