nihr academic clinical lecturership in neurology - university of

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Job Description and Selection Criteria Post NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturership in Neurology,

Neurosurgery or General Psychiatry

Departments Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDSS) Department of Psychiatry

Division Medical Sciences Division

Contract type Fixed term for 4 years

Salary Grade A67, £31,838 – £56,312 per annum

Overview of the post The University of Oxford is able to offer a number of Academic Clinical Lectureships annually to suitably qualified applicants. These posts have been awarded by the NIHR to University/Deanery/NHS Trust partnerships nationally. They form part of the NIHR Integrated Training Pathway, further details of which can be found on the NIHR TCC website http://www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/. Specific areas and specialties are annexed.

The Academic Clinical Lecturership is the final phase of the Integrated Academic Training Pathway. The post is designed to allow time to complete a period of post-doctoral research to enable progress towards an independent academic career whilst completing clinical training. Applicants for these posts will be Specialist Trainees who have completed or have submitted for a higher degree (PhD / DPhil / MD). Oxford has a successful clinical academic programme delivered by Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School in which all joint clinical/academic trainees take part. For further information see www.oucags.ox.ac.uk.

Over the four years post holders, in discussion with the training committees and academic supervisors, will be able to undertake clinical duties in order to complete their clinical training. Post holders will be expected to spend 50% of their time (averaged over four years) on clinical duties and 50% on post-doctoral research. The appointment will be for a fixed term of four years. However, if training is completed during the four years the appointment will end six months after completion of CCT. Please see the NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureships’ Entry, Eligibility, and Exit Points from April 2013 (annexed for full information).

There is one post available. Candidates from the Neurology or Neuroscience or Psychiatry specialities will compete against each other and the selection committee will select the best candidate irrespective of speciality area. Depending on specialty the appointed candidate will become a member of one the University departments outlined below.

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Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

The University of Oxford is a member of the Athena SWAN Charter to promote women in Science, Engineering, Technology and Medicine. The University holds an Athena SWAN bronze award at institutional level. Contact [email protected] for further information about Athena SWAN at the University of Oxford.

Duties of the post The post holder will spend 50% of time undertaking research and academic training over the duration of the contract, this does not necessarily mean this amount of time is set aside each week but will be made up, for example by being given a period of weeks or months of concentrated time for research.

(a) Clinical • clinical attachments will be in full approved training posts at the relevant NHS Trust -

the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust or the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

(b) Research • to engage in advanced study or research.

• to contribute through research activity, publication and securing external funding to maintaining the overall standard of the department.

(c) Teaching • to teach through university lectures, seminars and practical classes as requested by

the Head of Department (HOD) or any other person nominated by HOD.

• to supervise graduate students.

• to engage in university examining.

(d) Management and Administration • to co-operate in the administrative work of the Department in both term and vacation

under the direction of the Head of Department or any such person nominated.

• to undertake such other duties as may from time to time be determined by the Head of Department or any such person nominated.

(e) Study and Training This post is attached to an NTN(a). Post-holders will undergo an ARCP/RITA assessment on an annual basis to assess the quality of their clinical and academic training. An academic appraisal will also take place. They will be encouraged to go on relevant courses of postgraduate education covering the important skills required of a future clinical academic, namely, clinical, research, teaching, examining and management. Orientation within research or clinical attachments will be the responsibility of the relevant department.

Person specification Applications will be judged only against the criteria which are set out below. Applicants should make sure that their application shows very clearly how they believe that their skills and experience meet these criteria.

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Oxford is committed to fairness, consistency and transparency in selection decisions. Chairs of selection committees will be aware of the principles of equality of opportunity and fair selection and there will be a member of each gender wherever possible.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following.

Selection Criteria Essential Desirable How

evaluated ELIGIBILITY • Evidence of achievement

of Foundation competences or equivalent.

• Medically qualified. • At application, to hold or

have submitted for a Higher Degree (PhD/MD/ DPhil) in a relevant subject area.

• At the time of starting the post (if appointed), the applicant must have completed the Higher Degree (except Psychiatry speciality). See notes below*

• Evidence of good progress in clinical training and that completion of specialty training may be accommodated either during or after the 4 year period of the NIHR CL award.

• Candidate must be at ST3 or above and more than one year to complete CCT.

• Evidence of commitment to specialty

• Intercalated honours degree and/or additional qualifications e.g. MSc etc.

Application form

KNOWLEDGE & ACHIEVEMENTS

• Demonstration of acquisition of the level of knowledge and skills necessary for the achievement of Foundation and clinical (matched to the entry level) competencies or equivalent

• Demonstration of understanding of, and commitment to, an

• Knowledge of Oxford and how this is best placed to support the research, education and training needs

• Prizes or distinctions • Presentation of work at

a national or international meeting

• Significant publications in peer reviewed journals

Application Form and selection centre

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Essential Desirable How evaluated

academic career • Demonstration of the

potential for scientific independence and the ability to lead a research team

EDUCATIONAL & PERSONAL ASPECTS

• Demonstration of understanding and commitment to academic career

• Indication of medium and long-term career goals

• Demonstration of educational reasons for applying for NIHR ACL Programme

Application Form

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Evidence of team working skills

• Evidence of leadership potential

Application Form and selection centre

A detailed person specification by speciality, for higher specialty training as defined by MMC can be found at: http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/default.aspx

*Notes on Postgraduate Qualification: The NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureship phase is aimed at doctors and dentists that already hold a PhD/MD/DPhil (or equivalent) and who already have specialty training experience. It provides opportunities for post-higher degree research and facilitates applications for further research funding for doctors working towards completion of specialty training.

