The Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics is housed within the John Radcliffe Hospital.
It employs 140 anaesthetic consultants with wide-ranging interests and expertise, covering 48 operating theatres across 4 theatre complexes, 5 Intensive Care Units, and delivering around 50,000 anaesthetics per year.
It is a major centre for anaesthetic training, recognised by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, home to some 50 junior and senior trainees undertaking their training rotations, and incorporating the OxSTaR suite, a leading facility for simulation and medical education.
The anaesthetic department reflects the Trust in its diversity, with separate consultant on-call groups for paediatric, obstetric, cardiothoracic, neurosurgical and general/vascular surgery, as well as intensive cares across the site. It plays a major role in international research, under the auspices of the Nuffield Professor of Anaesthesia.
There are seven separate on-call rota's for senior trainees and Fellows across the Trust. These cover:
- Adult Intensive Care
- Cardiothoracic Critical Care
- Neurointensive Care
- John Radcliffe theatres: Vascular, Trauma, and General surgery
- West Wing theatres: Neurosurgery, Paediatric surgery, and Specialist surgery
- Churchill and NOC theatres: Transplant, Urology, Cancer, and Orthopaedic surgery
- Obstetrics
Rota’s are released 6 weeks prior to commencement, and run for 3 month periods. Requests are ideally submitted before the rota is written to ensure that all leave requirements can be met.
Our Hospitals
John Radcliffe Hospital
This is the largest of the Trust’s Hospitals. It houses accident and emergency services, and provides acute medical and surgical care, including trauma, intensive care, interventional radiology and maternity.
Included on the site is the West Wing, comprising neurosurgery, neurology, spinal surgery and specialist surgery – ear, nose and throat, plastic surgery and specialist craniofacial. It also includes the Children’s hospital, Paediatric Intensive Care and the Oxford Heart Centre, including Cardiothoracic Critical Care. It is home to the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics and the base for the Nuffield Professor of Anaesthesia.
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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is an internationally recognised centre of excellence, specialising in orthopaedic surgery, enablement, and rehabilitation.
It provides specialist orthopaedic surgery, including limb reconstruction and deformity correction, primary malignant bone and soft tissue tumours, and is the specialist quaternary national centre for the management of bone infections
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Churchill Hospital
This forms the centre for Cancer services, renal services, transplant and palliative care.
Additionally it houses a number of Academic departments and major research centres, including the Oxford Cancer Research Centre.
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