Consultant Neurosurgeon in Skullbase and Vascular | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 March 2026 |
| Location: | Headington, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7771849/321-MS-TP-CON-7771849-S5 |
Summary
Applications are invited for the above substantive consultant post in the Department of Neurosurgery based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country and enjoys a national reputation for the quality of its services in healthcare.
The successful applicant will join a team of currently 13 substantive Adult and 4 Paediatric Neurosurgery Consultants. The focus of the post will be the management of Emergency and Elective Neurosurgical patients in Functional Neurosurgery. Appropriate administrative support will be provided for this post.
The Neurological Surgery Department has Academic and Clinical Training programmes. The applicant will be involved in training Specialist Registrars and Functional Neurosurgical Fellows (in a Royal College of Surgeons of England accredited Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship).
Applicants must hold full registration and licence to practice with the GMC, and must be on the GMC Specialist Register via Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CESR (CP) (proposed CCT/CESR date must be within 6 months of interview), or CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration. Applicants should have subspeciality fellowship level training in Functional Neurosurgery.
The successful candidate will take part in a 1:12 non-resident on call rota with prospective cover, and when on call will be required to be within ten miles by road from the John Radcliffe Hospital.
The postholder’s duties will be to provide inpatient and outpatient care for neurosurgical patients both emergency and elective, and subspecialty functional neurosurgery patients. Close working relationships with other members of the neurosciences team will be necessary. In functional neurosurgery this includes all members of the functional neurosurgery MDTs – movement disorders neurologists, pain physicians, psychologists, and Specialist Advanced Nurse Practitioners.
The post-holder will have equal access to clinics, theatres, junior doctor and administrative support and office space.
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. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Please see the attached Job Description for further information regarding duties and responsibilities.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Mar 2026
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