The NIHR allows potential NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturers to apply for the scheme before they have completed their postgraduate qualification. Under the 2013-14 scheme, a successful candidate must commence work before 31 March 2014 and, in order to take up a post, must have completed their PhD/DPhil/MD before their start date (except Psychiatry applicants, who must have a National Training Number (NTN), PhD/MD or a commitment to obtain the qualification at the earliest convenience and have outstanding potential for development as a clinical academic). To meet this criterion, the applicant should have been successfully examined. This means that the final examiner’s report has been signed off by their University, after approval of minor corrections.

Successful candidates will be asked to supply a Degree Confirmation letter (or equivalent) as proof of completion, before a start date can be agreed and a contract issued.

Please see the NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureships’ Entry, Eligibility, and Exit Points from April 2013 (annexed for information).

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How to apply Please complete the application form attached or request one by phone on 01865 857940 or email: [email protected]. Completed application forms along with a Curriculum Vitae should be sent preferably by email to [email protected] or by post to Mrs Alison Ding, Medical Sciences Offices, Level 3, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, by no later than 12 noon on Friday 25 October 2013. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 12 November 2013, at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

The University will assume that it is free to approach referees at any stage unless the candidate’s application stipulates otherwise. Candidates who wish a referee or referees to be approached only with their specific permission and/or if they are being called for interview on the final shortlist or are in receipt of a conditional offer are asked to state such requirements specifically alongside the details of the relevant referee(s) on the application form.

All reasonable interview expenses will be reimbursed on receipt of a signed travel claim and valid receipts. The appointment will be subject to satisfactory completion of a medical questionnaire and the provision of proof of the right to work in the UK.

All applications will be acknowledged after receipt and will be considered by the selection committee as soon as possible after the closing date. All shortlisted candidates will be interviewed and will be asked to give a short presentation to the committee as part of the interview.



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Essential Information for Applicants for the Academic Clinical Lecturership in Neurology, Neurosurgery or General Psychiatry

The University The University of Oxford aims to sustain excellence in every area of its teaching and research, and to maintain and develop its position as a leader amongst world-class universities. Placing an equally high value on research and on teaching, the colleges, departments and faculties of Oxford aspire both to lead the international research agenda and to offer a unique and exceptional education to our undergraduate and graduate students.

Oxford’s self-governing community of scholars includes university professors, readers, and lecturers, college tutors, senior and junior research fellows and over 2,500 other university research staff. The University aims to provide facilities and support for colleagues to pursue innovative research and outstanding teaching, by responding to developments in the intellectual environment and society at large, and by forging close links with the wider academic world, the professions, industry and commerce. The Strategic Plan, detailing strategy for the period 2008-13, can be found at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/pra/planningcycle/stratplan.shtml.

Research at Oxford combines disciplinary depth with an increasing focus on inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary activities addressing a rich and diverse range of issues, from deciphering ancient texts and inscriptions using modern scientific and computational methods developed in Oxford, through to global health, climate change, ageing, energy and the effects on our world of rapid technological change.

Oxford seeks to admit undergraduate students with the intellectual potential to benefit fully from the college tutorial system and small group learning to which Oxford is deeply committed. Meeting in small groups with their tutor, undergraduates are exposed to rigorous scholarly challenge and learn to develop their critical thinking, their ability to articulate their views with clarity, and their personal and intellectual confidence. They receive a high level of personal attention from leading academics.

Oxford has a strong postgraduate student body which now numbers about 7,000, well over a third of the full-time students. Postgraduates are attracted to Oxford by the international standing of the faculty, by the rigorous intellectual training on offer, by the excellent research and laboratory facilities available, and by the resources of the museums and libraries, including one of the world’s greatest libraries, the Bodleian.

For more information please visit www.ox.ac.uk

The Medical Sciences Division The Medical Sciences Division is an internationally recognized centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching. We are the largest academic division in the University of Oxford.

World-leading programmes, housed in state-of-the-art facilities, cover the full range of scientific endeavour from the molecule to the population. With our NHS partners we also foster the highest possible standards in patient care.

For more information please visit: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk

http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/pra/planningcycle/stratplan.shtml

http://www.ox.ac.uk/

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Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences The Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences is one of the clinical departments of the Medical Sciences Division. The academic staff of the Department includes 16 Professors David Beeson, Peter Brown, Margaret Esiri (Emeritus), Russell Foster FRS, Lars Fugger FMedSci, Mark Hankins, Masud Husain FMedSci, Peter Jezzard, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Christopher Kennard FMedSci (Head of Department), Robert MacLaren, Peter Rothwell FMedSci, Steve Smith, Kevin Talbot, Irene Tracey, Angela Vincent FRS FMedSci (Emeritus); four Clinical Lecturers and several University Research Lecturers. There are also a large number of young scientists and clinician scientists on independent research fellowships. There are approximately 180 other staff working in the Department, including research support staff, clerical and technical staff, and clinically qualified staff involved in research. There are also a number of visiting researchers from many parts of the world. The average annual expenditure of the Department is approximately £16 million, of which over 60% comes from outside sources. The Department is mainly housed in the West Wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital which opened in 2007, contains all the clinical neurosciences in first class purpose-built facilities. The Department is divided into 4 Sections – Clinical Neurology; Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology; Nuffield Division of Anaesthesia; and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain Centre (FMRIB). For more information about the department please visit: http://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Kevin Talbot ([email protected]) or Dr Andrew Weir ([email protected]).

