Trauma Registrar | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

TITLEOF POST

Oxford Trauma‘Registrar’ / Locally Employed Doctor (LED)

GRADE

ST3-8 (MT04) Equivalent

SPECIALTY

TraumaSurgery

REASONFORVACANCY

Fixed TermContract

SUPERVISINGCONSULTANT

Variable (all consultants areinvolved)

CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

TBC

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME

FullTime

BASEHOSPITAL

The John Radcliffe

WORKPATTERN

Full/Partial shift 1

10Rota

AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURSPERWEEK

40

Out of hours commitment is applicable

INCLUDESPROSPECTIVECOVER

YES

The Trauma Service at the John Radcliffe Hospital comprises 48 dedicated inpatient beds for the management of adult trauma within Oxford, while also delivering Major Trauma Services to approximately 3.2 million residents across the Thames Valley region. Additional capacity includes admissions to the adjacent critical care unit, with paediatric trauma patients managed on designated children’s wards.

The service is responsible for the definitive management of injured patients. We provide care for orthopaedic trauma patients, with treatment delivered collaboratively alongside other specialties as required, depending on the nature, severity, and overall burden of injury. Patients with multiple injuries are managed within a multidisciplinary framework.

The department maintains a particularly close working relationship with the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery service. The Trauma Service focuses exclusively on trauma care; infections, soft tissue injuries, hand injuries, and cauda equina syndrome are managed by other specialist teams. However, the Trauma middle-grade team provides overnight support to the spinal service, including the management of trauma-related and metastatic spinal cord injuries.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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.

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The middle-grade workforce consists of six Specialty Trainees, one CESR trainee, and two to three Junior Clinical Fellows (including this post). A key component of the role is that all middle-grade doctors have equitable access to clinical training opportunities and share service commitments, including theatre participation, ISCP workplace-based assessments (WBAs), educational supervision, and regular Multi-Consultant Reviews (MCRs).

The Trauma Service operates a “Consultant of the Week” model to support its significant emergency workload. A dedicated, consultant-led on-call team is in place for each 24-hour period, comprising a consultant, middle-grade doctor, and Foundation Year 2 (F2) doctor working within a structured shift system. Following a multidisciplinary team (MDT) ward round and formal handover, the night team is relieved of duty the following day.

In addition, two consultants are allocated to lead the daily operating lists, while a fourth consultant undertakes outpatient clinics or ward rounds. Trainees are expected to actively support both theatre sessions and clinics as part of their clinical responsibilities.

Description of WorkingPattern

Registrars work a rolling ten-week rota including on-call ‘four and three’ night shifts blocks.

This advert closes on Thursday 21 May 2026

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