Trust Doctor Transplant Surgery | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £65,048 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 7LE |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7732693/321-SUWON-MS-7732693-S6 |
Summary
A post as Trust Doctor in Transplant Surgery and Organ retrievalis available from 1 April 2026 at the Churchill Hospital. This is a deanery gap appointment for 6 months April - October 2026
The appointment is on a whole-time/part-time basis but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Consultant Surgeon Mr Srikanth Reddy, Clinical Lead in Transplantation, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (Tel: Oxford (01865) 223872 ).
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
The postholder’s duties will be involved in Transplant emergency on calls, Elective and emergency theatres, inpatient activities and multi-organ retrievals. The postholder’s duties will be primarily at Churchill Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations, undertake organ retrievals in other hospitals, and elective theatres at the Horton General Hospital.
The Oxford Transplant Centre comprises a separate building including day-case beds, outpatient clinics, Tissue Typing laboratory and office accommodation; in-patients are situated nearby. The unit provides a regional renal transplant service for the six counties surrounding Oxford (population about 3 million), supra-regional pancreas, islet and intestinal transplant services and organ retrieval (as part of the National Organ Retrieval Service). Some 250 deceased and living donor transplants and more than 140 organ retrievals are performed per year, together over 400 vascular access and other procedures. The clinical activities of the Oxford Transplant Centre include the pancreatic islet transplant programme (Director Professor Paul Johnson).
The transplant unit is closely associated with major research programmes in transplantation biology within the Oxford Transplant Centre, The NHSBT Transplantation Laboratory and the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences.
Clinical
The postholder’s duties will be primarily at the Churchill Hospital but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust. The post will include involvement in the provision of transplant services in satellite outpatient and inpatient services in other hospitals as part of transplant services and participation in organ retrieval from other donor hospitals as part of the Oxford-based multi-organ retrieval service for transplantation. This may entail a degree of off-site working.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs. The Trust is committed to supporting consultant revalidation in line with current NHS practise. Job plan will include the appropriate time allocation to support revalidation and safe practise.
This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Feb 2026
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