Please refer to Annexe 1 for more details about the department and what it offers.

Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDSS) The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is one of the few remaining academic surgical departments in the UK. The Department currently hosts academics who undertake both basic and translational research, reflecting our true multidisciplinary nature and integrating practice with cutting-edge science. The department has outstanding research programmes in radiology, oncology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, paediatric surgery, colorectal surgery, transplantation, immunology and regenerative medicine, neuroscience, otolaryngology, urology, and cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. In recent years the department has taken a new exciting direction to strengthen academic surgical oncology, as a key component of the CRUK Cancer Centre together with Medical and Clinical Oncology, and the new Cancer Centre structure of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Teaching is also a major component in our activity, encompassing undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students in all surgical disciplines. The Department also co-hosts Masters courses in Integrated Immunology, and Surgical Sciences and Practice.

The Department has a strong track record for Clinical Academic Training and has established a successful Integrated Clinical Academic Training Programme. Clinical Lecturers are well supervised and mentored during their posts. Research time is protected for all Academic Trainees. For more information please visit: www.nds.ox.ac.uk

For more information of the Surgical Academic Clinical Lecturer Programme, please contact Professor Paul Johnson, Programme Director for Academic Surgical Training (email: [email protected])

Please refer to Annexe 2 for more details about the department and what it offers.

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Department of Psychiatry The Oxford University Department of Psychiatry has an international reputation for excellence. There are approximately 180 members of staff working in scientific, research support, technical, secretarial and clinical capacities. The Department has an annual turnover of £10 million with more than 50 research grants. The Department is based at the Warneford Hospital. It supports research in four key areas: neurobiology, psychological treatments, developmental psychiatry and social psychiatry. From August 2013 it will have 6-7 academic trainees, who are in ACF/ACL post, or are about to start their attachments. At the last evaluation of trainee feedback in the largest participating Trust, clinical and educational supervision were consistently rated between good and excellent, while confidence rating for practical experience was between more than confident and very confident. For more information about the department please visit: http://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/

Initial enquiries should be made to Prof Klaus Ebmeier ([email protected])

Please refer to Annexe 3 for more details about the department and what it offers. Those applying for the Psychiatry Clinical Lectureships will not have to have their doctoral thesis submitted by the time of application.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. Clinical care is delivered by experienced specialists at the pinnacle of their profession. Our trust is made up of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital (which also includes the Children’s Hospital and West Wing), Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, all located in Oxford and the Horton General Hospital in the north of Oxfordshire.

We provide a wide range of clinical services, specialist services (including cardiac, cancer, musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation) medical education, training and research.

Our collaboration with the University of Oxford underpins the quality of the care that is provided to patients; to the delivery of high-quality research bringing innovation from the laboratory bench to the bedside; and the delivery of high-quality education and training of doctors.

Existing collaborations include the ambitious research programmes established through the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), located on the John Radcliffe Hospital site and at the Biomedical Research Unit in musculoskeletal disease at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. These set the standard in translating science and research into new and better NHS clinical care.

For more information on the Trust and its services visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust The General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry training programme is a 3 year programme for a total of 26 advanced trainees, starting at ST4, with progression being dependant on satisfactory outcome at the annual ARCP. The posts have National Training Numbers and provide training towards a single Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Adult or Old Age Psychiatry. The Clinical placements are based in 3 different Trusts throughout the Oxford Deanery so trainees will have the opportunity to experience clinical care in specialty and subspecialty posts across a broad range of settings. All trainees will be expected to spend at least a year of training in Oxford and a year in Buckinghamshire or Berkshire during the 3 years. Posts are 12 months long and are allocated annually following a process

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involving both the trainee group and the Training Programme Directors. Trainees will be allocated to an advanced trainer who will provide Clinical Supervision for the 12 months and in addition an Educational Supervisor for the 3 year period of advanced training.

The following posts are currently available but the programme annually recruits new advanced trainers through an application and interview process, and currently all trainers receive training and will be appraised in these roles. All NHS Trusts are undergoing service redesign at present and opportunities for developing new training posts will be assessed as the redesigns emerge.

Specialty Oxfordshire Posts Oxford health NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Trainer

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Denis O’Leary

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Simon Hampson

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Phil Davison

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Rob Bale

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Rob Chaplin

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Peter Sargent

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Digby Quested

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Olga Tsatalou

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford A Molodynski

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford David Geaney

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Julie Chalmers

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Hugh Series

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Jane Pearce

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Lilian Hickey

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Rebecca Mather

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Philip Wilkinson

Forensic Oxford Cliinic, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford Rob Ferris

Addictions Warneford Hospital, Oxford & Banbury Clinic Gail Critchlow

Addictions Warneford Hospital, Rectory centre Oxford Andrew McBride

Psychotherapy

Warneford Hospital, Oxford Mel Bowden

Eating Disorders

Warneford Hospital, Cotsworld House, Oxford Eleanor Feldman

Buckinghamshire Posts- Oxford health NHS Foundation Trust

General adult Haleacre Amersham, Rajiv Sharma

General adult Tindal centre, Aylesbury Sue Thomas

General adult Tindal centre, Aylesbury John Baruch

Old Age John Hampden Unit, Stoke Mandeville Hospital Brian Murray

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Rehabilitation/AOT

Tindal centre, Aylesbury Karen Dauncey

General adult Tindal centre, Aylesbury Lesley Robertson

General adult Valley Centre High Wycombe Nicky Crowley

Addictions Sefton House, Valley Centre, High Wycombe Alistair Reid

Forensic Malborough House, Milton Keynes ( Milton Keynes PCT)

Srinivasa Thirumalai

Berkshire Posts Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

General adult Wexham Park Hospital, Slough Liz Clifford

Old Age Wexham Park, Slough Carolyn Eastwood

General adult Prospect Park Hospital, Reading Farooq Ahmad

General adult Wokingham/community & Prospect Park Hospital

Jane da Roza Davis

General adult Newbury community Farzana Abid

General adult Newbury & Prospect Park Hospital Flavia Leslie

Old Age Wokingham & Prospect Park Hospital Jackie Hussey

Old Age Newbury & Prospect Park Hospital Matt Evans

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Standard Terms and Conditions

Standard duties

1. The appointment will be for a fixed term of four years. However, the appointment will end after four years or six months after completion of CCT, whichever is earlier. There will be a formal review at the end of a probationary period of two years following a report requested after 18 months in post.

2. The salary for the Academic Clinical Lecturer will be on the scale A67, £31,838 – £56,312 per annum according to qualifications and experience.

3. The Academic Clinical Lecturer will have the option of becoming or remaining a member of the University’s superannuation scheme (USS) or of remaining a member of the National Health Service superannuation scheme.

4. All appointments are subject to the relevant provisions of the Statutes and Regulations of the University in force from time to time, as published from time to time in the University Gazette.

5. All Academic Clinical Lecturers, with other members of the academic staff and certain senior academic-related staff, are normally members of Congregation, which is the University’s ultimate governing body. Congregation’s approval is required for all university statutes or amendments to statutes, and for major policy decisions, and the members of Congregation constitute the electorate for ten of the members of the main executive body (the Council of the University) and for members of a number of other university committees. Twenty or more members of Congregation may initiate the discussion by congregation of matters of university policy, and any two members may ask questions about the policy or administration of the University. The person appointed to this post will receive fuller details soon after he or she takes up the appointment.

6. Academic Clinical Lecturers may spend up to 30 working days in each year on projects outside their employment duties, such as consultancy, spin-out activity and membership of research councils and other bodies. There is no limit to the amount of money which staff may earn from these activities. Full details are available on the university website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/staffinfo/academic/approvaltoholdoutsideappointments. Guidance on ownership of intellectual property (http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/182-052.shtml) and managing conflicts of interest (http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/researchsupport/integrity/conflict/policy) is also available on the university website.

Medical Defence Society

Although it is not a condition of employment that Academic Clinical Lecturers belong to a medical defence society, it is strongly recommended that such staff maintain at least the basic cover provided by such bodies.

The Academic Clinical Lecturer will be required to take part in the relevant NHS appraisal scheme.

Relocation expenses

Subject to HMRC regulations and the availability of funding, a relocation allowance may be available. Further details are available on the website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/finance/expenses/relocationscheme.

http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/staffinfo/academic/approvaltoholdoutsideappointments/

http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/182-052.shtml

http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/researchsupport/integrity/conflict/policy/

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Family support

The University has generous maternity and adoption leave arrangements, and also offers support leave to fathers and partners. Additional paternity leave of up to 26 weeks (for children born or placed for adoption after 3 April 2011) is available where parents decide to share the 52 week maternity leave entitlement. Details are available on the website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/during/family.

All staff are eligible to apply to use the University nurseries (although there is a long waiting list for nursery places), and the full range of tax and National Insurance savings scheme is in operation. Details are available on the University’s childcare website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/childcare.

The University will try to accommodate flexible working patterns as far as possible and there is considerable flexibility in the organisation of duties. More information on family support and flexible working policies is available on the website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/during/family.

Facilities and services

The University has a range of facilities and benefits for its staff; more details are available on the website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/staffinfo/benefits.

The University Disability Office provides support to staff and students with a disability and may be contacted through its website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/disab.

Equality of opportunity

The policy and practice of the University of Oxford require that all staff are offered equal opportunities within employment. Entry into employment with the University and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration. Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant or member of staff will be treated less favourably than another because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Immunity status, medical questionnaire and the right to work in the UK

NHS Trusts will not allow honorary contract holders to commence clinical contact with patients unless documentary evidence is produced of Hepatitis B status, BCG vaccination/TB immunity, and Rubella immunity. The successful candidate will therefore be required to produce such documentary evidence. The appointment will also be subject to satisfactory completion of a University medical questionnaire and an NHS pre-employment assessment form, and to the provision of proof of the right to work in the UK.

Applicants who would need a work visa if appointed to the post are asked to note that under the UK’s points-based migration system they will need to demonstrate that they have sufficient points, and in particular that:

(i) they have sufficient English language skills (evidenced by having passed a test in English, or coming from a majority English-speaking country, or having taken a degree taught in English)

and

(ii) that they have sufficient funds to maintain themselves and any dependents until they receive their first salary payment.

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http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/childcare/

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Further information is available at: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/working/tier2/general

Particular arrangements

Oxford welcomes applications from candidates who have a disability. These documents will be made available in large print, audio or other formats on request. Applicants invited for interview will be asked whether they require any particular arrangements to make the interview more convenient and effective for them.

Data Protection

All data supplied by candidates will be used only for the purposes of determining their suitability for the post1 and will be held in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the University’s Data Protection Policy (available on the website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/councilsec/dp/policy.shtml).

1 But NB if the person appointed to the post is a migrant sponsored under the UK’s points-based

migration system, we are required to retain the applications of all shortlisted candidates for one year or until a UK Border Agency compliance officer has examined and approved them, whichever is the longer period.

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NIHR Clinical Lectureships: Entry, Eligibility, and Exit Points from April 2013

INTRODUCTION This guidance note relates to recruitment to NIHR Clinical Lectureships (CL) starting on or after 1st April 2013. Successful applicants must be in post by 31st March 2014.

The NIHR Clinical Lectureship phase is aimed at doctors with a PhD/MD (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area, who already have specialty training experience. It provides opportunities for post-higher degree research and facilitates applications for further research funding for doctors working towards completion of specialty training.

RECRUITMENT AND THE AWARD OF A NTN(a) The award of a NTN(a) will be made to applicants who are successful in the appointments process. Since NTNs are awarded by Postgraduate Deans, the Deanery must lead the appointment process. The majority of candidates should already hold a NTN, however where a candidate does not, then the panel must be constituted to allow the award of a NTN. Panels must ensure that both clinical and academic standards for appointment are met.

APPRAISAL • There should be joint academic and clinical appraisal according to Follett principles with

assessment, according to College and Deanery recommendations for Clinical Lecturers. A general overview for reviewing the progression of trainees undertaking joint clinical and academic training programmes is provided in the Gold Guide, though to aid trainees, supervisors and assessors in reviewing academic training and progress, the Academy of Medical Sciences has formulated supplementary guidelines available at: http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/download.php?file=/images/publication/Guidelin.pdf

ENTRY • The NIHR Clinical Lecturer phase is aimed at doctors who must already hold a higher

research degree (MD/PhD or equivalent) in a relevant subject area.

• The 4-year duration of the NIHR Clinical Lectureship may mean that a period of dedicated clinical training is appropriate. This may be taken prior to application, in which case the candidate may become ineligible for a 2013 post, if the length of their dedicated period of clinical training would preclude them from applying and taking up the NIHR Clinical Lectureship before the 31st March 2014 deadline. It may, in some cases, be more appropriate to undertake a period of clinical training upon completion of the NIHR Clinical Lectureship. This must be taken into account by the individual and his/her Training Programme Director and the appropriate arrangements put in place to accommodate this.

• NIHR Clinical Lectureships are designed for those that have already had a substantial period of clinical training, therefore appointments may not be made at FY2, CMT, ST1 or ST2. NIHR Clinical Lectureship posts may only be offered at ST3 or above.

• Individuals who are successful at interview must be able to take up their post before 31st March 2014.

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ELIGIBILITY • NIHR Clinical Lectureship posts are only available to medically qualified candidates.

• Open to Specialist Registrars (SpR) or Specialty Registrars (StR) who have completed a PhD/MD (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area or a MB PhD programme.

• Doctors with specialist/ty experience (as an SHO, LAT or equivalent) who meet the entry criteria for entry into specialty training and who have completed a PhD/MD (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area are also eligible.

• Candidates may only apply for a NIHR Clinical Lectureship post if they have already submitted their PhD/MD thesis at the time of application. If the candidate’s thesis has not been submitted by the application closing date, then they are ineligible to apply in this round.

• Successful candidates may not take up their post until their PhD/MD has been fully awarded. If it will not be awarded until after the 31st March 2014 deadline, then the candidate is ineligible to apply for a 2013-14 NIHR Clinical Lectureship.

• Candidates that have already completed one Clinical Lectureship may not apply for another.

• Candidates with less than 1 year to CCT may be more suited to a Clinician Scientist award or other post-doctoral fellowship, rather than a NIHR Clinical Lectureship.

• Open to GPs who have completed a PhD/MD (or equivalent) and have completed their clinical training.

COMPLETION OF AN NIHR CLINICAL LECTURESHIP • The duration of an NIHR Clinical Lectureship will be for a maximum of 4 years or until

CCT is reached, whichever is the sooner. During this time the trainee combines 50% clinical specialty training with 50% academic training to complete a substantial piece of postdoctoral research.

• It is expected that a substantial number of the trainees will, where appropriate, apply for a further peer reviewed, externally-funded post-doctoral training award (such as the Clinician Scientist Award) or an award to support further training as an educationalist.

• The NIHR Clinical Lectureship phase will normally end at the Completion of Clinical Training (CCT). A 6 month period of grace will operate. Exceptionally this may be further extended by local agreement (including funding arrangement) between the Head of Medical School and local Post-graduate Dean where this is in the interest of the Clinical Lecturer. Permission must also be sought from the NIHR TCC in writing.

• For trainees who will not reach CCT within the maximum 4 years of the NIHR Clinical Lectureship post, arrangements will need to be put in place locally to enable the trainee to return to clinical training after the completion of the NIHR CL post and therefore reach CCT.

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ANNEXE 1

NUFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES

Clinical Neurology Section The Clinical Neurology Section has major interests in multiple sclerosis (Fugger, Palace, Weir, Craner, De Luca), stroke and stroke prevention (Rothwell, Schultz), epilepsy (Adcock, Lang, Sen), cognitive neuroscience (Kennard, Husain), neurodegeneration (Talbot, Cader, Turner, Ansorge, Tofaris), movement disorders (Brown, Aziz, Hu), neuromuscular junction disorders (Vincent, Beeson) and neuroimmunology (Vincent, Lang, Buckley). Neuroimmunology is strong with focus on the antibody-mediated diseases, e.g. myasthenia gravis and newly-defined CNS disorders in the Neurosciences Group, as well as the neuropathology (Esiri, De Luca),, neuroimaging (Tracey), experimental models (Fugger) and clinical treatment of multiple sclerosis (Palace, Craner). Acute stroke and dementia are major interests of the Department of Gerontology (Prof Alastair Buchan, Prof Gordon Wilcock) with which Clinical Neurology interacts at many levels. The Oxford Brain Bank, directed by Dr Olaf Ansorge, provides an excellent and growing resource which is partly supported by the Alzheimer’s Disease Association and the MRC.

The Functional Magnetic Imaging of the Brain Centre The FMRIB Centre (Director, Tracey) is a multi-disciplinary neuroimaging research facility, which focuses on the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for neuroscience research of healthy states and neurological disorders and collaborates widely within the Department as well as nationally and internationally. The FMRIB Centre, along with related technologies such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, transcranial Direct Cortical Stimulation, EEG and MEG. FMRIB is composed of research groups in all aspects of brain imaging research, including physics, analysis, basic science and clinical neuroscience. We installed a new 7T machine in 2011, funded by £8 million from the MRC, EPSRC, Wolfson Foundation and University of Oxford. This leading-edge MRI system has enabled imaging of brain structure and function at even higher resolution than previously possible.







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Division of Neurosciences, Trauma & Specialist Surgery – OUHT • Neurosciences: neurology; neuropathology, neurophysiology & neuropsychology;

neuro intensive care

• Specialist Surgery: ENT; plastic surgery & craniofacial; ophthalmology; oral & maxillofacial surgery; trauma

On the Neuroscience ward in the West Wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital, the consultants are currently organised into 5 firms each with a specialty trainee. The time tables for each post include 2 general neurology clinics and subspecialty clinics. A further JRH neurology specialty trainee works with the consultants to provide a neurology liaison service to the acute medical patients at the JRH and a neurological consulting service to the rest of the hospital and the other hospitals in the trust. The West Wing also houses the departments of Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, Neurophysiology, Neuropathology, Neuropsychology and Neurocritical Care. The Rehabilitation Service is at the Oxford Centre for Enablement.

The Neurology Department provides a general neurology service for the Oxfordshire. There are also tertiary referral clinics in the following neurology sub-specialities: Cerebrovascular disease, Motor neurone disease, Neuroophthalmology, Neurogenetics, Cognitive neurology, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Muscle diseases, Headache, Myasthenia, Movement disorders, Peripheral neuropathy. The service includes nationally commissioned (NCG) services for congenital myasthenia, neurofibromatosis type 2 and neuromyelitis optica.


Duties of the post (Neurology) The research time is free of clinical commitments other than participation in the neurology registrar on call rota.

(1) Clinical:

(a) Overview:

The posts on this rotation have been approved for Specialist Training by the Royal College of Physicians.

The Neurology programme is based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and will include attachments at some of the linked district general hospitals. During the 4 year period, the CL will move between six 4 month clinical training posts allowing them to obtain clinical competencies as detailed in the 2010 Neurology ST curriculum. Training requirements may vary but a typical arrangement would be three 4 month periods spent doing three of the neuroscience ward based posts at the John Radcliffe, 4 months doing liaison neurology at the JRH and two 4 month periods at two of the regional DGHs (Reading, Northampton, Milton-Keynes). The CL will act under the direction of the Consultants, and as appropriate to their current stage, provide day to day care of patients on the wards.

(b) DGH based posts:

The Neurology specialty training curriculum 2010 requires that at least 12 months of clinical training takes place in a DGH type setting in particular to provide experience of giving neurological advice for unselected acute medical patients. The posts based in Reading, Northampton and Milton Keynes provide this; there are also opportunities to gain experience of stroke thrombolysis, neurorehabilitation, neurophysiology and further subspecialty clinics (PD, Botulinum toxin injection, MS, neurophthalmology). The registrar works Mon-Thurs in the DGH and the weekly timetable contains two general clinics and a radiology meeting. Fridays are spent at the JRH to allow continued participation in the education program.

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(c) On Call Rota:

The CL will participate in the neurology registrar on call rota at the JRH. In this role they provide cover of neurology in-patients on the neuroscience ward, and advice to hospitals in Oxford and the region. The rota is 1 in 10 and banded 1C. The neurology registrar is non-resident on call; the neurology and neurosurgery SHOs are resident on call on the neuroscience ward.

(2) Research The postholder will spend approximately 50% of time undertaking research over the duration of the contract. This does not necessarily mean this amount of time is set aside each week, but will be made up by periods of weeks or months of concentrated time for research with fewer regular clinical commitments. They will be expected to develop their own research programme which may be laboratory or clinically based and may or may not be aligned to the interests of members of the Department. Guidance and encouragement will be given to help the postholder in applying for start up funding (eg; the Academy of Medical Sciences ‘Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers’ scheme).

(3) Teaching: The Department has responsibility for teaching neurology, ophthalmology and anaesthetics to clinical students and provides a variety of teaching to undergraduate preclinical students across a wide range of neuroscience, neuropathology and neuroimmunology. There are around 40 postgraduate students at any one time. The teaching involves both academic non-clinical and clinical staff, as well as NHS staff.

The clinical students’ programme contains a four week neurology attachment. The neurology specialty trainees including the CLs are involved in this teaching programme and also act as Tutors. The CL will assist with the arrangements for the two monthly clinical examinations for these students. The CL will also be involved in Postgraduate teaching to ST1-2 and FY2 trainees and to provide lectures to Nurses, Social Workers and other paramedical groups on an ad hoc basis.

(4) Administration and Management The CL will maintain patient records, the completion of summaries and the writing of letters as appropriate. Clinical secretarial support is available, usually via the consultant’s secretary.

Office space is provided in a pooled area with the other ST3+ trainees. Desk space for clinical lecturers is also available in an open plan area in the University space adjacent to the West Wing laboratories.

All Junior Staff are required to familiarise themselves with the cardiac arrest procedures and should attend a session on resuscitation when they first work at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

OTHERS:

(i) Supervision Arrangements: All trainees are given an educational supervisor for the full duration of training. CLs will in addition have an academic supervisor. CLs have regular appraisal sessions with their educational and academic supervisors, and an annual ARCP (to review clinical and academic progress) usually held in July.

(ii) Study Leave Attending appropriate courses e.g. Edinburgh Advanced Clinical Neurology, and meetings, e.g. the Association of British Neurologists, is encouraged. At present funding for these comes from the District Clinical Tutors (limited) budget.

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(iii) Learning opportunities: In addition to the learning opportunities particular to each clinical post, there is an active post-graduate education programme with a weekly grand round on Friday mornings incorporating two case presentations and regular teaching sessions including neuropathology presentations, talks by visiting lecturers, presentations of research, and clinical governance/audit sessions. A monthly neurology specialty trainee teaching half day is organised jointly with the Wessex training programme; the venue alternates between Oxford and Southampton.

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ANNEXE 2

NUFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL SCIENCES

Duties of the Post (Neurosurgery) The research time is free from clinical commitments other than participation in the neurosurgery specialist registrar on-call rota.

(1) Clinical

(a) Overview

The posts on this rotation have been approved for specialist training by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The programme is based entirely at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. During the four year programme, the CL will rotate every six months between different subspecialties within the department. These include functional neurosurgery, skull base, pituitary, spinal, epilepsy, oncology, paediatric neurosurgery. This will allow the post holder to obtain clinical competencies as detailed in the ISCP curriculum. The CL will act under the direction of the appropriate consultant and provide day to day care of ward patients, attend outpatient clinics, and spend time operating either to learn more complex procedures or to consolidate existing surgical skills. This will be at the discretion of the supervising consultant.

(b) On Call rota

The CL will participate in the Neurosurgery on-call rota at the JRH. In this role, they are responsible for all neurosurgical referrals in the region (c. 3.5 million population) and will take the referrals, provide telephone advice and admit and treat (including operating) where appropriate. The registrar is resident on call on a 1:10 hybrid rota with weeks of nights.

(2) Research The postholder will spend approximately 50% of their time undertaking research. This time will be averaged over the duration of the contract and the exact time mix will depend on whether there are other CLs in the department. They will be expected to develop their own research project that may or may not be aligned with other members of the department. Particular strengths in the department (for research) include functional neurosurgery (in particular movement disorders and pain) and there is also the possibility of being involved in gamma knife surgery as the department is developing an interest in this. There will therefore be an opportunity to run clinical trials in the oncological or other aspects of this treatment. Guidance and support will be given to the postholder both in terms of academic mentorship and applying for further funding such as start-up funding or MRC/ Wellcome clinical fellowships.

(3) Teaching The department is responsible for teaching neurology/ neurosurgery to 5th year medical students and provides a wide range of undergraduate teaching to medical students (in the form of tutorials), neuroscience students and other undergraduates. In addition, we take on a number of students for ‘final honours school’ projects in the final preclinical year and these need to be supervised. We also take 10-15 foreign and UK elective students in the department. It is expected that the postholder will take an active interest in some of these students and to assist in the 8-weekly examinations, where necessary. The CL will also be expected to teach and mentor his/her juniors (FY1/2, ST1 + doctors) on an ad hoc basis.

(4) Administration and Management The CL will maintain patient records, the completion of summaries and the writing of letters as appropriate. Clinical secretarial support is available, usually via the consultant’s secretary.

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Office space is provided in a pooled area with the other ST3+ trainees. Desk space for clinical lecturers is also available in an open plan area in the University space adjacent to the West Wing laboratories. All Junior Staff are required to familiarise themselves with the cardiac arrest procedures and should attend a session on resuscitation when they first work at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

(5) OTHERS:

(i) Supervision Arrangements: All trainees are given an educational supervisor for the full duration of training. CLs will in addition have an academic supervisor. CLs have regular appraisal sessions with their educational and academic supervisors, and an annual ARCP (to review clinical and academic progress) usually held in July.

(ii) Study Leave Attending appropriate courses e.g. RCS endoscopy course, and meetings, e.g. the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, is encouraged. At present, some of this funding comes from the trust but for specific presentations, there are a number of departmental funds that may be used, where appropriate.

(iii) Learning opportunities: In addition to the learning opportunities particular to each clinical post, there is an active post-graduate education programme with weekly grand rounds on Friday mornings (one with Neurology and one with NDS i.e. surgery).There are a number of MDTs that are useful for learning such as the epilepsy MDT, Oncology, pituitary, neurovascular and movement disorder surgery. The grand rounds incorporate talks by visiting lecturers, presentations of research, and clinical governance/audit sessions.







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ANNEXE 3

Department of Psychiatry (http://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/) ACLs have blocks of dedicated academic time without service commitments incorporated into their clinical training programme. This will depend on the research undertaken and can vary from weekly research slots to 6 months at a time. Thus, one half of their time will be set aside purely for academic endeavour across their training years. Clinical training will follow the Deanery’s programme of higher psychiatric training under the directorship of Dr Jane Da Roza Davis. The Head of the School of Psychiatry, Dr Denis O’Leary has identified the 50% funding necessary. An academic mentor will be assigned who will meet the trainee on a six monthly basis to ensure that mutually agreed academic milestones are being achieved, and a plan put in place to address any deficiencies identified. Academic milestones will focus on the development of specific research and training milestones determined with the academic mentor. Areas of interest and academic supervisors have been identified.

Areas of Research Interest (please follow hyperlinks from http://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/): Neurobiology: Behavioural & Cognitive Neuroscience; Clinical Psychopharmacology; Gambling and Behavioural Addictions; Neural Correlates of Gene Function; Neurobiology and Experimental Therapeutics; Neurobiology of Ageing; Neuroimaging of Reward; Brain-Body Research into Eating Disorders; Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity; Psychopharmacology and Emotion Research Laboratory; Psychological Treatments: Centre for Research on Dissemination at Oxford; Experimental Psychopathology and Cognitive Therapy; Cognitive Approaches to Psychosis; Oxford Mindfulness Centre; Developmental Psychiatry: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Perinatal Psychopathology and Offspring Development Evidence Based Psychiatry: Centre for Suicide Research; Forensic Psychiatry; Oxford Cognitive Health and Neuroscience Clinical Trials Unit; Psychological Medicine Research.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust The General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry training programme is a 3 year programme for a total of 26 advanced trainees, starting at ST4, with progression being dependant on satisfactory outcome at the annual ARCP. The posts have National Training Numbers and provide training towards a single Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Adult or Old Age Psychiatry. The Clinical placements are based in 3 different Trusts throughout the Oxford Deanery so trainees will have the opportunity to experience clinical care in specialty and subspecialty posts across a broad range of settings. All trainees will be expected to spend at least a year of training in Oxford and a year in Buckinghamshire or Berkshire during the 3 years. Posts are 12 months long and are allocated annually following a process involving both the trainee group and the Training Programme Directors. Trainees will be allocated to an advanced trainer who will provide Clinical Supervision for the 12 months and in addition an Educational Supervisor for the 3 year period of advanced training.

The following posts are currently available but the programme annually recruits new advanced trainers through an application and interview process, and currently all trainers receive training and will be appraised in these roles. All NHS Trusts are undergoing service redesign at present and opportunities for developing new training posts will be assessed as the redesigns emerge.

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Advanced Trainer

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Denis O’Leary

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Simon Hampson

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Phil Davison

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Rob Bale

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Rob Chaplin

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Peter Sargent

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Digby Quested

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Olga Tsatalou

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford A Molodynski

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford David Geaney

General adult Warneford Hospital, Oxford Julie Chalmers

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Hugh Series

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Jane Pearce

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Lilian Hickey

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Rebecca Mather

Old Age Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Philip Wilkinson

Forensic Oxford Cliinic, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford Rob Ferris

Addictions Warneford Hospital, Oxford & Banbury Clinic Gail Critchlow

Addictions Warneford Hospital, Rectory centre Oxford Andrew McBride

Psychotherapy Warneford Hospital, Oxford Mel Bowden

Eating Disorders

Warneford Hospital, Cotsworld House, Oxford Eleanor Feldman

Buckinghamshire Posts- Oxford health NHS Foundation Trust

General adult Haleacre Amersham, Rajiv Sharma

General adult Tindal centre, Aylesbury Sue Thomas

General adult Tindal centre, Aylesbury John Baruch

Old Age John Hampden Unit, Stoke Mandeville Hospital Brian Murray

Rehabilitation/AOT

Tindal centre, Aylesbury Karen Dauncey

General adult Tindal centre, Aylesbury Lesley Robertson

General adult Valley Centre High Wycombe Nicky Crowley

Addictions Sefton House, Valley Centre, High Wycombe Alistair Reid

Forensic Malborough House, Milton Keynes ( Milton Keynes PCT)

Srinivasa Thirumalai

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Advanced Trainer

Berkshire Posts Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

General adult Wexham Park Hospital, Slough Liz Clifford

Old Age Wexham Park, Slough Carolyn Eastwood

General adult Prospect Park Hospital, Reading Farooq Ahmad

General adult Wokingham/community & Prospect Park Hospital

Jane da Roza Davis

General adult Newbury community Farzana Abid

General adult Newbury & Prospect Park Hospital Flavia Leslie

Old Age Wokingham & Prospect Park Hospital Jackie Hussey

Old Age Newbury & Prospect Park Hospital Matt Evans

nihr academic clinical lecturership in neurology - university of

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